Jose Manuel Grandío's image of a stoat jumping in mid-air

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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Travel through 4.6 billion years of our planet’s history and help protect its future.

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Meet our newest dino-resident in our gardens, open daily. 

Art prints and homeware inspired by the exhibition.

A photograph of visitors in the Museum wearing VR headsets, to the left of the image the virtual reality world showing two whales under the ocean can be seen.

Visions of Nature: A mixed reality experience

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Can you tell the difference between a beetle and a bee?

A women sits on the stairs of the Museum Members' rooms.
A researcher bends over a thermal lake in an orange jacket sampling for bacteria

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