The Natural History Museum is home to life and earth science collections comprising some 70 million items. There are five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology.
It has long been a favourite with children, with its exciting collection of Dinosaurs and Creepy Crawlies and treasures from the natural world. There is also a wildlife garden containing native fauna and flora but its the dinosaur skeletons, particularly the large Diplodocus cast which never fails to fascinate the visitor.
The foundation of the collection was a bequest by Irish doctor Sir Hans Sloane (1660)
