A Shield at Hart

A piece of history linked to a blockbuster movie

Mind-Blown Science: Dr. Luis Chiappe and NHM's Extraordinary Plesiosaur

Dr. Luis Chiappe, Director of our Dinosaur Institute, explains why this giant marine reptile blows his mind.

Sewing for the Gold

Conservators really like weird, unique problems. We’re not happy that something deteriorates, but we’re really fascinated to find out how that's happening.

Auk-Ward

One story goes that, in just half an hour, hundreds of auks were herded onto a single ship

Gems of the Americas

Travel back in time with one of NHM's most beloved gems, this video from our vaults. 

Meet Hayden, the Metro Mammoth

A juvenile mammoth that was discovered during a dig for the new Metro

Museum-Made Monsters

The classic monster-movie artifacts that appeared in our Natural History of Horror exhibition are the result of one man’s uncanny foresight: Honorary Curator Earl Theisen.

Lights, Camera, Action

When you work in the NHM History Collections, you can find some rather mysterious objects.

Woah, Check Out This Sponge

The glass rope sponge is a true marine oddity.

Behold! These Are Really Old!

By far the oldest items in our collections: our many meteorites