Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum houses one of the world's most significant collections of specimens of the natural world, containing over 80 million items collected over 260 years from across the globe. The collection encompasses entomology, paleontology, zoology, botany, and mineralogy, with items from explorer James Cook's Pacific expeditions and Charles Darwin's HMS Beagle voyage. Key attractions include Hintze Hall's 25-metre blue whale skeleton, the Dinosaur Gallery with animatronic T-Rex, the Darwin Centre with working scientists, and the Wildlife Garden documenting over 3,300 species.