Green Zone

Discover amazing facts about life, the planet, our environment and evolution in the Green Zone .

Part of the original Natural History Museum building featuring the grand Central Hall, some of our earliest displays such as the historical bird collection and the outstanding collection of minerals housed in original Victorian wooden cabinets.

Central Hall

The Museum's grand entrance hall includes the Diplodocus skeleton, a 1,300-year-old giant sequoia tree, Darwin's statue and the coelacanth, a prehistoric fish still living in the Indian Ocean.
Fossil Marine Reptiles

Learn what was going on in the oceans while the dinosaurs roamed the Earth. See how an ichthyosaur gave birth.
Fossils from Britain

View ancient creatures like trilobites and ammonites, and marvel at fossilised shark teeth.
Ecology

Explore the connections between all living things and their environments. Find out how you can live more responsibly on the planet.
Creepy Crawlies

Satisfy your curiosity about ants, hawk moths, termites, spiders, hermit crabs and 1000s of their relatives. Find out what's the longest insect in the world.
Birds

View specimens ranging from a tiny hummingbird to a giant ostrich and meet the now extinct Mauritius dodo.
Our Place in Evolution

Meet the ancestors, including Homo erectus, Neanderthals and australopithecines. Who are our closest relatives? You decide...
Minerals

See sparkling gems alongside the raw minerals they come from and learn how minerals are formed.
The Vault

Discover the stories behind some of nature's most rare, unique and valuable treasures in the Museum's new permanent gallery.
Primates

Get the lowdown on our nearest relatives. Find out about the slow loris and pygmy marmoset and discover what made the howler monkey famous.
Tree

The Tree gallery reveals a stunning, contemporary art installation called TREE by artist Tania Kovats. See Ida's fossil cast also now on display in the gallery.