Natural History Museum Tour: Exclusive Guided Journey Through Nature's Splendid Display
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98 Ratings
Greater London
Embark on an exclusive 2-hour guided tour of the Natural History Museum and explore its vast collection of over 80 million specimens, from dinosaurs to gemstones.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Natural History Museum - Your guide will take you through thousands of years of Earth’s fascinating history from the planet’s origins and volcanic disasters to the extinction of dinosaurs and the dawn of humankind. You’ll come face to face with the rare Archaeopteryx
  • the missing link between dinosaurs and birds. You’ll meet Sophie the Stegosaurus and the skeleton of the long-gone Dodo. Explore the casts of victims from Pompeii and hear why some civilizations once used human skulls as drinking vessels. Gawk at the enormous slice of a Giant Sequoia while learning the secret histories behind these world-class specimens. You’ll only be able to touch the surface of this vast collection, but this tour will ensure that you see the most inspiring artifacts on display.
What's Included
  • Exclusive Tour Guide
  • Guided Museum Tour
  • Wheelchair Accessible
  • 2-Hour Duration
What's Not Included
  • Tour price does NOT include hotel pickup or drop-off (we recommend UBER or Taxi)
  • Tour price does NOT include gratuities (optional)
  • Temporary exhibitions NOT included
Additional Information

The Natural History Museum, home to an impressive collection of over 80 million items ranging from enormous dinosaurs to delicate gemstones, requires no preamble. During this exclusive 2-hour guided tour of the museum, you will explore this treasure trove housed within a terracotta palace - a majestic homage to nature - with galleries dedicated to geology, mineralogy, botany, and zoology.

  • It is imperative that you provide us with guests MOBILE PHONE NUMBER (including country code)
  • Notes: Natural History Museum and other attractions or museums in London may be subjected to occasional closures without previous warning from the museum management. When this occurs, we will provide guests with an appropriate alternative if the museum opening time is delayed more than 1h from the tour starting time. In these cases we are unable to provide refunds or discounts. Appropriate dress is required for entry into some sites on this tour. No large bags or suitcases are allowed inside the museum, only handbags or small thin bag packs are allowed through security. Due to increased security measures at many attractions some lines may form on tours with ‘Skip the Line’ or ‘No Wait’ access. Some specific rooms inside the museum are subjected to a very quiet or restricted right to speak inside, in this cases your guide will provide the information about this places before entering the specific rooms where this rule applies. Some collections may vary along the year.
Location
Natural History Museum / Cromwell Road (Stop H)
Meet your guide by the red telephone booth across the street from Exhibition Road entrance of the Natural History Museum (outside on the East of the building on Exhibition Road)
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Mslagran
May 13, 2024
Don’t miss this guide to your best ever Natural History Museum experience! - We were so grateful for our incredibly rich experience of London’s Museum of Natural History in the hands of our guide Ivo. Not only was he welcoming, cordial, engaged, and wonderfully communicative, but he was possessed of an incredibly wide knowledge of anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, and a wide variety of other areas of scientific study. This 2 1/2 hour tour was a delight from start to finish, and we came away having learned so much — and so much more than we’d have thought possible. Viator is indeed lucky to have him on board. We can’t recommend his dynamic presence and tour highly enough to you!
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Sabine_k
May 2, 2024
Sascha did guide us through the packed museum and gave us in 2 hours a great crossover through the most remarkable artif - The vault was astonishing as the whole architecture itself is amazing. As well I liked the alcohol preserved animals and the enormous library behind a lot
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R7526dnjohnr
May 1, 2024
Great experience - Guide was great, knowledgeable and spoke clearly and was able to answer all our questions. Matilda was very well prepared and upbeat. Highly recommended. Museum is huge and she made it manageable
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Spencerwt3918ft
Apr 9, 2024
Natural History Museum, London. - The museum was amazing in its own right but our tour guide, Ivo Ramalho, really brought it to life. He was friendly, considerate and deeply knowledgeable. I would recommend his tour to anyone.
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Camper766516
Apr 4, 2024
Becky was fabulous- incredibly knowledgeable and hit the highlights of the museum. Highly recommend. - Becky was excellent - would highly recommend her - she hit the highlights and kept us moving through the museum at a good pace. We learned things we would never have known about without her.
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Alinapu8550sq
Apr 3, 2024
National History Museum tour with kids - We had an amazing tour to the National History Museum in London. Our children were super attentive and interested. Thank you Wesley for a great time and interesting facts🌟 We will definitely come back
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296careyk
Apr 2, 2024
Highly recommended! - Unless you have endless hours to spend wandering around and superhuman energy to do it, do this tour. Our guide did a wonderful job of showing us the highlights while weaving a narrative that connected each part of the museum in an engaging and easy to understand way. Perfect for families with teens.
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Sandrasv44dd
Mar 31, 2024
Gorgeous - Free visit to the museum, very large and beautiful. Well-displayed fossils and bones, an impressive exhibition of dinosaurs.
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Andyes3164so
Feb 25, 2024
So much to learn - Unbelievably this was my first visit to the History Museum so with us only having limited time we decided this paid tour would be an idea. Great tour, we wanted it kept as short as possible with highlights and this was done well. I felt we got all the interesting stuff without the bits we could read up on. Witty and cleverly done. Highly recommended.
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Margaret_b
Apr 4, 2024
Grossly overpriced - My rating is to reflect the value for money and not the museum or tour guide. At almost £450 for 2 people it is grossly overpriced. I had booked it for my husband’s 70th Birthday and was expecting something quite special. In retrospect we’d have been better doing a self guided tour and spending this money on something else!
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