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The Vault
The Vault contains a dazzling collection of the finest VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
gems, crystals, meteorites and metals from around
the world, such as this Latrobe gold nugget. Practical Information
Cromwell Rd SW7.
Map 19 A1.
Tel 020 7942 5000.
∑ nhm.ac.uk
Open 10am–5:50pm daily
(to 10pm last Fri of month) –
last admission 5:30pm.
Treasures is a showcase Closed 24–26 Dec. 7 8
0 - = Lectures, work-
for the best of the
museum’s collections. shops for adults and children,
film presentations.
Transport
1 South Kensington. @ 14, 49,
70, 74, 345, 360, 414, C1.

Second
floor

Second floor
Red Zone
Volcanoes and
Earthquakes has an
earthquake simulator
that is very popular.

Earth’s Treasury
gallery glitters with
thousands of gems,
First floor rocks and minerals,
Red Zone
including some of the
First floor Earth’s rarest materials.

Access to Red Zone

Birds
Exhibition Road This traditional display,
entrance – Earth with many species in
Galleries 7 Victorian glass cases,
includes a model of the
legendary dodo. A flightless
bird from Mauritius, it was
extinct by the mid-1600s, a
potent symbol of human
impact on nature.

. Earth Hall
Specimens are recessed into the etched slate walls
of this beautiful gallery. Access to the rest of the
Red Zone is via an escalator that runs through a
massive metallic model of the Earth.

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