Natural History Museum at Tring

Natural History Museum at Tring
Akeman Street
Tring
Hertfordshire
HP23 6AP
England

Website

NHM at Tring

www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/galleries/tring

NHM Bird Group website

www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/departments/zoology/bird-group

E-mail

tring-enquiries@nhm.ac.uk

Telephone

020 7942 6171

Fax

020 7942 6150

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Discover the fascinating range of animals collected by Lionel Walter Rothschild in our beautiful Victorian Museum. It is home to the world-class research and collections of the Natural History Museum's Bird Group

Venue Type:

Museum

Opening hours

Monday to Saturday 10.00-17.00
Sunday 14.00-17.00
The Museum is open every day except 24-26 December.

Admission charges

Free

Additional info

Wheelchair access is limited to the ground floor including the shop, café, Gallery One, and The Rothschild Room in which temporary exhibitions and special events are held.

Visit the galleries and come face to face with a full-sized gorilla, a huge anaconda or an extinct giant moa, just a few of the 4,000 animals on display!

The site of the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum is also home to the ornithological research collections (Bird Group, Department of Zoology) and the ornithological library (Department of Library and Information Services) of The Natural History Museum.

These collections are probably the largest and most comprehensive in the world, with over 2,000,000 skin, skeleton, spirit, egg and nest specimens, representing over 95 per cent of known bird species, housed adjacent to one of the world's great ornithological libraries. They are not open to the general public but, strictly by prior appointment, may be consulted by persons, amateur or professional, engaged in original research or the production of scientific artwork. More details are available on the NHM Bird Group and Library websites.

Collection details

Natural Sciences

Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.

Hunter Games

29 — 30 July 2014 10:30am-2:45pm

Join us in Tring Park to become a top predator, searching for your prey hidden in the grass. This forty five minute workshop will take place at 10:30, 11:30 and 14:00.

Suitable for

7-10
11-13

Beeswax Candle Making

5 August 2014 10:30am-3:30pm

Come along and learn about bees and make a beeswax candle. The workshop will run at 10:30 and 14:30.

Suitable for

5-6
11-13
7-10

Admission

£3.50 per child.

Fun with Fossils

7 August 2014 10:15am-3:15pm

Come along to our workshop and handle some fossils and make your own fossil cast. This forty five minute workshop will take place at 10:15 and 14:30.

Suitable for

5-6
11-13
7-10

Admission

£3.50 per child.

Shark Sock Puppets

12 August 2014 10:30am
13 August 2014 4:15pm

Come and learn about sharks and make your own shark puppet. These forty five minute workshops will run at 10:15, 11:00, 14:30 and 15:30.

Suitable for

5-6
11-13
7-10

Admission

£1.50 per person.

Mantis Shrimp

19 — 20 August 2014 10:15am-3:45pm

Mantis shrimps pack the most powerful punch in the animal kingdom. Find out more and make your own mantis shrimp in this craft activity.

Suitable for

11-13
5-6
7-10

Admission

£1.50 per child.

Gaudy Geckos

25 August 2014 10:15am-3:45pm
27 August 2014 10:15am-3:45pm

Come along and learn about geckos and get hands on with some arts and crafts. This workshop will last half an hour and will run at 10:45, 11:15, 14:30
and 15:00.