Dinosaurs! Meet and learn about nature in this awesome gothic museum, Dinosaurs included! One of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, the Natural History museu is breathtaking, both outside and inside. Explore the inner cloisters of this musesum since 1881 with 70 million items within five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology.
A bugged town it is.
A bipedal Rex like fossil
A fitting closing display for the dino section
A size gauge of the fossils
A winter mid afternoon by the national museum
An animatronic rexdisplay at the end of the broadwalk
and the crowds!
At least we met some of the residents
Back at the main atrium to the exit
Birds and a SWARM of them!
Blue whales included too.
Canines :P
Christmas fairgrounds by the musem site
Dinosaurs are best kept on the walls
Dinosaurs!
especially the more you look at it
Even this dino agrees!
Few of the small displays by the sidewalks
Giving them a floating look
Going dodo over dodos
Going heads over heels
Here we are at the museum highlight
I second that theory on how the dinos died
Lookie here!![Many of the walkways are lined with "filler" glass displays such as these between main sector areas.](../../_data/i/upload/2010/02/02/20100202110037-a615b575-me.jpg "Many of the walkways are lined with "filler" glass displays such as these between main sector areas. (2969 visits)")
Many of the walkways are lined with "filler" glass displays such as these between main sector areas.
Meeting our friendly cetacean friends, specifically the Delphinidae!
Miniaturized fossil exhibits
Most skeletons are suspended alongside the walk
Neat lighting on a neat interior facade
Not to mention cavernous
Now onto the mammal section
Now to add some tree for a spooky feel
Oh so ostrich's ain't the biggest?
Omg, what happened to Diego the Smilodon?
One of the cool lookin gothic buildings
Over view of the display area from the 2nd floor
Overal view of the observation deck & displays
Place decked in a rather gothic museum-y setting
Ready to go vampire hunting?![See what I mean by "Dinosaurs in the air"](../../_data/i/upload/2010/02/02/20100202105951-874ca0cf-me.jpg "See what I mean by "Dinosaurs in the air" (3430 visits)")
See what I mean by "Dinosaurs in the air"
Sloth de-evolution?
Some Dino TV is always a welcome.
Some of the many interactive info booths
Some where too small to be noticed
That's all folks at the national history museum!
The insect & arachnid part of the displays
The interior is stunning
The lower floor features mostly dino education booths
The museum front entrance, it glows strangely
The museums's gothic look does grow on you