Исторический музей Лондона

Natural History Museum Bocharov Timofey

The Natural History Museum in London - well worth a visit!  It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington.

London's Natural History Museum in South Kensington is something like a grand-scale hall of curiosities divided into four zones: blue (biology); green (evolution); red (geology); and orange (outdoors/hands-on). London's Natural History Museum in South Kensington is something like a grand-scale hall of curiosities divided into four zones: blue (biology); green (evolution); red (geology); and orange (outdoors/hands-on).

The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 80 million items within five main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology. The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 80 million items within five main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology. The museum is a center of research specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation.

The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons and ornate architecture—sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature—both exemplified by the large Diplodocus cast that dominated the vaulted central hall before it was replaced in 2017 with the skeleton of a blue whale hanging from the ceiling. The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons and ornate architecture—sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature—both exemplified by the large Diplodocus cast that dominated the vaulted central hall before it was replaced in 2017 with the skeleton of a blue whale hanging from the ceiling.

Blue zone The entire blue zone is dedicated to dinosaurs, fish and amphibians, inhabitants of the seas and oceans.

green area The entire green area is dedicated to birds, insects and plants. In this zone there is a very beautiful gallery, which contains a huge number of stuffed representatives of the world of birds.

red zone The red zone gives an idea of ​​the geological features of the earth. There are many exhibits of stones, various volcanic and terrestrial fossils, there is even an earthquake simulator.