Natural History Museum
Cromwell Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK
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About this place
Free museum with dinosaur, mammal and volcano galleries, plus baby change, feeding spaces and lifts.
- Monday
- 10:00 am – 5:50 pm
- Tuesday
- 10:00 am – 5:50 pm
- Wednesday
- 10:00 am – 5:50 pm
- Thursday
- 10:00 am – 5:50 pm
- Friday
- 10:00 am – 5:50 pm
- Saturday
- 10:00 am – 5:50 pm
- Sunday
- 10:00 am – 5:50 pm
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