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, ...

This blue whale skull ... known as the National Museum of Natural History. For more than four decades, the skull and model entertained visitors who came to marvel at a whale of such size that ...

The Natural History Museum has been digitizing its collections for a number of years. Due to the size of its collections (25 ...

Expect a drink on arrival, two after-dark tours, a two-course supper and breakfast, and free entry into the zoo for two days either side of your night's stay (which can also be used to visit Whipsnade ...