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Copenhagen’s £200m underground museum opens in 2027 with dinosaurs, 14m specimens and eight galleries

Copenhagen’s new £200 million Natural History Museum will open on March 6, 2027, featuring eight immersive underground galleries and a collection of 14 million specimens. Visitors can explore dinosaur skeletons, 3D exhibits and the spectacular Ocean Hall, as the museum combines historic Botanical Garden buildings with striking new underground architecture…

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Wildlife Photographer of Year contest reveals preview of winning shots

Images of oxpecker cleaning its bill against a rhino’s skin and an inquisitive polar bear staring into a seal’s breathing hole are among them.

Evening Standard

A peeping polar bear and bullfrog’s near miss: Wildlife Photographer of Year 2026 first look

Images of an African bullfrog lunging for a butterfly and an oxpecker cleaning its bill against a rhino’s skin are among the winning entries this year

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Natural History Museum to reopen ‘hidden’ gallery after more than 80 years

The space was originally closed in 1943 after the museum’s herbarium was damaged during the Second World War

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Meet Anderson Taylor, the 9-year-old dinosaur lover who turned his fossil collection into a museum and became the world’s youngest curator

Anderson Taylor, aged nine, became the world's youngest male museum curator. He opened the Cambridge Natural History Museum in Illinois in August 2024. The museum showcases fossils, minerals, and natural history specimens collected over years. A visit to Scotland inspired Anderson to pursue his lifelong passion for dinosaurs. He now…

The Times of India

Seaside shenanigans, Newcastle grit and dinosaurs of the deep – the week in art

Rye spies a quirky summer show, Leonora Carrington’s surrealism is knowingly Freudian and ancient reptiles take over the Natural History museum

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Three million years after Lucy walked upright in Africa, the inside story of another landmark journey

There is a special gallery inside the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi where visitors slow down, lower their voices and often fall silent. In front of them, carefully lit and disarmingly small, lies the skeleton of Lucy, the 3.2 million-year-old hominin.

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Gigantic scorpions with formidable pincers once roamed England and Wales, fossil reveals

Species emerged at a time well before the evolution of trees and lived a semi-aquatic life, scientists say

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These are the UK’s most popular tourist attractions, from the Natural History Museum to Stonehenge

How many of these museums, galleries and monuments have you been to?

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Natural History Museum is UK's most visited tourist attraction with record 7.1m visitors in 2025

The attraction, home to everything from dinosaur skeletons to gemstones, has overtaken the British Museum to claim the top spot

Evening Standard

Natural History Museum becomes UK’s top attraction for visits

The site welcomed 7.1 million visitors in 2025, which is up 13% from the previous year.

Evening Standard

Natural History Museum Reveals Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2025 Winners (33 Pics)

Every year, the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year turns the natural world into a gallery of split-second miracles by highlighting the moments caught that make you appreciate nature’s beauty once again. The 2025 winning images do exactly that, balancing jaw-dropping beauty with the quieter, heavier truth of…

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I hope Pokémon's new Natural History Museum card isn't another mistake

Its jumbo size might just keep scalpers at bay this time.

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Here's how to get your hands on some ultra-rare Pokémon merch

The pop-up’s theme and exclusive merch have been announced

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The 1st Global Space Awards honors late Apollo 13 astronaut James Lovell on Dec. 5

The Global Space Awards will be held at London's Natural History Museum on Dec. 5.

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Seafloor animals down by 37% in deep-sea mining zone, landmark study finds

The study is thought to be the largest yet into the impacts of deep-sea mining mining on seafloor animals.

The Independent UK

Natural History Museum creates giant Christmas jumper for its iconic T. Rex

The Natural History Museum's iconic T. Rex has received a festive makeover, featuring a supersized red Christmas jumper and Santa hat, alongside a backdrop depicting a snowy village and starry night sky.

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Santa Jaws is coming to town to launch museum’s sustainable Christmas jumper

This year’s collection has been created using 100% sustainable cotton.

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Creepy culture: The best Halloween 2025 arts events this weekend

From haunted forests and ghostly trails to immersive parties and classic horror cinema, we’ve rounded up the capital’s most thrilling Halloween events in London.

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Woman arrested following September gold theft at Paris museum

A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the September theft of gold worth more than €1.5 million from the Natural History Museum in Paris, one of several recent break-ins targeting high-profile French cultural institutions, a prosecutor said on Tuesday.

International Business Times UK

Pokémon's Limited‑Edition Shop at NHM Risks Turning Into a Scalper's Paradise

The Natural History Museum's limited-edition Pokémon pop-up shop launches in London on 26 January 2026, with free tickets from 1 October sparking fears of scalpers after past Van Gogh chaos.

Evening Standard

Kate debuts blonde look as she leads schoolchildren out of rainstorm

Kate’s new lighter hairstyle was on display when she visited the Natural History Museum’s gardens to meet a group of primary school children.

The Independent UK

William and Kate seen in London in first official outing since summer break

It comes just a day after the royal couple’s children began their new school term

Evening Standard

OPINION - Rare new dog-sized dinosaur species to be displayed in London ...Tech & Science Daily podcast

‘It could probably curl up quite comfortably in your lap’

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Labrador-sized dinosaur to go on display at London's Natural History Museum after scientists discover it's a new species

Scientists say the dinosaur lived around 150 million years ago and would run around the feet of famous giants like the Stegosaurus

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