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'The Darwin Centre shows the public more of our vital research and our internationally important collections. I hope the centre will inspire people to think about the natural environment differently and in turn inspire them to take better care of our planet.'
Dr Michael Dixon - Director
Darwin Centre videos
Did you know that there is more diversity in the Natural History Museum than in any other building on Earth? Or that the new Darwin Centre has 3km of cabinets to help store this huge variety of life? Find out more with the help of our science guides in this video highlight.
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Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
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What's on
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The World I Want
Join us as we try to weigh up the value of Earth's biodiversity and discuss what you want to protect for the future.
26 Nov 2009, 19:00 -
After Darwin: Contemporary Expressions
Major artists and writers exhibit new and existing work on the theme of expressions.
26 Jun 2009 - 29 Nov 2009 -
Ice Rink
Novice or expert, everyone's a skating star at the Museum's Ice Rink.
05 Nov 2009 - 17 Jan 2010 -
Book reveals 300 years of natural history art - 20/11/2009
Art of Nature is a new Natural History Museum book by Judith Magee.
More news
Kids only
Life in disguise
Discover some amazing animal mimics.
Life when you're small
Some of the smallest creatures in the world carry out some of the most important jobs. Find out more.
How to become an zoologist
If you want to study animals, from the huge blue whale to the tiniest microbe, start here.
Nature online
Coral reef extinctions
Coral reefs face many threats. Discover how Museum scientists learn about extinctions that happened millions of years ago.
Big Seaweed Search
The UK has around 7% of the world’s seaweed species. Help uncover them in this UK survey.
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Green Gift of the Month
Record your thoughts in this great elephant poo notebook, Poo notes.
Wildlife photo gifts
Customise your own wildlife prints and more.
New magazine, Evolve
Find out who deliberately hunts viruses and who has a brain the size of a pea in our fantastic new magazine.