Central Hall Collection

Central Hall
View of the Central Hall and Diplodocus replica skeleton, Gallery 10, Life Galleries at The Natural History Museum, London. The Museum was first opened to the public in 1881

African elephant in Central Hall, February 1910
Photographed in 1910 just three years after his arrival, the African elephant later nicknamed George, was obtained from the taxidermists Rowland Ward Ltd

Scaffolding in Central Hall, 1925
This photograph, taken in February 1925, marked the cleaning and redecoration of the North and Central Halls by the Office of Works

1872 plan of the Museum by Alfred Waterhouse
Architectural structure of what is now the Waterhouse Building, ground floor including the Central Hall

Central Hall, the Natural History Museum. 1902
Photograph of Central Hall, looking north. July 1902. Archive ref: PH/173/241 Date: 1902

Central Hall, the Natural History Museum. 1882
Photograph of Central Hall, looking east to fossil mammal gallery in 1882. Archive ref: PH/173/55 Date: 1882

North hall cafeteria
The cafeteria in the north hall of the Natural History Museum

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A statue of Charles Darwin, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, on the stairs of the Central hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Display cases in the Central Hall at the Natural History Mus
This grand vista of the Central Hall sweeps from the bronze statue of Sir Richard Owen by Thomas Brock to the marble statue of Charles Darwin on the staircase. Photograph taken in April 1906

The Central Hall of the Waterhouse Building
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

The Natural History Museums Central Hall
The structure and decoration of Waterhouses Museum beautifully complement each other. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened on Easter Monday 1881

Detail view of the Central Hall ceiling at the Natural Histo
Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Visitors viewing an Opthalmosaurus skeleton in the Central Hall of The Natural History Museum, London

Detail view of the Central Hall at the Natural History Museu
Detail of the main staircase in the Central Hall. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905), the Museum opened to the public in 1881

The Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London

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Photograph of a display case of pigeons, taken in the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum in April 1895 by Miss K M Reynolds

Touch-screen display in the Central Hall
A visitor at the Natural History Museum using one of the touch-screen display panels located in the Central Hall

Darwins Canopy Gallery at the north end of the Central Hall
Image of Darwins Canopy Gallery at the Natural History Museum (previously called Plant Power) taken in January 2008 before its renovation

Moving the Darwin statue
The statue returns to its original location, at the top of the main staircase in the Museums iconic Central Hall, in preparation for the celebration of Darwins bicentenary in 2009

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