Natural History Museum Collection (page 10)

Bird Collections housed at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

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

Scorodite comprises of (hydrated zinc arsenate) and is characterized by brownish-green crystals. Specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Russian topaz
Topaz comprises of (aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide) and is the birthstone of November. Brown topaz specimens from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

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

Scotlandite comprises of (lead sulphite) and derives from the sulphates group. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London originally from Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland

The Natural History Museum illuminated at night, October 201
The Waterhouse Buiding of the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881.< br> Visitors to the Natural History

The Mary Anning room within the Natural History Museum, London

Gallery 3
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

Jerwood Gallery terracotta
1999 restoration of the Jerwood Gallery terracotta

Pyrope garnet
A cut stone and collection of crystals of pink pyrope garnet (magnesium aluminum silicate). Specimens from the Natural History Museum, London

Schultenite comprises of (lead arsenate hydroxide) and derives from the phosphates group. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Schneiderhohnite
A type specimen of Schneiderhohnite, a metallic mineral with thin tabular crystals collected from Tsumeb, Namibia

The Atrium in the Earth Galleries
The Atrium, Earth Galleries, at the Natural History Museum, London

Manganite (manganese oxide hydroxide), characterized by short prismatic crystals. This specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London

Kyanite comprises of (aluminum silicate) and shares this composition with both sillimanite and adalusite. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Exterior view of The Natural History Museum, London
View of the Waterhouse Building from Cromwell Road with iron gates in foreground. Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors 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

Realgar comprises of (arsenic sulphide). It is also known as ruby sulphur and is a rare non-metallic sulphide mineral. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Spessartine garnet
Spessartine comprises of (manganese aluminum silicate). A cut stone and crystal from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Sohngeite

Pentlandite comprises of (iron nickel sulphide). This mineral does not produce good crystals and is usually found in massive form. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

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

Restless Surface
Children visit the Restless Surface gallery in the Natural History Museums Earth Galleries

Trechmannite
A red crystal of trechmannite comprised of (silver arsenic sulphide). A specimen from the collections 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

Floodlit view of the Natural History Museum, London
Viewed from the south side of Cromwell Road. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) in the 1860s and opened to the public on Easter Monday 1881

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

Goethite comprises of hydrated iron oxide. Picture shows radiating bands within the disc-shaped crystals. This specimen is displayed at the Natural History 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

Strontianite comprises of strontium carbonate with white spiky crystals and derives from the aragonite group. This specimen is from the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London

Millerite comprises of (nickel sulphide) and is characterized by hair-like fibrous crystals arranged into sprays. Specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

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

Palaeontology Wing of The Natural History Museum
An extension to The Natural History Museum opened on 24 May 1977

Scheelite
Crystals of scheelite (calcium tungstate), an important ore of tungsten from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Shells from Sir Joseph Banks collection
Some of these shells featured in this museum drawer were collected during the first of Captain Cooks voyages 1768-1771

Sphalerite or zinc blende
Dark crystals of sphalerite or zinc blende comprised of (zinc iron sulphide). Specimen from the collections of The Natural History Museum, London

The Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden
The wildlife garden at the Natural History Museum, London

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

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