Greater London Trip Overview
A tour created specifically for families with children, young and old alike will be entertained, educated and simply fascinated thanks to the expertise and knowhow of your highly-qualfied guide. You will be taken on an enjoyable journey to discover fossils from the Jurassic period and to admire the museum’s famous blue whale skeleton. Your guide will enhance your tour with anecdotes about the collections on display as you explore many of the 70 million artifacts in the museum’s mineralogy, paleontology, zoology and botany collections.
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Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Greater London, United Kingdom
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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A tour created specifically for families with children, young and old alike will be entertained, educated and simply fascinated thanks to the expertise and knowhow of your highly-qualfied guide. You will be taken on an enjoyable journey to discover fossils from the Jurassic period and to admire the museum’s famous blue whale skeleton. Your guide will enhance your tour with anecdotes about the collections on display as you explore many of the 70 million artifacts in the museum’s mineralogy, paleontology, zoology and botany collections.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road South Kensington, London SW7 5BD England
You will meet your guide just outside the entrance to this wonderful museum, which is also a fully functional research centre, before embarking on a journey of discovery into an exhibition which encourages its visitors to enjoy as well as learn all about the natural world. Indeed, the museum won first prize in the Best for Free Activities and Best for Learning categories at the 2018 Hoop Awards, and it can boast around 70 million exhibits across the five main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, paleontology and zoology.
One of the highlights of the tour is the Tyrannosaurus Rex in the Dinosaur Gallery, which, at between 122 and 129 million years old, is one of the most important dinosaur skeletons ever discovered. Other must-see items which your highly-qualified guide will make sure you don’t miss include the Marine Reptile Fossils, the Jurassic sea crocodiles, a breathtaking blue whale skeleton, 25.2 metres long, a giant sequoia tree and a fantastic range of stuffed birds.
Thanks to the skill, knowledge and expertise of your top-rated, kid-friendly guide, you’ll feel like real scientists by the time you have finished this unique and fascinating experience at the Natural History Museum, and this promises to be an experience you won’t forget in a hurry.
Duration: 2 hours
