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Explore natural history art in our videos

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Watch our new video Art of India: Empire and the natural world. It marks the opening of the Images of Nature gallery's temporary exhibition of Indian artworks.

Explore the East India Company's contribution to natural history art

Find out about the India exhibition in the gallery

From a dodo painting inspired by the latest science to discovering the different trends in natural history illustration, you can explore our natural history art collection and expertise in these online videos.

All the videos, excluding the squid in ink, are shown at the kiosks in the Images of Nature gallery and you can see many of the featured artworks on your visit.

Sunoj D - an artist's perspective

Contemporary Indian artist Sunoj D talks about the work he produced in response to the Museum's India collection, currently on display in Images of Nature.
Natural history art: 17th century to today

Find out how artists and image makers have worked with scientists to describe and record the natural world since the 17th century.
Wood-block printing video

Find out about wood-block printing and engraving with illustrator Chris Wormell, who was inspired by the work of the 19th-century artist Thomas Bewick.
Weevil art video

Museum entomologist Chris Lyal explores the work of Mark Ines Russell and in particular his striking weevil art.
Metal-plate engraving video

Printmaker Katrina van Grouw tells us about the art of metal-plate engraving and the illustrator Sydney Parkinson.
Painting the dodo video

Artist and palaeontologist Dr Julian Hume gives us a modern interpretation of Roelandt Savery’s 17th-century iconic painting of the dodo.
Reconstructing the dodo video

Discover how the image and reconstruction of the classic dodo body shape has changed through scientific research with dodo expert Dr Julian Pender Hume.
Researching the dodo’s Mauritian ecosystem video

Find out about the flora and fauna of Mauritius and why so many creatures like the dodo became extinct when humans arrived there.
Squid in ink video

Watch artist Alice Shirley create a life-size illustration of well-known Museum specimen, Archie the giant squid, using fresh squid ink.
Hammerhead shark’s head CT scan

Fly through a hammerhead shark’s nostril to investigate water flow in this micro-CT scan of a 3D model of a shark’s head.