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Get a sneak peek of the fantastic beasts™: the wonder of nature exhibition., the natural history museum.

Step inside the world of Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature at the Natural History Museum. From roaring dragons to mischievous Nifflers, the wizarding world created by J K Rowling is full of remarkable animals.

Magizoologist Newt Scamander™ is an expert on these magical creatures and the author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them™. We invite you to follow the pages of Newt's book and explore the wonder of our natural world through the magic of fantastic beasts. Discover the real animals that are as extraordinary as any mythical creature. And, like Newt, see the need to protect them for generations to come.

People have told stories about dragons, merpeople, unicorns and sea monsters for thousands of years. But what inspired the tales of these remarkable creatures? Could strange encounters with dinosaur bones, narwhal tusks and giant squid lie behind such stories?

Like many explorers and naturalists, Newt Scamander™ has travelled the world seeking fantastic beasts to study and observe.

Leave the mysterious museum behind the head off on an expedition into the unknown. Prepare to meet fantastic beasts with magical powers and try to spot the animals that share their amazing abilities.

From nature's most extraordinary dancers to its champions of camouflage, our world contains a remarkable diversity of animals to discover.

Newt Scamander™ protects and cares for fantastic beasts that are threatened, mistreated or misunderstood by other wizards. In our world, human activity is endangering the future of many animals, with tens of thousands of species at risk of disappearing forever.

Now that you have encountered fantastic beasts in the wild, discover what we can do to save them. Meet some of the Earth's most vulnerable animals and find out how remarkable people around the world who, like Newt, are working to ensure we value and respect the creatures that share our planet.

'It is my fondest hope that a new generation… will find in its pages fresh reason to love and protect the incredible beasts with whom we share magic.' – Newt Scamander™

For more information and to book tickets to the exhibition, visit the Museum's website . To find out more about the Wizarding World, visit WizardingWorld.com WIZARDING WORLD and all related trademarks, characters, names, and indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s21)

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Natural History Museum virtual tour

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If you're keen to explore the wonders of the Natural History Museum but don't fancy heading to the busy city of London, then why not explore the museum from the comfort of your home?

There are a number of ways you can tour the museum virtually for free, from self-guided tours, to tours narrated by Sir David Attenborough .

Depending on what you're interested in, there are the numerous ways you can take a virtual tour of the Natural History Museum, with a number of different exhibitions currently taking place.

Fantastic Beasts exhibition

You can currently tour this special exhibition to celebrate the creatures that inspire stories about dragons, unicorns and merpeople. We think this is a brilliant one for the grandchildren to enjoy too.

The life of the Blue Whale

If you've ever seen the iconic hall in the Natural History Museum, you'll have see the breathtaking Blue Whale which hangs above the hall. Here you can explore the hall for free and find out more about whales and the ocean and the other species you can find here.

Nature Live online

Want to take a closer look behind the scenes? This special programme which takes place online every Tuesday is hosted by the Natural History Museum's scientists. The talks are interactive and educational and all the talks are free to watch.

Lates Online

Fancy a more relaxed experience of the museum? The 'Lates' sessions are held on the last Thursday of every month at 7.30pm.

Guided tour from Sir David Attenborough

How about having a special guided tour from the one and only David Attenborough? You can find the entire visual tour of the hall here and the audio guide from David Attenborough here .

Dippy the dinosaur

If you or your grandchildren are big fans of dinosaurs, here's an opportunity to explore the skull in 3D and learn more about the Museum's iconic Diplodocus carnegii.

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Calling all dinosaur enthusiasts and future paleontologists. Follow in the footsteps of our Dino Institute and discover dinosaurs throughout our museum.

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Dueling Dinos

Start your journey in the center of our Grand Foyer you will find an epic scene of a T-rex and Triceratops in a timeless battle

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Dinosaur Hall

Discover two large rooms , both upstairs and downstairs, full of actual dinosaur fossils, interactives, touch fossils, rare finds, and more. 

T-rex Growth Series

The stunning centerpiece of this gallery is the Tyrannosaurus rex growth series, featuring a baby, juvenile, and sub-adult T. rex . It's the only series of its kind in the world.

Stegosaurus

This armored dinosaur is covered with large plates down its back and with large spikes on its tail. Find the one mounted fighting with the predator Allosaurus . Allosaur fossils have been found that show wounds from Stegosaurus spikes, which is why they’re posed the way they are in the Dinosaur Hall.

California’s State Dinosaur

One of only two fossils specimens of Augustynolophus in the world can be found right here at NHM. Discover this duck-billed dinosaur on the second level of the Dino Hall.  

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Watch our scientists working on real fossils that our Dinosaur Institute has brought back from out in the field. These specimens on view change throughout the year as they remove the matrix from around the fossils, study, and record their finds. 

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Paleo Playzone

Go on your own dino dig in our Discovery Center . 

Triceratops at NHM Dinosaur Encounters Live Theater Show

Watch as dinosaurs come to life with life-sized T. rex and Triceratops puppets. Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

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Throughout the halls of the Natural History Museum there are hidden marvels that are actually right before your eyes.

Get out into nature, right here at NHM. Discover all of the species that call our great city their home and be amazed by their stories.

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Current Exhibits

African bush elephant & rotunda.

Henry the Elephant in the Rotunda

  • Rotunda: South
  • Rotunda: North

African Voices

African chess board, stringed musical instrument, and ceramics

  • African Voices 1 / Entry to Deep Time
  • African Voices 2
  • African Voices 3
  • African Voices 4
  • African Voices 5
  • African Voices 6
  • African Voices 7
  • African Voices 8
  • African Voices 9
  • African Voices 10
  • African Voices 11

Marsupial and Hominid skeletons in cases

  • Bone Hall 1
  • Bone Hall 2
  • Bone Hall 3
  • Bone Hall 4
  • Bone Hall 5
  • Bone Hall 6
  • Bone Hall 7

Butterfly Pavilion

butterfly poster and plants

  • Butterflies 1
  • Butterflies 2
  • Butterflies 3

David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time

Tyrannosaurus rex biting a Triceratops

Tyrannosaurus rex  attacking a  Triceratops

  • Deep Time Main Entrance
  • The Not-So-Distant Past
  • Costs and Benefits of Living Large
  • Life in the Neogene Ocean
  • End Cretaceous Mass Extinction Event and View of Early Horse and Green River Fossils
  • Dinosaur Diversity Peaks / Cretaceous Seas 2
  • Bird Origins / Cretaceous Seas 1
  • Stegosaurus Spikes vs. Ceratosaurus Claws
  • Reptiles Move Back to the Ocean in the Jurassic
  • Dinosaur Evolution and Trees of the Triassic
  • A Riot of Evolution after a Mass Extinction
  • Permian Extinction 1
  • Jurassic Dinosaurs, Plants, and Insects
  • Main Circulation Path and Age of Humans Bridge
  • T. rex and the Last American Dinosaurs: 1
  • T. rex and the Last American Dinosaurs: 2
  • Asteroid Impact Triggers Dinosaur Mass Extinction
  • Rainforests Spread Across the Globe
  • Mastodon and the Main Path (Hallway)
  • A Giant Ground Sloth
  • Ice Age Extinction Event: 1
  • Ice Age Mastodon
  • Ice Age Extinction Event: 2
  • A Giant Deer and a Bison Mummy
  • Overlook of the Whole Exhibition
  • Age of Humans
  • Extinction and Evolution Over Deep Time
  • Polar Forests
  • Permian Extinction 2
  • Life Changes in the Permian
  • Importance of Insects
  • Fossils and Coal in the Carboniferous World
  • Your Body Through Time
  • Evolution of Life in the Ocean and On Land
  • Early Life in the Ocean
  • What is Life?
  • Fossil Basecamp Education Center: 1
  • Fossil Basecamp Education Center: 2
  • Secondary Entrance from African Voices
  • Browse the Fossils in the David H. Koch Hall of Fossils

David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins

Lucy the Australopithecus hominid

  • Time Portal
  • Social Life
  • Neanderthal
  • Past Species
  • Reconstruction
  • Hall of Human Origins Entrance

Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt

Painted mummy in a sarcophagus

Garden Lounge

Enjoy plants and recharge yourself while recharging your mobile devices.

  • Garden Lounge 1
  • Garden Lounge 2

Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals

diamonds and sapphires

  • Hope Diamond 1
  • Hope Diamond 2
  • Precious Gems 1
  • Precious Gems 2
  • Minerals Shop

Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals

African lions

  • Hall of Mammals Entrance
  • Entrance (high)
  • North America 1
  • North America 2
  • South America
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Africa 1 (high)
  • Africa 2 (high)

O. Orkin Insect Zoo

Insects and their terrestrial relatives

  • Insect Zoo 1
  • Insect Zoo 2
  • Insect Zoo 3

Objects of Wonder

Insect diversity

  • Objects of Wonder 1
  • Objects of Wonder 2
  • Objects of Wonder 3
  • Objects of Wonder 4
  • Objects of Wonder 5
  • Objects of Wonder 6
  • Objects of Wonder 7

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Sant Ocean Hall

Right whale

  • Ocean Portal
  • Marine Collections
  • Exploration
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Ocean Surface
  • Shores and Shallows
  • Ocean Diversity 1
  • Ocean Diversity 2
  • Journey Through Time 1
  • Journey Through Time 2
  • Right Whale
  • Right Whale (high)
  • Special Exhibit
  • Special Exhibit (high)
  • Where Does it Live?
  • Ocean Terrace Cafe 1
  • Ocean Terrace Cafe 2

Sea Monsters Unearthed: Life in Angola’s Ancient Seas

Fossil "sea monster"

  • Sea Monsters 1
  • Sea Monsters 2
  • Sea Monsters 3

Birds of DC / Ground Floor

An exhibits case containing Birds of DC

  • Constitution Entrance 1
  • Constitution Entrance 2
  • Constitution Entrance 3
  • Atrium Café 1
  • Atrium Café 2
  • D.C. Birds 1
  • D.C. Birds 2
  • Baird Auditorium
  • Shop 1: North
  • Shop 1: South
  • Shop 2: North
  • Shop 2: South

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