Natural History Museum Collection (page 4)

The Gavin De Beer room

Natural History Museum flag flying at the Natural History Museum, London

Charles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)
A statue of Charles Darwin, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, on the stairs of the Central hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Elephant; Walk Quietly
A Natural History Museum poster with an elephant design asking visitors to walk quietly. 1968

General Herbarium, Darwin Centre
A photograph of the General Herbarium in the Darwin Centre, showing examples of specimens from the collection. Photographed by Kevin Webb, May 2011

Gates of the Natural History Museum, London
An exterior view of the Natural History Museums gates and railings in the snow. Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Natural History Museum Pond
View from the Pond in the Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden

The Botany Gallery
An interior view of the Natural History Museums Botany Gallery in 1911

Exterior view of The Natural History Museum at Tring
This was once the private museum of Lionel Walter, 2nd Baron Rothschild, and has been part of the Natural History Museum since 1937

Bryum capillare, bryum mosses
Bryum mosses (bryum capillare) are noticed more in the Natural History Museums Wildlife Garden during the winter months when other plants have died back. Photograph taken by Derek Adams, 2003

Taraxacum offininale, dandelion clock
Dandelion seeds (Taraxacum offininale) in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken by Derek Adams, April 2003

Paving stones in the Wildlife Garden

Hyacinthoides nonscripta, bluebell
Bluebells (Hyacinthoides nonscripta) growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. May 2003

Leucanthemum vulgare, oxeye daisy
Oxeye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003

Rosa sp. wild rose
Close-up of a wild rose (Rosa sp.) flower growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003

Alnus glutinosa catkin, alder catkin
Bryum mosses (bryum capillare) are noticed more in the Natural History Museums Wildlife Garden during the winter months when other plants have died back. Photograph taken by Derek Adams, 2003

Dandelion growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003

Bird display
A perspective view of the grand saloon and gallery from A Companion to the [British] Museum (1790) by Sir Ashton Lever. The Natural History Museum in South Kensington was not built until 1880s

Detail of terracotta moulding of an octopus in the Waterhous

Moving specimens to the Darwin Centre
Moving zoological specimens from the old Spirit Building to the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Detail of terracotta moulding of a dragonfly in the Waterhou
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

Pallasite slab
The Esquel pallasite, composed of gem-quality olivine crystals embedded in metal. Pallasites are perhaps the most beautiful of all meteorites. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Fish specimens
Specimen jars containing fish, held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London. Notice how over time the specimen jars have been warped by gravity and are no longer straight

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

Volunteer working at the Natural History Museum, London
Volunteer using microscope to examine zoological specimen

Cetraria islandica, lichen
A cut-out of a branching lichen specimen held in the crypt herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Exterior view of the Waterhouse Building, detail of spire
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

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