Gallery Collection (#29)

Rhinocerotidae, rhinoceros
Mounted specimen of a rhinoceros on display in the Mammals Gallery within the Life Gallleries at the Natural Hisotry Museum, London

Large mammal exhibition at The Natural History Museum at Tri
Former exhibition at the Natural History Museum at Tring. Photographed by Colin Keates

The rain forest
A reconstructed rainforest in the Natural History Museums Ecology gallery

Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820)
A statue at the Natural History Museum, London. Banks was a British explorer and naturalist who donated specimens after his 1768 voyage with Captain Cook on board the Endeavour

The Geological Museum, London
The gemstones display area, rock face and wall cases on the Ground Floor of the Geological Museum, now part of the Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken 1973

The Bird Gallery at The Natural History Museum, London. 1944
The 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

Homo neanderthalensis (Kebarah) burial site
Burial site of Neanderthal Man (Homo neanderthalensis), 60, 000 years old from the Pleistocene, Kabara, Israel. On display in From the Beginning, Gallery 63

Earths Treasury
Interior view of Earths Treasury gallery, the Earth Galleries, the Natural History Museum, London

Dinosaurs Gallery
A wide-angle view of the Natural History Museums Dinosaur Galery

Archaeocrinus microbasalis, sea lily
Cast of a fossil sea lily from Canada, is 458-443 million years old from the Late Ordovician. On display in the From the Beginning, Gallery 63, Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

Trocholites sp
Early coiled nautiloid from Norway, is 410 million years old from the Early Devonian. On display in the From the Beginning, Gallery 63, Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

Ophthalmosaurus icenius, ichthyosaur
Close up of the eye socket of an extinct marine reptile from the Middle Jurassic (161-157 million years ago) on display in the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Glyptodon clavipes, giant armadillo
Extinct herbivore that died out about 10, 000 years ago on display in the Central Hall at The Natural History Museum, London. The Glyptodon was named by Sir Richard Owen in 1839

Red blood cells
Example of normal red blood cells in an exhibit on what is sickle cell anaemia, in Origin of Species Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Ichthyosaurus communis, ichthyosaur
Close up of the jaw of an ichthyosaur specimen on display at The Natural History Museum, London. Specimen collected by Mary Anning

Today and Tomorrow
A display on the subject of energy in the Today and Tomorrow exhibition in the Natural History Museums Earth Galleries

Locust model on display in the Creepy Crawlies gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Osteological Gallery, Natural History Museum, London, July 1

Gorilla, November 1897
The gorilla shown in an aggressive posture became a popular museum highlight. Epitomised in the 1933 film, King Kong, sensationalist reports by early explorers influenced the way these animals were

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

Fish Gallery, 1935, the Natural History Museum
This photograph was taken to record work-in-progress on modernising the Fish Gallery

Whale Hall, 1932

Mineral Gallery, 1923
The Mineral Gallery, on the first floor of the east wing, is the only area to retain the same layout since first opening in 1881

Geological Gallery, 1882
A photograph of the Geological Gallery from the Museums Archives

Visions of the Earth
School children visit the Visions of the Earth Exhibition located in the Atrium of the Natural History Museums Earth Galleries

Macaca sp. macaque
Artwork by Barry Sutton, entitled Dominance and Submission. On display in the Primates exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London

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

The British Museums Zoological Gallery
An illustration showing visitors at the British Museums Zoological Gallery during the 1800s. The gallery is adorned with glass fronted display cases, bird specimens on the walls and framed paintings

Senftenbergia sp
Fossil fern fronds from Britain, is 320-290 million years old from the Late Carboniferous. On display in the From the Beginning, Gallery 63, Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

Dictyonema retiforme, grapolite
Fossil grapolite from the Early Silurian (425 million years old), Ontario, Canada. On display in the From the Beginning, Gallery 63, Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

Damage in Shell Gallery, 1940
A serious air raid occurred just over a month after the General Herbarium was hit, on the night of 16 October 1940

Lasting Impressions
Wide angle interior view at the Lasting Impressions gallery, Life Galleries, the Natural History Museum, London

Eurhinosaurus longirostris, ichthyosaur
Close up of the skull and eye socket of an ichthyosaur specimen on display at The Natural History Museum, London

The Darwin Centre
Interior view of the 1st floor of the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Visitors in the Tank Room in the Darwin Centre
Scientist showing visitors zoological specimens held in the Tank Room in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Megaceros giganteus, giant deer
Head of a female giant deer (Megaceros giganteus) skeleton from the Pleistocene epoch, on display in the Mammals and Whale Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Gibbon, Hylobates lar
Skeleton of Gibbon suspended from the ceiling of the Natural History Museum, Londons Central Hall as part of the Primate Gallery display

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

Fish on display at the Natural History Museum
A general view of the Natural History Museums Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles Gallery (number 12)

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

Dromaeosaurus albertensis
Skeleton cast of a Dromaeosaurus albertensis on display in the Dinosaur Gallery (number 21) at the Natural History Museum, London. Dromaeosaurus was from the Upper Cretaceous period

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

Insect Gallery
A butterfly display case within the Natural History Museums Insect Gallery. Photograph taken in October 1983. This case is no longer in display at the Museum

Marine Invertebrates
A general view of the Natural History Museums Marine Invertebrates Gallery (number 13)

Exhibit from the Human Biology gallery
Close up of exhibit in the Human Biology gallery. A model of a human head illustrating the computing functions of the human brain

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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