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A virtual visit to the Age of Dinosaurs

Missing the Museum? Virtually step inside NHM’s award-winning Dinosaur Hall and discover the Age of Dinosaurs from the comfort of your home. Learn how Museum scientists study our ancient past through a variety of fossils and get an up-close look at a one-of-a-kind T. rex growth series.

You can also discover dinosaur and fossil activities that complement the tours — suitable for families, school-age children, and learners of all ages! See below.

Activities for School Children and Families

Early learners.

Dino Hall Scavenger Hunt

Dyeing Dino Eggs: Dye Your Own Eggs, Dinosaur style! (with parent help)

Color Me Wonderful: Dinosaur Coloring Sheets

Elementary School

Make Your Own Trace Fossil (with parent help)

Make Your Own Dinosaur Shadow Puppet and Screen (with parent help)

Lesson Plan: Adaptation Sensation (meets Grade 1 NGSS & Common Core ELA Standards)

Lesson Plan: The Dino Diner (meets Grade 4 NGSS & Common Core Mathematics Standards)

Middle School

Make Your Own Trace Fossil

Make Your Own Dinosaur Shadow Puppet and Screen

Lesson Plan: Shaping Dinosaurs (meets Grade 7 Common Core Mathematics Standards)

High School

Lesson Plan: Amazing Adaptations (meets High School NGSS and Common Core ELA Standards)

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The Natural History Museum

London, United Kingdom

The Natural History Museum is a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use our unique collections and unrivaled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. Explore a story of natural history discovery in an interactive experience , Making Natural History, voiced by Museum researchers and curators. Dive into the museum's 80 million objects with unique, new features: encounter a prehistoric marine reptile in virtual reality, discover pioneering Museum research in a short film, navigate the galleries in 360 degrees care of Google's Street View team, take a tour of ten new exhibits tackling natural history themes, and take students on an expedition through the galleries to learn about adaptation in the natural world.

The Collection

Photograph 20
Stainless steel 1
United Kingdom 92
United States 72
Australia 19
Netherlands 3
Indonesia 1
Peter Forsskål 310
Pierre Edmond Boissier 190
Carl Peter Thunberg 148
Joseph Gaertner 101
Ferdinand de Saussure 88
Coenraad Jacob Temminck 56
Alfred Russel Wallace 39
Marcus Licinius Crassus 24
Friedrich Hayek 9
Rudolf von Jhering 7
Carl Linnaeus 6
Maria Sibylla Merian 6
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 4
W. G. Sebald 4
Carl Sigismund Kunth 3
François Quesnay 3
John Stuart Mill 2
Friedrich Carl von Savigny 2
Empedocles 1
Chemistry 45
Medicine 44
Statistics 11
Electronics 10
Psychology 2

Peter Forsskål

Pierre Edmond Boissier

Carl Peter Thunberg

Online Exhibit

Take a virtual stroll through the exhibition

Get a sneak peek of the Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature exhibition.

Read the story

Five natural history trailblazers you may not have heard of

Meet five oft-unsung women who paved the way for future generations of female scientists.

Mary Anning: History's Pioneer of Palaeontology

Get to know the life and work of this pioneering palaeontologist and fossil collector

Butterflies and Moths: Life Written on Wings

The Hidden World of the Tank Room

Virtual visits

Virtual Tour

The Natural History Museum, Hintze Hall

Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature

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The Natural History Museum's website

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Wednesday 10:00 AM – 5:50 PM
Thursday 10:00 AM – 5:50 PM
Friday 10:00 AM – 5:50 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM – 5:50 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM – 5:50 PM

Sam Rohn 360° Photography

360° VR Panoramic Photography & Virtual Tours

Museum of Natural History :: 360° Virtual Tour

The building that houses the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda is New York State’s official memorial to the 26th president of the United States, who not only led expeditions for the American Museum of Natural History and augmented its collections with new species, but also strengthened the cause for national conservation. Designed by John Russell Pope, the Rotunda was dedicated in 1936 and declared a New York City landmark in 1967. It serves as the Museum’s main entrance lobby, and is home to the Barosaurus exhibit, the world’s tallest freestanding mount of a dinosaur

Since its opening in 1936, the Akeley Hall of African Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City has been considered one of the world’s greatest museum displays. The hall is named after Carl Akeley (1864-1926), the explorer, conservationist, taxidermist, sculptor, and photographer who conceived of, designed, and collected for the hall. All the mammal dioramas in the Museum were created using his highly refined taxidermy and mounting techniques. The animals have been reconstructed with such scientific accuracy and detail that they appear astoundingly lifelike. Akeley’s meticulous attention to veracity, which was applied to the plants, the painted backgrounds, and even the lighting in the dioramas, resulted in faithful and vivid reproductions of the worlds that he wanted to preserve.

The 28 dioramas in this hall, true works of art, depict some of the many animals and habitats of Africa, from the bongo and mandrill of the dense rain forests to the impala and elephant of the savannah. Carl Akeley had a lifelong devotion to the continent of Africa and the conservation of its beautiful wilderness areas. He traveled there many times, embarking on three expeditions for the Museum. During his final expedition, he fell ill and died. He was buried in Albert National Park (now Virunga National Park), the first wildlife sanctuary in central Africa, which he had helped to establish. The mountain location of his grave is near the scene depicted in the gorilla diorama in this hall.

Hall of Ocean Life