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From hotel suites to virtual reality, museums turn to licensing deals as costs rise

Natural History Museum and British Museum among cultural institutions leveraging collections and exhibitions

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5

Copenhagen’s £200m underground museum opens in 2027 with dinosaurs, 14m specimens and eight galleries

Copenhagen’s new £200 million Natural History Museum will open on March 6, 2027, featuring eight immersive underground galleries and a collection of 14 million specimens. Visitors can explore dinosaur skeletons, 3D exhibits and the spectacular Ocean Hall, as the museum combines historic Botanical Garden buildings with striking new underground architecture…

The Times of India · Sep 8

A peeping polar bear and bullfrog’s near miss: Wildlife Photographer of Year 2026 first look

Images of an African bullfrog lunging for a butterfly and an oxpecker cleaning its bill against a rhino’s skin are among the winning entries this year

The Independent UK · Aug 25

Three million years after Lucy walked upright in Africa, the inside story of another landmark journey

There is a special gallery inside the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi where visitors slow down, lower their voices and often fall silent. In front of them, carefully lit and disarmingly small, lies the skeleton of Lucy, the 3.2 million-year-old hominin.

The Conversation · Jun 24

Gigantic scorpions with formidable pincers once roamed England and Wales, fossil reveals

Species emerged at a time well before the evolution of trees and lived a semi-aquatic life, scientists say

The Independent UK · Jun 4

These are the UK’s most popular tourist attractions, from the Natural History Museum to Stonehenge

How many of these museums, galleries and monuments have you been to?

Euronews · Mar 20

Natural History Museum is UK's most visited tourist attraction with record 7.1m visitors in 2025

The attraction, home to everything from dinosaur skeletons to gemstones, has overtaken the British Museum to claim the top spot

Evening Standard · Mar 20

Natural History Museum becomes UK’s top attraction for visits

The site welcomed 7.1 million visitors in 2025, which is up 13% from the previous year.

Evening Standard · Mar 20

Natural History Museum Reveals Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2025 Winners (33 Pics)

Every year, the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year turns the natural world into a gallery of split-second miracles by highlighting the moments caught that make you appreciate nature’s beauty once again. The 2025 winning images do exactly that, balancing jaw-dropping beauty with the quieter, heavier truth of…

Bored Panda · Feb 17

I hope Pokémon's new Natural History Museum card isn't another mistake

Its jumbo size might just keep scalpers at bay this time.

Creative Bloq · Jan 8