Exhibits with impact

Take the time to say hello to the most intact Stegosaurus fossil ever found. At three metres tall and almost six metres long, it's the perfect background for a dramatic selfie.

Getting there: head up to the Earth Hall.

Come face-to-face with our ancestors in the Human Evolution gallery. Discover a 3.5-million-year-old tooth, the oldest hominin fossil in the Museum's collection.

Getting there: take a left at Sophie the Stegosaurus.  

Browse beautiful gifts in the Cranbourne shop. Why not learn more about Darwin with Darwin's Notebook? More than just a biography, the book is designed and illustrated to look like a journal.

Getting there: walk through the Human Evolution gallery to reach this boutique.

Explore Hintze Hall's iconic exhibits, such as the Imilac meteorite, a beautiful gem as old as our solar system and the blue marlin, one of the largest specimens to be preserved in fluid.

Getting there: go through the Birds Gallery and follow Fossil Marine Reptiles to Hintze Hall.

Relax with a coffee or treat yourself to cake, pastries and fruit in the Central Cafe.

Getting there: found at the back of Hintze Hall, behind the staircase.

Enter the Minerals gallery and examine one of the world's most flawless large gemstones, known as the Ostro stone. This large cut topaz weights 9,381 carats or around two kilograms.

Getting there: head for Hintze Hall's balconies and turn left into the Minerals gallery.

Lay your eyes on the Winchcombe meteorite - the first fallen meteorite to have been recovered in the UK for 30 years. This rare meteorite is known as carbonaceous chondrite and out of 65,000 known meteorites in the world, only around 1,000 are of this specific type.

Getting there: go through the Minerals Gallery to the Vault at the back.

Come face-to-face with a Museum original. The specimen has been in the Museum since 1893, after the tree was felled in California. Learn more about the tree's clean-up.

Getting there: up the stairs as you leave the Minerals gallery.

On your way out, be sure to stop by our new gardens. Standing tall and cast in bronze you'll find our newest dino-resident, Fern the Diplodocus.

Getting there: leave the Museum through the Central Entrance and wander the gardens.

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Round up your family and take a  tour  to see some of the Museum's biggest sights⁠ including dinosaurs, whales and volcanoes.

From free activities for families and kids, to silent discos beneath our iconic blue whale, there is always something going on in South Kensington.

Even if you've visited the Museum before and have seen the highlights, there's still plenty to discover. This tour guides you through some of the Museum's lesser-known treasures and is great for all ages.