The Museum's Upper Gallery, shop and café are open. If you are visiting to see our fin whale, this can be seen in the Whale Hall as you enter the Museum. The Lower Gallery remains closed for essential maintenance. Apologies if you were hoping to visit the Lower Gallery. We will update this page as soon as the Lower Gallery is open.
EARLY CLOSURE - WED 18 FEB 2026
We will be closing at 4pm on Wednesday 18 February 2026 for our Twilight event.
Small blue butterfly supported by new ‘butterfly banks’
28 October 2025
The small blue, Cupido minimus, is one of the many butterflies featured on our...
Museum collections aid butterfly research
20 October 2025
New research led by Dr Tiffany Ki, a Henslow Research Fellow, based at the...
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