Collections

The Museum is home to the largest and most important natural history collection in the world, with over 70 million specimens ranging from microscopic slides to mammoth skeletons.

  • Collection drawer of butterflies looked after by the Museum
    Collections

    The life and earth science collections of the Museum comprise some 70 million specimens or items. The collections cover virtually all groups of animals, plants, minerals and fossils.

  • Electronic museum

    Find out more about the Museum's single integrated electronic system for collections management.