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The museum is large - if you walk from anywhere other than the tube station then make sure you head for an entrance! You can get in at the front from Cromwell Road, or from the side via the Earth Galleries, on [[Exhibition Road]]. There is no entrance from Queen's Gate. |
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==== Getting there ==== * [[Tube]]: [[South Kensington station]] on the [[Piccadilly Line|Piccadilly]], [[Circle Line|Circle]] and [[District Line|District]] Lines. A subway links the station to the corner of the museum grounds. * [[Bus]]: Coming from central London or heading out towards [[Earl's Court]] or [[Clapham Junction Station|Clapham Junction]], there is a stop on Cromwell Road directly opposite the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]].<br>Heading back into London or arriving from the west, there is a stop directly outside the V&A. These stops are served by the [[Bus Route 14|14]] ([[Locale West End|West End]]), [[Bus Route 74|74]] ([[Marble Arch]], [[Baker Street|Baker St]]), [[Bus Route 414|414]] ([[Marble Arch]], [[Edgware Road|Edgware Rd]]) and [[Bus Route C1|C1]] ([[Locale Sloane Square|Sloane Square]], [[Victoria Station|Victoria]]).<br>All other buses serving South Kensington stop at the [[South Kensington station|tube station]]. |
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Photos (c) The Natural History Museum, London
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The Natural History Museum in South Kensington is perhaps the largest and most spectacular of all London's varied museums.
It contains no exhibits created by Man — just the works of Nature. This includes items as varied as dinosaur skeletons, blue whales, meteorites, minerals, and more. Even the building, known as the Waterhouse building, is worth visiting as it features similar high Victorian architecture to St Pancras Hotel and an excellent cast-iron roof. The new Darwin Centre next door features more modern architecture, having been completed in 2003. Currently entrance to this and many other London museums is free, but you are encouraged to make a donation, and have to pay for electronic tours. There are frequently special exhibitions such as the current "T-Rex: the killer question" and "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" which charge admission; the excellent "Earth from the Air" photography exhibition is in the museum grounds on the corner of Exhibition Road and Cromwell Road (just outside the NHM tube exit). Exhibitions and events are all listed on the museum web site. The museum recently won an award for being Large Visitor Attraction of the Year. |
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