Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD UK Phone: +44 (0)20 7942 5000 Timings: Closed until 10:00am Days: Mon–Sun, Open: 10:00 AM–5:50 PM http://www.nhm.ac.uk

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Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd, ☎ +44 20 7942 5000 (info@nhm.ac.uk), [2]. 10:00-17:30. Probably the most popular of all the museums here and a must see for many visitors to London. Home to no less than 70 million specimens from across all the life sciences. Especially popular are the dinosaur exhibits, the Darwin Centre and the studio dedicated to BBC wildlife personality extraordinaire, David Attenborough. In the 1980s, the Geological Museum was absorbed but is still in a separate building with a separate entrance. 
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Useful Tips

"the museum's amazing but you should take a hole day, from 10am until 18h the see everything!!"

"brilliant dinosaur exhibition"

"priceless london is really great!"

"awesome museum, recommended"

"best museum in london"

"have a sleepover here - they do one a month -0 totally awesome experience!"

"best animals view"

"absolutely amazing!!!"

"awesome place !"

"this museum has really awesome exhibitions!"

"great day out!"

"it's awesome!"

Must do

"must see"

"must!"

"must be ashamed!!"

"must go"

Avoid doing this

"avoid the queues, use the 'secret' entrance on exhibition road"

"avoid the queues of the main entrance and go around the side to another entrance on exhibition road"

"beware the dinosaurs!"

"avoid the long lines into this beautiful building"

"avoid the one-way route into the life size animated dinosaur exhibition"

"avoid the queues to get in"

"avoid the school holiday's if possible"

"avoid the queues, use the 'secret' entrance on exhibition road"

"avoid the queues for the dinosaurs"

"avoid the queues"

"avoid v long ticket queue by using the butterfly show ticket kiosk on the green outside museum & then go straight in past everyone"

"avoid bigger queues on entry by coming through the exhibition rd entrance"

"avoid talking or needing help from the extremely unprepared and rude staff"

"avoid queues"

"avoid queues"

"avoid weekend crowds, allow time for all zones; this place is huge!"

"avoid the queues & use the smaller entrance in exhibition rd ;)"

"avoid the restaurant at all costs"

"avoid going on weekends, it's full of unruly kids, really exhausting"

What people dont like

"if you're going with a small child, avoid the one-way route into the life size animated dinosaur exhibition."

"disciplining other people's children, however tempting, is generally frowned upon."

"earthquake room - unbelievable!"

"como debe ser: museo gratis, wifi gratis....como en españa :("

"alongside the huge diplodocus cast, which greets visitors in the huge main hall, is a triceratops, a half-buried edmontosaurus and a terrifying t. rex."

"the food is very expensive"

"the kids restaurant is a rip, they make you line up for ages, i think they make you pay beforehand because the food is terrible, i'd refuse to pay for some of our £30 terrible meal (2adults 1child)"

"the cocoon is very disappointing."

"if you come during half term, get here really early to avoid the queues."

"you need at least 6 hours to be enlightened."

"we were told a 20min wait but were in in no more than 10 min"

"dont miss the investigate center , green zone basement"

"pre book your dinosaur gallery time slot to minimise how long you have to stay in the queue."

"cloakroom now eye-wateringly expensive."

"the restaurant is very busy and the cafe is very expensive."

"don't use the front entrance, queues are too long."

"look out for all the animals hidden in the tiles and the pillars"

"it's all down to that old fox victor basta apparently..."

"food was overpriced and average, and our server andrea was extremely rude."

"avoid going on weekends, it's full of unruly kids, really exhausting."

"very long q on sat"

"they are barged out of the way by other kids as teachers are not in control."

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