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Indoor Collection (page 6)

Background imageIndoor Collection: The Boardroom

The Boardroom of the Natural History Museum

Background imageIndoor Collection: Incendiary and Demolition Charges Hall, c. 1943

Incendiary and Demolition Charges Hall, c. 1943
This room at the Natural History Museum, London, was used to show agents what sabotage tools they could use behind enemy lines

Background imageIndoor Collection: Military display, at The Natural History Museum c. 1943

Military display, at The Natural History Museum c. 1943
The Demonstration Room showcased practically everything an SOE agent would need to operate effectively

Background imageIndoor Collection: Botany staff, March 1900. The Natural History Museum, Londo

Botany staff, March 1900. The Natural History Museum, Londo
Robert Hugh Bunting photographed his colleagues in a relaxed mood during March 1900

Background imageIndoor Collection: Mazama canepestris guaszuti design

Mazama canepestris guaszuti design
Drawing 62 Vol 1 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s

Background imageIndoor Collection: Cow and calf design

Cow and calf design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Background imageIndoor Collection: Panther design

Panther design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Background imageIndoor Collection: A drawing of the laboratory on board H. M.s Challenger by Wil

A drawing of the laboratory on board H. M.s Challenger by Wil
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Background imageIndoor Collection: Sonchus palustris, marsh sow-thistle

Sonchus palustris, marsh sow-thistle
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageIndoor Collection: Darwin Centre storage room for specimens in spirit

Darwin Centre storage room for specimens in spirit
Zoological specimens in one of the storage rooms in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageIndoor Collection: Lonicera periclymenum, honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum, honeysuckle
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageIndoor Collection: Aconitum napellus, monkshood

Aconitum napellus, monkshood
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageIndoor Collection: Detail of terracotta moulding of a dodo in the Waterhouse Bu

Detail of terracotta moulding of a dodo in the Waterhouse Bu
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

Background imageIndoor Collection: Display cases in the Central Hall at the Natural History Mus

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

Background imageIndoor Collection: Giant deer, February 1893. The Natural History Museum, Lond

Giant deer, February 1893. The Natural History Museum, Lond
Photographed by J.D. Pemberton in February 1893, this Megalocerus giganteus skeleton represents an extinct race of giant deer (not elk) that had a distribution throughout Europe

Background imageIndoor Collection: The Mineral Gallery

The Mineral Gallery
An interior view of the Natural History Museums Mineral Gallery

Background imageIndoor Collection: The Flett Theatre

The Flett Theatre
An interior view of the Flett Theatre located in the Natural History Museums Earth Galleries buildling

Background imageIndoor Collection: Datura stramonium, jimsonweed

Datura stramonium, jimsonweed
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageIndoor Collection: Onopordum acanthium, cotton thistle

Onopordum acanthium, cotton thistle
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageIndoor Collection: Sambucus nigra, elder

Sambucus nigra, elder

Background imageIndoor Collection: Inside the Natural History Museums Mammal and Whale Gallery

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

Background imageIndoor Collection: Decorative terracotta pillars

Decorative terracotta pillars

Background imageIndoor Collection: Egg display in the Bird Gallery of the Natural History Museu

Egg display in the Bird Gallery of the Natural History Museu
Exhibition of bird eggs illustrating the great variety in sizes. This display is part of the Bird gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageIndoor Collection: Natural History Museum storeroom

Natural History Museum storeroom
A general interior wideangle view of the Natural History Museums storeroom containing a selection of stuffed fish and mammal specimens and skeletons

Background imageIndoor Collection: Marine Invertebrates at the Natural History Museum

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

Background imageIndoor Collection: Hylobates lar, gibbon

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

Background imageIndoor Collection: Terracotta relief sculpture at the Natural History Museum, L

Terracotta relief sculpture at the Natural History Museum, L
Detail of terracotta relief sculpture in the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905)

Background imageIndoor Collection: Bronze sculpture of Chimpanzee head

Bronze sculpture of Chimpanzee head
Bronze sulpture of Chimpanzee head in the Primate gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageIndoor Collection: Inside the Dockyard Church, Bermuda 1873

Inside the Dockyard Church, Bermuda 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageIndoor Collection: North Hall of the Natural History Museum, London

North Hall of the Natural History Museum, London
Front entrance and Cromwell Road facade of the Waterhouse building. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881. Photographed by Paul Lund

Background imageIndoor Collection: Detail of terracotta relief sculpture

Detail of terracotta relief sculpture on pillar on the first floor of the Central Hall, Natural History Museum, London. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse

Background imageIndoor Collection: Interior of a church, Bahia, Brazil

Interior of a church, Bahia, Brazil
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageIndoor Collection: Gallery 5, Tring

Gallery 5, Tring
The 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

Background imageIndoor Collection: The Blue Whale Annual Fundraising Ball

The Blue Whale Annual Fundraising Ball

Background imageIndoor Collection: Stained glass windows above the North Hall

Stained glass windows above the North Hall
Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Background imageIndoor Collection: Gallery 1, The Natural History Museum at Tring

Gallery 1, The Natural History Museum at Tring
The 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

Background imageIndoor Collection: Detail of terracotta panel from the Natural History Museum

Detail of terracotta panel from the Natural History Museum

Background imageIndoor Collection: Blue whale exhibit

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

Background imageIndoor Collection: View of statue of Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892)

View of statue of Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892)
The Central Hall, the Natural History Museum, London. Superintendent of the Natural History Departments of the British Museum 1856-1883



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