| Exhibitions
at the Natural History Museum
June 2004
Special Exhibitions
NEW
THIS MONTH
Hair
Unravel the
secrets of your hair in this fun, interactive exhibition. Long or short,
straight or curly, black or blonde, hair reveals more clues to your personal
beliefs, age, habits and lifestyle than any other part of your body. On
closer inspection, scientific tests on hair can also offer a personal
diary of what you eat and give insights to your overall health.
Hair, the
exhibition, will show how the 120,000 strands on your head provide scientists
with a surprising amount of information. See what your own hair looks
like magnified a thousand times and solve a crime with the evidence of
a hair. Discover the science behind shampoo, hair dye, perms and blow-drying.
Learn why grey hair does not exist and why balding definitely does!
Hair is also
the ultimate fashion statement, so try new styles in our virtual hair
salon. Also, sing along to hair-inspired songs and see how hairstyles
have changed through time. A visit to Hair will show there’s more
to a bad hair day than meets the eye.
Hair the
exhibition was designed and produced by L’Oréal and La Cité
des Sciences et de I’Industrie in Paris.
Dates: until
26 September 2004
Opening times: Monday to Saturday 10.00–17.50, Sunday 11.00–17.50
Visitor enquiries: Monday–Friday 020 7942 5000, Saturday and Sunday
020 7942 5011
Admission: £5, £3 concessions, £12 family, FREE to under
5s, Members and Patrons
Nearest tube: South Kensington
Website: www.nhm.ac.uk
NEW THIS MONTH
Fabulous Beasts
Art Works by Mark Fairnington and Giles Revell
Imagine a
world where the ordinary becomes extraordinary, the microscopic becomes
gigantic and the mundane becomes amazing. Featuring paintings by Mark
Fairnington and photographs by Giles Revell, alongside some of the Natural
History Museum’s insect specimens that inspired them, Fabulous Beasts
explores intense observation of the natural world.
Giles Revell explores the natural engineering of insects and their sculptural
form using the electron microscope. Taking creatures that are familiar
and apparently mundane, such as the ladybird and grasshopper, Revell’s
huge photographic pieces show them as incredible. Mark Fairnington creates
paintings based on multiple microscope photographs of exotic or bizarre
insects.
Fabulous
Beasts shows the processes that scientists and artists share when examining
a natural object. These images raise questions about the relationship
between art and scientific illustration, and between representation and
the original specimen.
There will
be a series of special Darwin Centre Live events, talks and workshops
to support this exhibition.
Dates: until 12 September 2004
Opening times: Monday to Saturday 10.00–17.50, Sunday 11.00–17.50
Visitor enquiries: Monday–Friday 020 7942 5000, Saturday and Sunday
020 7942 5011
Admission: FREE
Nearest tube: South Kensington
Website: www.nhm.ac.uk
Tessa Campbell Fraser
Sculpture and Works on Paper
In partnership with the Royal British Society of Sculptors
This free
outdoor sculpture exhibition features work by award-winning artist Tessa
Campbell Fraser. One of the UK’s leading figurative sculptors, this
is her first solo show in a public gallery. The arresting large-scale
bronzes include a family of three elephants in water, life-size hippos
in water and a life-size red deer stag, brought together for the first
time. A new piece of work, which features a human figure on a polar bear
and represents a departure from Tessa’s purely figurative work,
is also on display for the first time. A selection of drawings and pastels
from Tessa’s recent visit to Greenland will be on show inside the
Museum.
There will
also be a programme of talks and workshops to accompany this exhibition.
Dates: until
10 October 2004
Opening times: Monday to Saturday 10.00–17.50, Sunday 11.00–17.50
Visitor enquiries: Monday–Friday 020 7942 5000, Saturday and Sunday
020 7942 5011
Admission: FREE
Nearest tube: South Kensington
Website: www.nhm.ac.uk
Due South
Art and the Antarctic by John Kelly
Visit Antarctica,
the world’s last great wilderness, full of mystery and breathtaking
beauty. Journey with the artist John Kelly to discover what it is like
to live at the edge of the world. Due South: Art and the Antarctic recreates
the vast and isolated environment of the polar landscape through a variety
of media, from sketches and sculpture to bones and feathers found along
the coast, and the recorded sounds of animals.
Dates: until
1 August 2004
Opening times: Monday to Saturday 10.00–17.50, Sunday 11.00–17.50
Visitor enquiries: Monday–Friday 020 7942 5000, Saturday and Sunday
020 7942 5011
Admission: FREE
Nearest tube: South Kensington
Website: www.nhm.ac.uk
Permanent exhibitions
Dinosaurs,
volcanoes, precious gems, creepy crawlies – as a visitor to the
Natural History Museum you will be amazed by the diversity of our natural
world.
The Natural
History Museum is home to the nation’s finest collections of natural
history specimens and, with over three million visitors a year, is one
of the UK’s top attractions. The Museum’s collection now runs
to 70 million plants, animals, fossils, rocks and minerals – many
of which are displayed through its fascinating exhibitions.
Highlights
include:
• exploring our Dinosaurs gallery, with its animatronic dinosaur
display Danger in the Dunes, featuring a desert scene from pre-history
• entering the Earth Galleries through the giant suspended globe
• being a scientist in Investigate – our hands-on education
centre where visitors can examine hundreds of real natural history specimens
• visiting the Wildlife Garden – the Museum’s first
living exhibition
• going behind the scenes and exploring the collections in the Darwin
Centre
Museum opening
times: Monday to Saturday 10.00–17.50, Sunday 11.00–17.50
Visitor enquiries: Monday–Friday 020 7942 5000, Saturday and Sunday
020 7942 5011
Admission: FREE
Nearest tube: South Kensington
Website: www.nhm.ac.uk
Darwin Centre (Phase One)
In Phase
One of the new Darwin Centre you can go behind the scenes of a working
scientific building. You can see zoological specimens on display in the
visitor space and explore the Museum’s collections through daily
free tours, talks and via touch screens, to find out more about the Museum’s
cutting-edge scientific research.
Darwin
Centre Explore
Go behind the scenes on a tour of one of the world’s most extensive
natural history collections. See vast storerooms in a building where some
22 million zoological specimens are housed. Tours leave throughout the
day. A limited number of tickets are available in advance at www.nhm.ac.uk/darwincentre
(includes booking fee) or on 020 7942 6128 (lines operate 10.00–18.00)
Darwin Centre
Live
Meet our scientists and find out what they do. From studies on whales
to where chocolate comes from, Darwin Centre Live is a varied daily programme
of free events where visitors can meet Museum curators and researchers
to find out about their work, recent scientific discoveries and the Museum’s
vast collections. Darwin Centre Live events run at 14.30 weekdays and
12.00 and 14.30 at weekends and school holidays. A full listing can be
found at www.nhm.ac.uk/darwincentre, where you can also view our archive
of more than 150 Darwin Centre Live events.
Darwin Centre
opening times: Monday to Saturday 10.00–17.50, Sunday 11.00–17.50
Visitor enquiries: Monday–Friday 020 7942 5000, Saturday and Sunday
020 7942 5011
Admission: FREE
Nearest tube: South Kensington
Website: www.nhm.ac.uk/darwincentre
The
Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum, Tring
Our
sister museum in Tring, Hertfordshire, opened in the late 1800s to house
the collections of Lionel Walter, second Baron Rothschild. The Museum
offers outstanding examples of nineteenth-century taxidermy at its very
best and was bequeathed to the nation in 1938. It is now an annexe of
the Natural History Museum. The public galleries have been modernised,
but the fascinating character of the Museum was retained.
The Egg: the Most Perfect Thing in the Universe?
Why
did the Ancient Egyptians mummify eggs? Which animal’s eggs are
screw-shaped? How do penguins keep their eggs warm? Suitable for all ages,
this intriguing exhibition is full of amazing facts about eggs. It features
a number of rare eggs on display for the first time in the UK, including
a carved emu egg, an extinct elephant bird egg and a 4,000-year-old mummified
egg.
Dates: until 4 July 2004
Address: Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum, Akeman Street, Tring, Herts,
HP23 6AP
For
children at the Natural History Museum
June 2004
Explorers
Backpacks
Pick
up your passport, grab your binoculars and put on your backpack to become
an explorer at the Natural History Museum! Filled with pens, paper, games
and activities for families with children under seven, these bright red
backpacks help you to navigate and explore the Museum’s galleries.
Choose from themes including Birds, Mammals, Oceans, Primates and Monsters.
Opening times:
Monday to Saturday 10.00–17.50, Sunday 11.00–17.50
Admission: FREE. Deposit required.
Investigate
Get
a feel for how scientists work by doing it yourself. Bring your own questions
or use some of ours at the Natural History Museum’s hands-on science
centre, Investigate. Come and explore hundreds of real specimens from
the natural world that can be picked up and examined by people of all
ages, though especially recommended for 7–14 year olds. These specimens
form the evidence for your exploration of scientific ideas. Investigate
encourages visitors to look closely at real objects using the many tools
provided to find out more and ‘become scientists’. Look out
for British moths, larvae and pupae in the Live Area, linked to the Fabulous
Beasts exhibition, until September.
Opening times:
Monday to Friday 14.30–16.30, Saturdays 10.00–16.30, Sundays
11.00–16.30
Darwin Centre Live
Meet
our scientists and find out what they do. From studies on whales to where
chocolate comes from, Darwin Centre Live is a varied daily programme of
free events where visitors can meet Museum curators and researchers to
find out about their work, recent scientific discoveries and the Museum’s
vast collections. Darwin Centre Live events run at 14.30 weekdays and
12.00 and 14.30 at weekends and school holidays. A full listing can be
found at www.nhm.ac.uk/darwincentre, where you can also view our archive
of more than 150 Darwin Centre Live events.
The Wildlife Garden
The
Wildlife Garden is the Natural History Museum’s only living exhibition.
Featuring a range of British lowland habitats including oak woodland,
lowland heath, chalk downland, hedgerow, pond and reed bed, it provides
a sample of the diverse environments found in the British countryside.
Take an informative guided tour to appreciate the balance and relationships
that exist between plants and animals.
Dates: open
daily until end October 2004
Opening times: 13.00–16.00 (weather permitting)
Gallery characters
Intriguing
characters wander the galleries of the Natural History Museum sharing
interesting scientific stories with all they meet. You might encounter
Walter Rothschild observing his favourite animals or pioneer fossil hunter
Mary Anning who will invite you to examine some extraordinary fossil evidence.
Sir Hans Sloane discusses his amazing personal collection and might mention
his special role in bringing chocolate into our lives! Carl Linnaeus is
a great scientist from the eighteenth century, and so join him to discover
how he developed a brilliant idea for naming all living things.
Dates: Walter
Rothschild 1 and 2 June
Mary Anning 1 and 2 June
Carl Linnaeus 3 June
Hans Sloane 3 June
Times: 11.30–15.30
Darwin Centre Live series
Hair
1–6 June 12.00 and 14.30
From
such diverse life forms as hairy plants to hairy frogs, discover more
about the role of ‘hair’ in the natural world. As the new
exhibition Hair launches at the Natural History Museum, join researchers
in Darwin Centre Live to explore everything you ever wanted to know from
its early evolution in humans to our current preoccupation with the lack
of it!
Darwin Centre Live: Hair
The Love of Lice: Getting Close to You
Join
Museum entomologist Chris Lyal to explore the parasites that live among
the fur of mammals, the feathers of birds and, of course, the hair of
people. There are thousands of different types of lice each living with
one or two host species, feeding on the hair, feathers or blood. We humans
actually have three species living with us. As well as the biology and
evolution of lice, Chris will reveal more about the stories, folklore
and history associated with them.
Date and
times: Thursday 3 June 12.00 and 14.30
Darwin Centre Live: Hair
Plant Hairs: More Than Meets the Eye
Hairs
protect plants from the elements, but they are also useful to botanists,
allowing us to identify plants that at first glance seem identical. Join
Museum botanist Sandy Knapp for a plant identification workshop, including
a live link to the Museum’s Scanning Electron Microscopy Unit to
see what is revealed when we examine plants at extremely close quarters.
Date and
times: Friday 4 June 12.00 and 14.30
Action Stations
A
chance for children less than seven to visit our nature trolley and try
out a range of nature-themed activities based around the Mammals exhibition
and our Wildlife Garden.
Dates and
times: 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 and 27 June. Times vary, please ask at
the information desk on arrival.
Visitor enquiries: Monday–Friday 020 7942 5000, Saturday and Sunday
020 7942 5011
Admission: FREE
Nearest tube: South Kensington
Website: www.nhm.ac.uk/education
Mini-Beast Safari
Come
and discover the variety of beasts hiding in the Natural History Museum’s
Wildlife Garden. Track down where they live and find out how you can identify
them. Mini-Beast Safari is suitable for families with children aged 7–11.
Tall Tales – Judy Preece
Join
Judy and her puppets for some gripping stories bursting with ideas about
the natural world, including the adventures of Chicken Licken and Jackie
and the Beanstalk. Best enjoyed by families with children aged 3–7.
Date and
times: Sunday 6 June 12.30 and 14.00
Darwin Centre Live: Hair
Why It’s Good To Be Hairy: A Spider’s Perspective
One
of the main reasons for people hating spiders is their hairiness. But
why are spiders so hairy? Are the hairs simply for decoration or do they
fulfil a vital function? Discover, among other functions, how hairs make
spiders into sensory creatures, how they enable them to live underwater
and even walk up walls. In fact, join Museum entomologist Jan Beccaloni
to learn about life from a spider's perspective!
Date and
times: Sunday 6 June 12.00 and 14.30
Darwin Centre Live: Hair
The Evolution of Human Hair
Join
Museum Human Origins Researcher Christophe Soligo for an overview of what
we know about how human hair has evolved from pre-historic times to modern
day.
Dates and
times: Saturday 12 June 12.00 and 14.30
A Hungry Caterpillar
Join
Judy Preece and her puppets in a lively storytelling workshop to discover
the amazing changes that some little creatures go through as they grow
up. Best suited to families with children under seven.
Dates and
times: 13 and 20 June 12.30 and 14.00
London Garden Squares Weekend
Visit
the Museum’s only living exhibition – its Wildlife Garden
– to celebrate London Garden Squares Weekend and officially launch
a new book, Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, by Museum botanist
Roy Vickery. Parents may like to browse the stalls selling wild flower
plants, books and refreshments and visitors of all ages will enjoy learning
more about the plants and animals that live in this London oasis.
Date and
times: 13 June 14.00–17.00
National Insect Week 2004
The
Royal Entomological Society’s National Insect Week gives you a chance
to learn more about insects, get involved in the study of insects and
consider the important role they play in our ecosystem. To coincide with
this special week and the exhibition Fabulous Beasts, the Natural History
Museum will run a series of events and activities for people of all ages.
The week
will be officially launched at the Darwin Centre on Monday 14 June. For
more details and a full programme of daily events, please visit www.nationalinsectweek.co.uk.
Dates: 14–20
June
National Insect Week 2004 event
Insect Music
Tamar
Swade will take you on a musical journey exploring extraordinary sounds
from the insect world. Devise and play your own insect music in this interactive
workshop best enjoyed by families with children under seven.
Dates and
times: 19 and 26 June 11.30 and 13.00
For
adults at the Natural History Museum
June 2004
Darwin Centre Live
Darwin
Centre Live is a varied daily programme of free events where visitors
can meet Museum curators and researchers to find out about their work,
recent scientific discoveries and the Museum’s vast collections.
From studies on whales to where chocolate comes from, Darwin Centre Live
events run at 14.30 weekdays and 12.00 and 14.30 at weekends. A full listing
can be found at www.nhm.ac.uk/darwincentre, where you can also view our
archive of more than 150 Darwin Centre Live events.
Darwin Centre Live series
Hair
1–6 June 12.00 and 14.30
Explore
the world of follicles and find out how plants and creatures use hair
for protection, warmth and a place to live. This series of events supports
the new exhibition Hair, at the Natural History Museum until Monday 6
September 2004.
Darwin Centre Live: Hair
The Coiffure of Death: Hair Jewellery
Mourning
jewellery was popular between the seventeenth and early twentieth centuries.
Usually including a lock of the deceased’s own hair, this sentimentality
extended to brooches, pendants, finger rings, bracelets and even hair
watch-chains. Join funerary historian Julian Litten to explore the history
of the subject and examine some genuine items from the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries.
Date and
time: Wednesday 2 June 12.00
Darwin Centre Live: Hair
Grooming and Communication
Join
the Zoological Society of London’s Head of Veterinary Services Wayne
Boardman to explore the importance of grooming in primates and the fascinating
reasons why they do it.
Date and
time: Wednesday 2 June 14.30
Darwin Centre Live: Hair
The Love of Lice: Getting Close to You
Join
Museum entomologist Chris Lyal to explore the parasites that live among
the fur of mammals, the feathers of birds and, of course, the hair of
people. There are thousands of different types of lice each living with
one or two host species, feeding on the hair, feathers or blood. We humans
actually have three species living with us. As well as the biology and
evolution of lice, Chris will reveal more about the stories, folklore
and history associated with them.
Date and
time: Thursday 3 June 12.00 and 14.30
Darwin Centre Live: Hair
Plant Hairs: More Than Meets the Eye
Hairs
protect plants from the elements but they also are useful to botanists,
allowing us to identify plants that at first glance seem identical. Join
Museum botanist Sandy Knapp for a plant identification workshop, including
a live link to the Museum’s Scanning Electron Microscopy Unit to
see what is revealed when we examine plants at extremely close quarters.
Date and
time: Friday 4 June 12.00 and 14.30
Life sciences day out
Syon Park
Explore
a fascinating historic garden, landscape and conservatory, which have
a magnificent collection of plants. The day will focus on the park’s
exceptional champion trees.
Date and
times: Saturday 5 June 11.00–16.00
Cost: £24 plus admission to Syon Park, payable on day)
Geology coach tour
Geology and Fossils of the Suffolk Crags
The
Suffolk Crags are the richest source of Plio-Pleistocene fossils in Britain.
The marine invertebrate faunas of successively younger Crags record climatic
deterioration leading up to the onset of the Ice Age. This excursion will
demonstrate the stratigraphy of the Crags and the palaeoecology of their
faunas, providing ample opportunities for fossil collection.
Date and
times: Saturday 5 June 8.30–20.30
Cost: £30
Darwin Centre Live: Hair
Why It’s Good To Be Hairy: A Spider’s Perspective
One
of the main reasons for people hating spiders is their hairiness. But
why are spiders so hairy? Are the hairs simply for decoration or do they
fulfil a vital function? Discover, among other functions, how hairs make
spiders into sensory creatures, how they enable them to live underwater
and even walk up walls. In fact, join Museum entomologist Jan Beccaloni
to learn about life from a spider’s perspective!
Date and
times: Sunday 6 June 12.00 and 14.30
Darwin Centre Live: Transit of Venus
THE TRANSIT OF VENUS
7–12 June, 14.30
For
the first time in 121 years, Venus will pass directly between Earth and
the sun on 8 June 2004. Far rarer than a solar or lunar eclipse, this
event will have stargazers from around the world gripped as the small
dark spot of Venus crosses the sun’s disc. Join scientists, astronomers
and explorers in a series of free Darwin Centre Live events exploring
the scientific, social and historical importance of this special phenomenon.
Darwin Centre Live: Transit of Venus
The Transit of Venus
Today,
witnesses one of the most extraordinary celestial phenomena, never before
witnessed in our life times. For more than six hours the planet Venus
will be visible in front of the sun. Join the Museum’s Head of Meteoritics
Monica Grady and Head of Special Projects and Innovation Bob Bloomfield
to watch and discuss this important planetary event live as it happens.
Dates and
times: 7 and 8 June 14.30
Darwin Centre Live: Transit of Venus
Venus Unveiled
Following
the extraordinary celestial event where Venus passes between the Earth
and the sun, join Museum planetary scientist Caroline Smith as she unveils
the geology of Venus and the history of missions that have set out to
explore the brightest planet in our skies.
Dates and
times: 9 and 10 June 14.30
Botany walks
Join
plant-lover Letta Jones to discover how to identify different trees and
shrubs, and explore how plants are adapted to various settings.
Dates and
times: Golders Hill Park 7 June 18.00–20.00
Highgate Wood 14 June 18.00–20.00
City of London Cemetery (Wanstead Flats) 8 June 14.00–16.00
Around St Paul’s 15 June 14.00–16.00
Cost: £6
Life sciences day out
Chelsea Physic Garden
Experience
this historic botanic garden of 1673 with its rich collection of medicinal
plants, from ancient traditions up to the present day. The day will focus
on aromatherapy, perfume, homeopathic and pharmaceutical plants.
Date and
times: Thursday 10 June, 11.00–16.00
Cost: £24 (plus admission, payable on day)
Darwin Centre Live: Hair
The Evolution of Human Hair
Join
Museum Human Origins Researcher Christophe Soligo for an overview of what
we know about how human hair has evolved from pre-historic times to modern
day.
Date and
times: 12 June 12.00 and 14.30
Course
Natural Colours Art Workshop
Working
with illustrator Jo Konopelko and artist Jackie Campbell, participants
will create an illustration using pigments they have produced from natural
materials.
Dates and
times: 12, 13 June, 26 and 27 June 11.30–16.30
Cost: £90 (for all four classes)
London Garden Squares Weekend
Visit
the Museum’s only living exhibition – its Wildlife Garden
– to celebrate the London Garden Squares Weekend and officially
launch a new book, Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, by Museum
botanist Roy Vickery. Browse stalls selling wild flower plants, books
and refreshments and learn more about the plants and animals that live
in this London oasis.
Date and
times: Sunday 13 June 14.00–17.00
National Insect Week 2004
The
Royal Entomological Society’s National Insect Week gives you a chance
to learn more about insects, get involved in the study of insects and
consider the important role they play in our ecosystem. To coincide with
this special week and the exhibition Fabulous Beasts, the Natural History
Museum will be running a series of events and activities for people of
all ages.
The week
will be officially launched at the Darwin Centre on Monday 14 June and
there will be daily Darwin Centre Live events. For more details and a
full programme of daily events, please visit www.nationalinsectweek.co.uk
Dates: 14–20
June
Darwin Centre Live: National Insect Week
Bumblebees: Getting the Buzz
Bumblebees
perform an important job pollinating plants, but they are in decline in
the UK and to conserve them we need to know where they like to nest. Discover
how the National Bumblebee Nest Survey, running in June 2004, will provide
vital information for their conservation and find out how you can join
in the survey to help save the bumblebee.
Dates: Monday
14 June 14.30
Admission: FREE
Darwin
Centre Live: National Insect Week
Shedding Light on the Glow-worm
Could
artificial lights be outshining glow-worms? This is one of the questions
the National Glow-worm Survey will be asking during National Insect Week.
Join us to find out more about these amazing insects and look at the impact
we might be having on their lives.
Date and
time: Tuesday 15 June 12.00
Admission: FREE
Darwin Centre Live: National Insect Week
Fabulous Beasts – Insects in Art
Enter
a world of the extraordinary, where the microscopic becomes gigantic and
the lines between art and scientific illustration become blurred in the
new Fabulous Beasts exhibition. Join the exhibition’s curator for
a guided walk through the exhibition and a chance to discuss the links
between science and art. Places are limited, so bookings are recommended
on 020 7942 5555.
Date and
times: Wednesday 16 June 12.00 and 14.30
Admission: FREE
Darwin Centre Live: National Insect Week
Climate Change and Global Warming: Predicting the Emergence of Parasitic
Diseases
Molecular
genetics help us identify insect pests of medical and veterinary importance
that could invade the British Isles. DNA analysis allows us to interpret
the evolution and changing historical distributions of insects, even in
the absence of fossil remains. Join Museum entomologist Paul Ready to
find out how DNA studies can help us predict how pests may spread in response
to climate warming.
Date and
time: Thursday 17 June 14.30
Admission: FREE
Darwin Centre Live: National Insect Week
What Have Lacewings Got To Sing About?
Green
lacewings are widely used by farmers to combat crop pests such as aphids,
scale insects and caterpillars. Discover how new research has shown that
what was thought to be one species is actually a complex range of species.
These different species live in different ecologies and are reproductively
isolated by their characteristic songs. Explore the repercussions this
research has had on pest control.
Date and
time: Friday 18 June 12.00
Darwin Centre Live: National Insect Week
Dragonflies
Join
the Darwin Centre Live team for an exploration of these fascinating insects,
from their 250-million-year fossil record to a look at how human activity
threatens many species with extinction.
Dates: Friday
18 June 14.30
Earth science workshop
An Introduction to Microfossils
A
chance to see and learn about a selection of exquisite and interesting
microfossils. The day will consist of a practical interactive talk, followed
by an opportunity to make your own slides.
Date and
times: Wednesday 19 June 11.00–16.00
Cost: £24
Booking: essential on 020 7942 5555
Geology coach tour
Leicester Tour
This
tour will explore some of the scenery and building stones of Leicestershire,
stopping at various locations to view buildings and villages.
Date and
times: Wednesday 19 June 8.30–20.30
Cost: £30
Booking: essential on 020 7942 5555
Darwin Centre Live: National Insect Week
Focus on Fleas
There’s
more to fleas than meets the eye. Take a look as the humble flea goes
under the microscope to reveal its life, history and role in carrying
diseases. Discover the quirky relationship between people and fleas, from
‘dressed fleas’ and flea circuses to the poems, cartoons and
literature they have inspired.
Date and
time: Saturday 19 June 14.30
Visitor enquiries: Monday–Friday 020 7942 5000, Saturday and Sunday
020 7942 5011
Admission: FREE
Darwin
Centre Live: National Insect Week
Insect Roadshow
Darwin
Centre Live wants your beetles, flies and earwigs! Whether local or exotic,
have your insect identified then take a closer look through a microscope
and discover more about the species and how it lives. A must for bug fans,
keen gardeners and insect-mad kids.
Dates: Sunday
20 June 12.00 and 14.30
Visitor enquiries: Monday–Friday 020 7942 5000, Saturday and Sunday
020 7942 5011
Admission: FREE
Geology coach tour
Buried Landscapes of the Severn Estuary
Extended
periods of erosion have laid bare a number of ancient landscapes. This
excursion examines the Severn Estuary, probably one of the best examples
to be seen in the UK. Some knowledge of geology for this trip would be
advantageous.
Date and
times: Saturday 26 June 8.15–20.15
Booking: essential on 020 7942 555
Music
at the Natural History Museum
Royal
College of Music presents
Cor! Horn Quartet
Known
for its colourful repertoire ranging from baroque to jazz, this talented
horn quartet will entertain you in the spectacular surroundings of the
Museum’s Central Hall.
Date and
times: Friday 4 June 12.00–13.00
Cost: FREE
Visitor enquiries: Monday–Friday 020 7942 5000, Saturday and Sunday
020 7942 5011
Nearest tube: South Kensington
Website: www.nhm.ac.uk
Royal College of Music presents
Emanuel Ensemble
Emanuel
Ensemble presents a programme of popular tunes including Mozart’s
Flute Quartet and highlights from The Magic Flute.
Date and
times: Friday 25 June 12.00–13.00
Cost: FREE
Visitor enquiries: Monday–Friday 020 7942 5000, Saturday and Sunday
020 7942 5011
Nearest tube: South Kensington
Website: www.nhm.ac.uk
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