Last chance to see Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Don't miss your final opportunity to see 100 of the best nature images from around the world.
Enter our free prize draw for a chance to win a trip to India, with On The Go Tours.
Closes 31 August |
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Pluto flyby data
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NASA's New Horizons probe made the closest approach to Pluto ever undertaken. Data from the probe will provide new information about the dwarf planet and be used to create an image of Pluto for our exciting new space photography exhibition, Otherworlds: Visions of our Solar System, opening in January 2016.
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Exhibition developed in partnership with
Catlin Group Limited |
Our major exhibition Coral Reefs: Secret Cities of the Sea explores some of the most spectacular, beautiful and diverse ecosystems in the world. See more than 250 specimens, a virtual reef dive and a live coral reef aquarium.
Watch our video infographic to find out why coral reefs are so important.
Until 13 September
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In partnership with Atlantic Productions, powered by Samsung Gear VR. |
David Attenborough's First Life experience takes you on a 3D journey to meet some of the Earth’s earliest inhabitants. Get up close to long-extinct creatures, such as the fearsome-looking Anomalocaris and the spiny, worm-like Hallucigenia.
Enter our free prize draw to win a Samsung Galaxy S6.
Tickets £6.50
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| BBC Radio 4 Natural Histories |
Meet our scientists and learn more about specimens featured in Natural Histories, the new BBC Radio 4 series exploring nature’s influence on culture and society. Join us at the Museum this month for free Saturday daytime talks on meteorites, mammoths, venom and daffodils.
Free talks until 21 November |
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| Meet live butterflies |
The summer holidays are here, and with it comes your chance to get up close to one of nature’s most incredible life cycles, amongst hundreds of live butterflies and moths from around the world.
Until 13 September |
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| Myths and Monsters at Tring |
Step back in time through the pages of an ancient book to a world inhabited by weird and wonderful creatures. Get hands-on with replicas of real animals that inspired stories of strange beasts.
Until 6 September
Free exhibition |
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Gifts inspired by Charles Darwin
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From his voyage on the Beagle to his time at Downe House, find thought-provoking gifts inspired by one of the greatest minds in science, Charles Darwin. |
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| Our friends at the Science Museum |
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© Ori Gersht, Blow Up: Untitled 1, 2007. © Ori Gersht, Private Collection Courtesy of the artist/Mummery+Schnelle |
Discover the influence of early scientific photography on modern and contemporary art. This major exhibition showcases some of the rarest images from the pioneers of photography, such as William Henry Fox Talbot and Eadweard Muybridge, alongside striking works by modern and contemporary artists.
Revelations: Experiments in Photography
Until 13 September |
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