The Museum has a range of facilities which help the preparation, analysis and imaging of micropalaeontological research.
Since 1990, several large collections of microfossils have been donated to the Natural History Museum. These include commercially significant collections featuring material from worldwide petroleum explorations. Find out more.
Learn about the digital imaging facilities available in the Micropalaeontology division, as well as the new techniques our researchers have developed to help visualise microfossils, nannofossils and palynomorphs.