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The Natural History Museum Collection (page 8)

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Architectural view of main hall at the Natural History Museu

Architectural view of main hall at the Natural History Museu
Architectural view of the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London. With the Diplodocus skeleton in the background

Background imageThe Natural History Museum 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 imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Wildlife Garden gate

Wildlife Garden gate
The gate of the Natural History Museums Wildlife Garden. Photographed by Derek Adams, October 2003

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: The pond in the Wildlife Garden

The pond in the Wildlife Garden. Photographed by Derek Adams. Published in Wildlife Garden by Roy Vickery, 2004 page 35

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Silver on Copper

Silver on Copper
A deposit of elemental, native silver (Ag) on native copper (Cu). Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London originally from Houghton Co. Michigan, U.S.A

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Columbite

Columbite
Specimen used by Charles Hatchett when he discovered niobium (then called columbium) and now called columbite in 1801. Mineral collection, the Natural History Museum

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: From the Beginning

From the Beginning
One of the oldest rocks on Earth dating back 3, 850 million years on display in the From the Beginning gallery, the Natural History Museum, London. Specimen from Greenland

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Window detail, the Natural History Museum, London

Window detail, the Natural History Museum, London
Windows on the west pavilion of the Natural History Museum, London. Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Background imageThe Natural History Museum 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 imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Virginia Locus Tree

Virginia Locus Tree
Plate 10 from Sir Hans Sloanes Hortus Siccus. Fol. 3. Vol. 180. Part of the botanical collection of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Floodlit view of the Waterhouse Building

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

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Teloschistes chrysopthalmus, lichen

Teloschistes chrysopthalmus, lichen
Lichen shown in its herbarium packet from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Some lichens look virtually the same as dried specimens as in the field

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Exterior detail of The Natural History Museum, London

Exterior detail of The Natural History Museum, London
Detail of terracotta panel designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905). Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Topaz

Topaz comprises of (aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide). This is a specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Amethyst crystals

Amethyst crystals

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: The Main Entrance and Cromwell Road Facade of the Natural Hi

The Main Entrance and Cromwell Road Facade of the Natural Hi
Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Bird Collections

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

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Detail of columns on the Waterhouse Building

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

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Scorodite

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

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Russian topaz

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

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Detail of interior columns, the Natural History Museum, Lond

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

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Interior view of the Natural History Museum, London

Interior view of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: The Rare Book Room at 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

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Scotlandite

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

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: The Natural History Museum illuminated at night, October 201

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

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: The Mary Anning room

The Mary Anning room within the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Gallery 3

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

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Jerwood Gallery terracotta

Jerwood Gallery terracotta
1999 restoration of the Jerwood Gallery terracotta

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Schultenite

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

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Schneiderhohnite

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

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: The Atrium in the Earth Galleries

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

Background imageThe Natural History Museum Collection: Manganite

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



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