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Letter from Frank Roberts to Alfred Russel Wallace, FebruaryLetter from Frank Roberts of the Croydon Natural History Society giving details on Alfred Russel Wallaces connections with the society and his proposal that women should be permitted to join
Homo erectus, Java manA model of Homo erectus, known as Java man, based on fossil evidence found in archaeological sites along the Solo River, Indonesia. The fossils date back to around 500, 000 to 800, 000 years ago
Photograph of coral from the Yonge collection
Sir Gavin de Beer, 1950Portrait of Sir Gavin de Beer (1899-1972), former director of the Natural History Museum
Homo erectus, Peking manA model head of Homo erectus known as Peking man, based upon evidence discovered at Zhoukoudian Cave (Locality 1), China dating back 500, 000 years. This model was created by Maurice Wilson
Dorothea Bate at lunch with collegues at the Natural History Museum in 1935
Poeciliidae sp. GuppyIllustration of Guppy fish by Guppy, Plantagenet Lechmere 1903
The Geology Department, 1938Photograph of members of staff who worked in the Natural History Museums Geology Department in 1938
Mud volcanoes vent, Baku 1992Mud volcano vent, Baku peninsula, Azerbaijan, 1992
Ichthyornis dispar, cretaceous birdPainting by Maurice Wilson (c. 1950)
Hesperornis regalis, cretaceous birdPainting by Maurice Wilson (c. 1950)
Iris sp. irisWatercolour No. 38 from the Round Small Collection by Frank Harold Round, 1919. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris pumila, dwarf pogon irisWatercolour No. 36 from the Round Small Collection by Frank Howard Round, c. 1920. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris pallida, bearded irisWatercolour No. 22 from the Round Large Collection by Frank Howard Round, c. 1920. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Dolphin casting, c. 1924, The Natural History MuseumPercy Stammwitz, the skilled technician captured here in the Preparators Workshop making casts of dolphins for models in the proposed new Whale Hall
Brownfield (1973) H3. 7 ordinary chondriteThis meteorite fell in Texas in 1937. It has very small chondrules, plus highly-reflective metal and sulphide grains can easily be picked out
Gallery 3The Natural History Museum at Tring. Once the private museum of Lionel Walter, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868-1937), and part of the Natural History Museum, London since 1937
Iris germanica, bearded iris
Tiger specimen, c. 1925Children viewing a mounted tiger specimen at the Natural History Museum, London
Diplodocus carnegii, presented by Mr Andrew Carnegie and unvThe Reptile Gallery of The Natural History Museum, London (the Diplodocus exhibit was subsequently rehoused in the Museums Central Hall)
Neanderthal excavation, 1998Palaeoanthropologists from the Natural History Museum, London search for evidence of Neanderthal habitation, 1998
Iguanodon atherfieldensisThis is one of the most complete skeletons of an Iguanodon discovered in the British Isles. It was collected by R.W. Hardy in 1917 in the shales on the Isle of Wight
Palaeontology Wing of The Natural History MuseumAn extension to The Natural History Museum opened on 24 May 1977
Iguanodon model, 1990sStudies show that the weight of Iguanodons body was counterbalanced by the heavy tail and that it was able to move on two or four legs. They lived between 140 and 110 million years ago
Paranthropus boisei (based on OH5)Illustration by Maurice Wilson of a three-quarter view of Paranthropus boisei, a robust australopithecus which lived in Southern and Eastern Africa
The Bird Gallery at The Natural History Museum, London. 1944The Bird Gallery was located on the ground floor in the west wing. On 11 July 1944 a flying bomb landed in Cromwell Road and all the glass in the west wing, inside and out, was broken
The new Whale hall, 1938
Diplodocus presented to the museum, 1905The cast of Diplodocus carnegii was presented by the Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie. The original skeleton, excavated in Wyoming, is in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
The Palaeontology Wing at The Natural History Museum, LondonThe Palaeontology wing extending to the east of the main Museum frontage, was opened in May 1977 it provides 10, 000 square meters of floor area over seven floors for the study
Excavations at Piltdown circa 1913Charles Dawson (left) and Dr A Smith Woodward (right)
Iguanodon atherfieldensis skullThe skull belonging to Iguanodon atherfieldensis measuring 450mm long. The fossil was discovered along with a complete skeleton in Brook Bay, Isle of Wight and collected by R.W. Hardy in 1917
Huayangosaurus skullA fossil skull that once belonged to Huayangosaurus, a dinosaur from the infraorder Stegosauria. This specimen was discovered in Sichuan, China in 1982
Sauropod excavation, 1988Team cleaning exposed elements of the fore and hind limbs of a Sauropod dinosaur in Niger, 1988
Sivapithecus indicusIllustration by Maurice Wilson of Sivapithecus indicus, thick coated enamelled apes from Turkey and Indo-Pakistan dating from 13 million years ago
Paranthropus boisei (OH5)
Paranthropus sp. (left) and Homo erectus (right)Illustration by Maurice Wilson. 2 to 1.5 million years ago parts of Africa were populated by these two hominids. Paranthropus foraged peacefully but here is threatened by Homo erectus
Homo heildelbergensis, Broken Hill or Rhodesian ManIllustration by Michael Wilson of a Rhodesian man (H. heildelbergensi) family reconstructed from fossils discovered at Broken Hill, Kabwe, Zambia
Bromelia anticanthaWatercolour by Margaret Ursula Mee, c. 1958. Mees name will be forever associated with her interest in conserving the Amazon rainforests
Excavations at Piltdown c. 1913Arthur Smith Woodward and the Abbe Henri Breuil at Piltdown
Viscum album, mistletoe & Ilex sp. hollyDrawing from Watercolour and pencil drawings of birds, mammals and boats of the Shetland Islands, with some drawings of plants (1918-1974) by Muriel Helen Dawson (1897-1974)
Giraffes on steps, October 1903 at the Natural History MuseuMore space to exhibit larger animals to an eager public fascinated by discoveries made on worldwide expeditions. This trio formed part of the new mammal display in 1903 along the first floor East
Children with Sir John Ramsbottom December 1948Children around Sir John Ramsbottom with spirit jar, December 1948. At the Natural History Museum, London
The jawbones of Greenland right whale, c. 1912These jaw bones, each measuring approximately 4.10m (13 ft), were part of a specimen from Lochend, Shetland, donated in 1911 by a Mr Haldane
Little boy with fox, c. 1950Parents and older siblings were actively discouraged from visiting the Childrens Centre, to ensure that the children were free to be themselves
Man carrying stuffed mammals for the Game Animals of the EmpThe Game Animals of the Empire exhibition opened in the newly built Whale Hall in 1932, as finances dictated that installation of the skeletons and models of whales had to be postponed
Sperm whale skeleton, March 1901This sperm whale skeleton stood in the Central Hall between 1882 and 1901. The whale was found near Thurso, Scotland, in 1863
Diplodocus carnegiei, 1905Thirty-six crates containing the replica diplodocus skeleton arrived in London in December 1904. The Director of the Carnegie Museum, where the original is located