Explore the galleries with the Museum map
Find out how to get around with the Museum map. There are four zones to discover.
Darwin Centre
Explore science and nature in the Darwin Centre's Cocoon, meet experts at Attenborough Studio events, and see specimens close up in the Zoology spirit building.
Drop in to the Centre for UK Nature in the Cocoon atrium or relax outside in the adjoining courtyard.
Visions of Nature
Watch a pine tree grow in a matter of seconds and come face to face with a beluga whale in our new mixed reality experience.
Be transported to the year 2125 and discover how our actions have shaped the future of the natural world.
Open now in the Spirit Collection Corridor
Spirit collection tours
Meet Archie the 8.62-metre-long giant squid, Darwin's octopus and other specimens preserved in jars (or tanks), in a behind-the-scenes tour of our Zoology spirit building.
The Cocoon
Inside the Cocoon see hundreds of Museum specimens. Marvel at beetles and butterflies, metre-high plants, huge tarantulas and historic herbaria.
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