Natural History Museum
Museum · South Kensington, England
The Natural History Museum stands on Cromwell Road and opens daily 10:00–17:50, with last entry at 17:30. It closes on Friday 9 October 2026 for a charity gala and on 24–26 December. Admission is free, and a free entry ticket can be booked to guarantee entry. The museum cares for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcomes more than seven million visitors a year. A sister site, the Natural History Museum at Tring, is in Hertfordshire.
History
The Grade I entry covering the museum is named 'Natural History Museum, Front Lodge and Gates, Gatepiers and Railings', NHLE 1080675, so the listing takes in the front lodge and the railings along with the building. A lodge west of the museum is a separate Grade II entry, NHLE 1190175, under the name 'Lodge west of the Natural History Museum', and is not part of the Grade I entry.
Visit
Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
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