Thursday Doors – Natural History Museum London

As promised on my last Thursday Doors post, we’ll take a look inside the Natural History Museum in London. If you think the outside is ornate wait till you see the interior!

This is what greets you as you enter the main hall – Hintze Hall – an amazing ceiling of 162 hand decorated panels, botanical images of the earth’s abundant plantlife. All of them washed in a golden light. I know the huge skeleton of the Blue Whale is eye-catching but for me the architecture won hands down.

Even the side halls took my breath away, with their hand-painted ceilings and stained glass windows.

See how decorative the pillars are? I’m not sure if that person really did slide down the bannister as I didn’t even see them until I checked my photos later that evening. With so many skeletons to choose from it was difficult to pick a favourite and I certainly wouldn’t fit them all in this post. One that really stood out to me was the Dodo. I’ll leave a link at the end of the post if you’d like to find out more about this now extinct bird, that once lived on the island of Mauritius.*

Thanks for joining me at the Natural History Museum in London and if you fancy a virtual trip around the world, have a look at the links at the end of Dan’s Thursday Doors post.

History of the Dodo *