The Wonders of London's Natural History Museum - An In-Depth Guided Tour
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In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a detailed guided tour of London’s iconic Natural History Museum.

We’ll explore the history of the museum and explore the massive Hintze Hall, including Hope the Blue Whale and the statue of Charles Darwin. Next, we’ll tour the epic Dinosaur Collection and say hello to Dippy, followed by the treasures of the Cadogan Gallery.

We break into The Vault to see some wondrous geology and admire the taxidermy of the Mammals collection. After bidding farewell to the mammals, we take a peek at the Spirit Collection, followed by some highlights of Human Evolution. We finish the tour in the Earthquake Simulator where things really get shakin’ (groan).

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0:00 – Introduction to the tour
00:11 – The History of the Natural History Museum
2:58 - Entering the Museum - Hintze Hall
3:23 - Hope the Blue Whale
3:57 - Giraffe Taxidermy and Skeleton
4:37 - Turbinaria Coral
5:41 - Blue Marlin Wet Specimen
6:29 - American Mastodon
7:01 - Butterflies
7:44 - Dinosaur Collection
10:31 - Dippy the Diplodocus
12:33 - Charles Darwin Statue
13:54 - Mezzanine Level - Taxidermy Birds
14:27 - Blashka Glass Models
15:39 - Furze Platt Handaxe
16:16 - Hans Sloane's Nautilus and Lion's Skull
16:47 - Charles Darwin's First Edition and Pigeons
18:03 - The Great Auk
18:48 - Introduction to The Vault
19:22 - Duke of Devonshire Diamond
20:02 - Crystal Box Mystery
20:38 - Rhodochrosite
21:24 - Winchcombe Meteorite
22:00 - Guy the Gorilla
22:54 - Chi Chi the Panda
23:20 - Mammal Galleries
24:30 - The Spirit Collection
26:19 - Introduction to the Human Evolution Gallery
26:40 - Lucy - Australopithecus Afarensis
27:17 - Neanderthal and Early Homo Sapien Models
28:22 - Cheddar Gorge Man and Cannibalism
29:35 - The Escalator through the Centre of the Earth
30:07 - 1995 Kobe Earthquake Simulator

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