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Explore the natural history of the planet Earth from the prehistoric era to the present day at one of London's most visited museums. In 1881, the Natural History Museum moved to its present venue. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse, this building is now one of London's most beautiful and most recognized. These hallowed halls now house more than 300 years' worth of collections, with over 68 million specimens. Broadly divided into Life and Earth galleries, the museum provides much more than can be seen in a day, and your feet will get tired before your brain does. Let your kids run wild amongst dinosaur skeletons, erupting volcanoes and life size constructs of blue whales - it's unlikely they'll ever forget their first visit here. Admission free.

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NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Architect Alfred Waterhouse had relief panels scattered across the outrageously ornate French Romanesque-style terra-cotta facade of this museum, depicting extant creatures to the left of the entrance, extinct ones to the right. The museum was in danger of becoming crusty itself and has …

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