On Monday 31st March 2025, Year 6 were lucky enough to visit one of the most awe-inspiring places in London. If you are curious about creepy crawlies, puzzled about palaeontology or even just want to marvel at meteorites: the Natural History Museum is for you. Founded by Sir Richard Owen in 1881, the Natural History Museum is home to an extraordinary collection of artefacts – 80 million items - and the base for more than 300 scientists. We spent the day exploring the museum and were even lucky enough to take part in a workshop about evolution.
The Natural History Museum itself covers an impressive five-acre site. On entering the building, you can’t help but notice Hope, which is the skeleton of a juvenile blue whale hanging from the ceiling in Hintze Hall - a not-to-be-missed photo opportunity. Beneath Hope, you find a crossroads that leads to all of the different zones within the museum. The challenge is deciding where to explore first…
The Green Zone is home to Treasures (including the vault), creepy crawlies and birds.
In the Red Zone, we explored Human Evolution, the planet and the solar system.
The Blue Zone (a firm favourite) was a perfect place for budding palaeontologist with a wide variety of dinosaur skeletons and an animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Our workshop focussed on the Evolution with an aim to answer the question: Can animals evolve to live in cities?
