About the gallery
The Images of Nature gallery showcases the Museum's world-famous collection of natural history artworks.
Images of Nature is a permanent free gallery and is located in the Museum's Blue Zone at the end of Dinosaur Way.
Purple swamp hen, from the India collection.
Experience how artists and scientists see the natural world in this important visual record of over 110 images that span 350 years to the present.
Images of Nature includes prints, watercolours and paintings from eminent natural history artists in the Museum's collection. Alongside this historic body of work are modern images created by scientists, imaging specialists, photographers and micro-CT scanners.
Each year the Images of Nature gallery includes a temporary exhibition of themed artworks. This year it's our 18th and 19th-century India collection.
