Hintze Hall

Walk beneath the largest animal on Earth and explore dozens of other exhibits representing 4.5 billion years of natural history.

Open daily except 24-26 December.

Free, permanent gallery.

Central Entrance on Cromwell Road.
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Hintze Hall is the gateway to our galleries and the collections we care for.

Inside it, you can wander among meteorites, mammals, fish, birds, minerals, plants and insects, and hear stories about the people whose work and ideas have shaped the Museum.

'Like the blue whale, these beautiful and intricate objects from nature are like wonderful works of art that showcase the incredible uniqueness and diversity of our natural world.' Lorraine Cornish, Head of Conservation

Star specimens and exhibits

a 25-metre blue whale skeleton, suspended in the air
an American mastodon, the elephant’s Ice Age relative
a rock as old as the solar system
an Atlantic blue marlin
a 122-129-million-year-old Mantellisaurus, one of the most complete dinosaur fossils ever discovered in the UK
a 120-year-old, 300-kilogramme Turbinaria coral