The Waterhouse Building Collection (page 4)

Soldiers in grounds, 1917 at the Natural History Museum, Lon
During World War I a war farm was established at the eastern end of the grounds, tended by staff and convalescent soldiers

The Natural History Museum, 1881
An exterior view of the Natural History Museum, London, from the Cromwell Road, 1881. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Works staff outing, Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum from Cromwell Road, c. 1890
By the 1890s travel to South Kensington was much more convenient, and visitor figures exceeded 400, 000 a year for the first time

Detail of the Waterhouse Building of the Natural History Mus
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

Detail of terracotta moulding of a beetle in the Waterhouse
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

The damaged roof of the Botany Department, 1940
At 4.30am on 9 September 1940, two incendiaries and an oil bomb hit the roof of the Botany Department in the east wing

Detail view of the exterior of the Waterhouse Building
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

Exterior view of the Waterhouse Building
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

Front entrance to the Natural History Museum, London
View of the front entrance to the Natural History Museum, London. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened to the public on Easter Monday 1881

View of the Waterhouse building from the Darwin Centre, a state-of-the-art scientific research and collections facility at the Natural History Museum, London which opened in September 2009

The Museum from Cromwell Road, c. 1880
After the Great Exhibition of 1851, land between Cromwell Road and Hyde Park had been set aside to create a centre for science and arts. The Museums foundation stone was laid here in 1873

Main entrance and Cromwell Road facade of the Natural Histor
Front entrance and Cromwell Road facade of the Waterhouse building designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905). The Museum opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Detail view of beast designed by Alfred Waterhouse for The W
Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Detail view of beast - designed by Alfred Waterhouse for The
Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

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