The Museum's vast blue whale skeleton is more than just a specimen - it's a 4.5-tonne parcel of social history. The animal has been dead ... and his closest surviving relative. She visited London with ...

Discover how whales were at the heart of Richard Owen's original proposal for a museum of natural history in Britain ... Staff stand in front of a blue whale model. In this photo, taken in the 1930s, ...

Expect a drink on arrival, two after-dark tours, a two-course supper and breakfast, and free entry into the zoo for two days ...

Here, we bring you London’s top sleepover spots. Not just for kids, sleepovers. The Natural History Museun’s sleepovers, for (not so) grown-ups, take place in Hintze Hall, underneath the enormous blue ...