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| Fluttering in soon |
Enjoy the wonder of hundreds of free-flying butterflies in our tropical butterfly house and experience first-hand their amazing life cycle. Perfect for all the family.
Sensational Butterflies opens 3 April |
Pre-book tickets
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| Museum third most popular attraction in UK |
The Museum recently jumped from fourth to third in the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions UK league table of museums, galleries and heritage sites.
Last year we welcomed a record 5,356,884 visitors. |
Read the whole story
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| Hippo in the Thames? |
Amateur YouTube film footage appears to show a live hippopotamus swimming in London's River Thames - did you catch our April Fool's video? Watch it here.
Find out when hippos really did swim in the Thames in our new exhibition Britain: One Million Years of the Human Story, running until 28 September.
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| Spring awakening |
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Spring is here, waking up the Museum’s Wildlife Garden. Join tours and workshops, including how to attract butterflies and bees into your garden and how to identify seeds and fruit under a microscope. |
What’s on in the Wildlife Garden
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| Amazing illustrations by female artists |
Our Images of Nature gallery features a new display every year.
This year, we feature illustrations by more than 60 women artists over four centuries.
Free |
Visit Images of Nature
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| Mammoths are coming |
Watch out - mammoths are coming to London!
Measure up to some of the largest mammals ever to have walked the Earth. Fossils, skeletons and huge life-size models tower above you in this mighty clash of tusks and trunks.
Mammoths: Ice Age Giants opens 23 May |
Pre-book tickets
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| Our friends at Horniman Museum and Gardens |
Extremes: The Horniman's new family friendly exhibition offers budding explorers the chance to find out how animals and plants survive in extreme environments. Extremes mixes games and experiments with films and taxidermy specimens.
Until 2 November |
Book tickets for Extremes
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| Gift of the Month |
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Live butterfly garden: once they’ve arrived, your caterpillars will grow up to 10 times their original size, spin a chrysalis and transform into beautiful butterflies ready for release into your garden. A wonderful lesson on the life cycle of one of Britain’s best-loved insects. |
| Buy the live butterfly garden online |
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