The National History Museum opened in 1881 housing a collection that had belonged to Sir Hans Sloane. It was originally a department of the British Museum. It includes other notable scientific institutes, such as the Museum of the Geological Society and the Darwin Centre, and in the future, the David Attenborough Centre, which will be a multimedia studio, built to provide an environment for educational events, building on the programme of events already put together by the Darwin Centre. Today, the museum contains a colossal collection of some of the wonders of the natural world.

Address

Cromwell Rd, London SW7 5BD

Getting There

Tube: District, Circle and Piccadilly lines (South Kensington).

Bus: Lines 14, 49, 70, 74, 345, 360, 414 and C1.