Coming soon
Spring highlights
Check out our exciting new Nights at the Museum events coming in 2010.
Events
Dino Snores
13 February 2010 - SOLD OUT
Begins at 19.00, finishes next day at 09.50
Ever wondered what it's like to stay overnight at the Museum when all the staff and visitors have gone? Find out at our next sleepover event in February when lots of thrilling activities are planned. Suitable for children 8 - 11 years old. Groups must be accompanied by an adult.
Find out about Dino Snores and other Nights at the Museum events
Nature Live Nights
Yesterday's DNA Saving Species Today?
25 February 2010 19:00
Join our next Nature Live evening debate and discuss whether the DNA from a tiny speck of 200-year-old hair or skin reveal, or even change, the fate of an entire species?
Find out about Nature Live Nights
After Hours
Next late night event is 26 February 2010
Until 22.30
The Museum is open late every Friday of the month from 30 October until 26 March (excluding December). Come along and enjoy wine and tapas in our 3 bars, while you take in the Museum's majestic Central Hall and futuristic new Darwin Centre. You can also visit the amazing Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 exhibition.
After Hours events
BBC series about the Museum
BBC Two’s new series about us – Museum Of Life
Spring 2010
The fabulous new BBC Two series about our very own Natural History Museum will start transmitting this spring. Shot here and in locations all over the world, it tells a story of mysteries, dinosaurs, diamonds and audacious attempts to hold back extinction.
Our amazing specimens and leading scientists feature among the highlights, and the main presenters are Jimmy Doherty, Liz Bonnin, Mark Carwardine and Chris Van Tulleken Kate Bellingham. Watch this space for more details.
BBC Two’s programme details
Exhibitions
Wild Planet - free outdoor touring exhibition
Opens 12 March
Brighton Seafront
Marvel at spectacular images from the world's premier Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition displayed in fantastic outdoor locations throughout the UK and abroad. Brighton seafront is the first stop. See below for details.
The Deep
Opens 28 May
Get ready for a voyage of discovery next spring. Enter a deep sea world, 11,000 metres down in the ocean, that is less explored than the surface of the moon, featuring bizarre specimens, astonishing images and interactive installations. Find out more below.
Currently at the Museum
Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 exhibition
Visiting the Darwin Centre
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The Deep
Prepare yourself for a voyage of discovery next spring, when you enter a deep sea world, 11,000 metres down in the ocean. This exciting exhibition opens soon.
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Wild Planet
Experience the power and diversity of nature at a venue near you.Wild Planet is a free outdoor exhibition that will tour the UK.
