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The museum is in a "cathedral" building. This creation was deliberately designed by Alfred Waterhouse to inspire awe... and it does. It's even hard to photograph because it's very big compared to the surrounding area. The elaborate Romanesque style is impressive as the giant cast of Diplodocus ... Read review
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abdomen Fully directional controls move forward, back, left, right - or spin on the spot. Works indoors and out within a range of nine metres. The eight legs move in super-realistic manner as the spider moves across the floor. ITEM IN STOCK - EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICE, Manufacturer: TKC
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Advantages: learning was never so much fun - free entrance - amazing museum Disadvantages: could be crowded... that's all
...of my favourite museums in the World. Whenever I'm in London I try to visit it.
The museum is in a "cathedral" building. This creation was deliberately designed by Alfred Waterhouse to inspire awe... and it does. It's even hard to photograph because it's very big compared to the surrounding area. The elaborate Romanesque style is impressive as the giant cast of Diplodocus skeleton in the main hall of the Life Galleries. ...tree slice on top of the stairs in the hall which dates from 557 to 1892 when the sequoia sadly fell at the age of 1335!
There is a section entirely dedicated to our beloved planet Earth. The entrance to this gallery is portentous: you travel via an escalator, passing through a giant suspended globe and twinkling images of the star system. It leads straight into a noisy gallery called Restless Surface, whose most famous exhibit is ... more
Natural History Museum of London is perhaps one of my favourite museums in the World. Whenever I'm in London I try to visit it.
The museum is in a "cathedral" building. This creation was deliberately designed by Alfred Waterhouse to inspire awe... and it does. It's even hard to photograph because it's very big compared to the surrounding area. The elaborate Romanesque style is impressive as the giant cast of Diplodocus skeleton in the main hall of the Life Galleries.
This museum makes learning fun! They have amazing galleries and a vast collection (70 million plants, animals, fossils, rocks and minerals to be exact) including dinosaurs (also a real-size animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex roaring at you) and Creepy Crawlies gallery. Also impressive is a giant tree slice on top of the stairs in the hall which dates from 557 to 1892 when the sequoia sadly fell at the age of 1335!
There is a section entirely dedicated to our beloved planet Earth. The entrance to this gallery is portentous: you travel via an escalator, passing through a giant suspended globe and twinkling images of the star system. It leads straight into a noisy gallery called Restless Surface, whose most famous exhibit is a mock-up of a Kobe supermarket, where the floor shakes to video coverage of the 1995 earthquake.
Another important part is the Darwin Centre, whose first stage of development was completed in 2002 and it houses about 22 million specimens, 450,000 of them stored in jars of formaline. Another part of this centre store a collection of insects and plants. A daily programme called Darwin Centre Live (2.30 pm Tuesday to Friday, noon and 2.30pm weekends) allows visitors to meet researchers and curators to find out about their work and view the museum's vast collection.
There is always a major temporary exhibition going on although that one is never free. The Museum is open every day, including Sundays and bank holidays, closes only on 24 - 26 December.
The museum is often very crowded and for a reason, as I said, I think it's one of the most extraordinary museum of London. It will satisfy people of every age and of every hobby (whether you like dinosaurs or minerals or insects you will be highly satisfied).
F REE ENTRY Open every day 10.00 - 17.50 Last admission 17.30
Useless to repeat that this museum is extremely family friendly and very well connected to city transports: * By tube We are within walking distance of South Kensington station on the District, Circle and Piccadilly lines * By bus Routes 14, 49, 70, 74, 345, 360, 414 and C1 stop near us. Some tour buses also pass nearby * By bicycle There are cycle parking facilities by the Cromwell Road entrance. * By coach Victoria Coach Station is within walking distance of Victoria train and tube station on the Circle or District lines. For groups travelling by coach, there is a coach drop-off point outside the Cromwell Road entrance * By car Driving to the Museum is not easy and parking is expensive, there is limited meter parking on Exhibition Road
Advantages: Free, Child friendly, Amazing exhibits, lots to do Disadvantages: Can be quite crowded
...to. That place would be the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London. I recently went to London for a weekend to go sightseeing and this place was top of my list of priorities. Back when I was a small child my dad took me to this museum, however except for seeing all the amazing things I never took much in, however now I am old enough to read I was astounded at the origin of the fossils and exhibits I was looking at. Not living in London ... ...where it was and got the tube. It has it’s own tube exit, which leads you practically to the front door of the museum. Excellent, if like me, you don’t know where you are going. I was also amazed and pleased to discover that the museum is now free to enter for everyone. I feel that learning should be free. However this also means hat the museum attracts a lot of people so I suggest you go during the week. Also the museum opens at 11.00am ...
Skrzypczak 24.10.2002
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Advantages: Very impressive exhibitions - check out the dinosaurs! Disadvantages: Lots of walking to do (very large museum)
The Natural History Museum is, in my opinion, one of the best days out in London. I went there about 3 months ago with my girlfriend. She had only been to London a couple of times since she lives abroad so we did the tourist thing and headed to the city. I was hoping to look round both the NHM (Natural History Museum) and the science museum next door, however when I got there I realised that the museum was so vast that I could have easily spent a ... ...example in 'life' you have the dinosaur gallery. My advice would be to look at the guide once you get inside, and pick the galleries you want to go to, then do those first. Otherwise you might find you've run out of time. The dinosaur gallery is my favourite one, here you will find many life-sized models of dinosaurs, and you can learn about the different species, and how they evolved. Another gallery worth a look are the "the power within", which ...
apo11o 23.06.2000
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Advantages: Knowledge, understanding, fun and of course history Disadvantages: Sore feet and aching legs
I am fascinated with history and feel at home in Museums, I am one of those people who you would guarantee to visit the local Museum when on holiday or for the sheer fun of a day out visit a Museum in another city, and this was one of those days. Mum and I went to London and visited a Museum: not just any run of the mill Museum but one of the largest Museums in Europe: The NaturalHistoryMuseum.
Rather than bore you with the full details of my journey I will just briefly say Mum and I decided we would go for a day out to the nations Capital on one of Midland Mainline special deals of £15 each return without any idea where we would visit it was a case of pot luck until we got there, so arriving in London we bought a travel guide, opened it up and picked a Museum at random. South Kensington was our destination.
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Advantages: Costs no money, very interesting Disadvantages: -
Our trip to the NHM
I will tell you something about the NaturalHistoryMuseum in London today, which we visited last year. I hope you enjoy reading the article.
It is Tuesday 14th of October, 10.30 o“clock in the morning, our third day in London. After a few discussions about how to spend our free time in the morning, we decide to go to the NaturalHistoryMuseum, because it“s no long way to get there, it is free and we find no better choice..
We, that“s a group of five people of our class: Svenja, Prisca, Kathrin, Janine and Natascha. We first think that this museum is called National HistoryMuseum and expect that it is about the history of Britain. We are very surprised when we recognize that the museum ist about NATURE and not about the British NATION!
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Advantages: Its Free, Educational and Fun Disadvantages: Tired Feet, cafe expensive
fun and go prehistoric for the holidays.
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NaturalHistoryMuseum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Within walking distance of South Kensington station on the District, Circle and Piccadilly lines.
By bus Routes 14, 49, 70, 74, 345, 360, 414 and C1 stop near us. Some tour buses also pass nearby.
I would not advise going by car here as parking is very difficult and expensive.
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The Cafe is very expensive so i would suggest you pop out for lunch and come back. I brought 4 drinks and 2 small packs of biscuits for approx. £15 never again.
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