Baleen Whale Collection

Balaena mysticetus, bowhead whale

Blue Whale Hall
View of Blue Whale Hall, Mammal Gallery, Gallery 24, Life Galleries at The Natural History Museum, London

Balaenoptera musculus, blue whale and Balaenoptera physalus
Plate 43 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21

Inside the Natural History Museums Mammal and Whale Gallery
Partial views of the skeleton of a bowhead whale (top) and a sperm whale (bottom), on display in the Mammal and Whale Gallery (number 24), at the Natural History Museum, London

Engraving of the Baloena musculus, greenland whale. The whale was found floating 12 miles from Ostens on the 3rd November 1827

Eschrichtius robustus, gray whale
Close-up of the baleen inside the mouth of a gray whale on display in the Mammal and Whale Gallery (number 24), at the Natural History Museum, London

The Blue Whale Annual Fundraising Ball

Blue whale exhibit
The Whale Hall, the Natural History Museum, London

The new Whale hall, 1938

Eubalaena glacialis, northern right whale
Close up of the skeleton of a northern right whales flipper. Specimen on display in the Mammal Gallery at The Natural History Museum, London

The jawbones of Greenland right whale, c. 1912
These jaw bones, each measuring approximately 4.10m (13 ft), were part of a specimen from Lochend, Shetland, donated in 1911 by a Mr Haldane

Men in jaws of bowhead whale, 1934
In late 1934 this bowhead whale skeleton was hoisted into position in the new Whale Hall, where it still hangs today

Staff posing with blue whale model, 1938
Percy and Stuart Stammwitz were part of the team that built the famous 27m (90 ft) blue whale model, currently on display at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed in January 1938

Eubalaena glacialis, black right whale
Black right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) skeleton on display in the Mammal and Whale Gallery (number 24), at the Natural History Museum, London

Balaenoptera musculus, blue whale
Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) skeleton on display in the Mammal and Whale Gallery (number 24), at the Natural History Museum, London

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