Indoor Collection (page 7)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Blue Whale Annual Fundraising Ball

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

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

Detail of terracotta panel from the Natural History Museum

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

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

Gallery 3, 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

Detail of interior columns, the Natural History Museum, Lond
Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Interior view of the Natural History Museum, London

The Rare Book Room at the Natural History Museum, London
Part of the Museums General Library which houses many original natural history drawings and paintings as well as books and manuscripts

The Mary Anning room within the Natural History Museum, London

The Central Hall, The Natural History Museum
The Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London, which was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881. Photographed by Elad Sherman

Sir Richard Owen, The Natural History Museum, London
Side view of the statue of Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892), the founder and first director of the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Elad Sherman

Tiger specimen, c. 1925
Children viewing a mounted tiger specimen at the Natural History Museum, London

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

Ecology gallery
A child inside the leaf factory in the Ecology gallery, the Natural History Museum, London

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 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

Interior detail from the Natural History Museum, London
The Natural History Museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and opened to the public on Easter Monday 1881

Quartz variety amethyst

Osteological Gallery, Natural History Museum, London, July 1

Sperm whale skeleton, March 1901
This sperm whale skeleton stood in the Central Hall between 1882 and 1901. The whale was found near Thurso, Scotland, in 1863

The King of Spain presenting an ibex, July 1927
At the request of George V, the presentation of a group of ibex by King Alfonso of Spain in July 1927 was kept informal. An unveiling ceremony took place at noon in the Central Hall

Plant mounters, 1934, The Natural History Museum
Although there were very few women on the permanent staff in the 1930s, a large number were employed as unofficial workers

Whale Hall, 1932

Elephants and cases, c. 1924
A photograph of the Natural History Museums Central Hall containing elephants

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

Zoology Unpacking Room, 1924, the Natural History Museum
Following a four-year delay due to boundary discussions with the proposed new Science Museum, an Unpacking Room for zoological specimens opened for business in early 1912

Digitalis purpurea, foxglove
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Inula helenium, elfwort
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

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

The Nandu: Rhea linnaei design

Great paleotherium
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

The Natural History Museum Shop
A general interior view of the Natural History Museums shop located in the Waterhouse Buidling adjacent to the Central Hall. It opened in January 2005

Lion
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

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

Mammal Study, Natural History Museum, 1924
Published in Life Through A Lens, Photographs from the Natural History Museum 1880-1950 by Susan Snell & Polly Tucker, 2003

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