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Examining the blue whale: the move begins | Natural History Museum
Go behind the scenes as conservator Lorraine Cornish and curator Richard Sabin examine the Museum's blue whale skeleton and the first bones are taken down ready for the move to Hintze Hall: http://bit.ly/NHM-Examining-the-blue-whale
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Whale move: conservation commences | Natural History Museum
Follow our blue whale's continuing journey towards Hintze Hall, as the skeleton is moved into underground storage and the conservators start their work. http://bit.ly/NHM-Whale-Move-Conservation-Commences-YT
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A whale of a time capsule | Natural History Museum
In summer 2017, a blue whale skeleton will be suspended in Hintze Hall. Conservation volunteer Patricia O'Brien tells us how crumpled newspapers have turned the skeleton into a historical treasure trove:...
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On the trail of the Wexford blue whale | Natural History Museum
Trace the 126-year journey of the blue whale from the sea to Museum. When the Museum's central space, Hintze Hall, reopens on 14 July 2017, the blue whale skeleton weighing 4.5 tonnes will be one of the first things visitors see when...
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Dippy about the whale with Lorraine Cornish and Richard Sabin | #NHM_Live
On 13 July 2017 the Museum unveiled Hope the blue whale, a spectacular 25-metre-long specimen suspended from the ceiling of the Museum’s central space, Hintze Hall. Just after the BBC broadcast the Horizon documentary about the new...
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What does it take to clean a whale? | Natural History Museum
Take a look back at what it took for Museum conservators to clean Hope the blue whale skeleton before she was moved into her new home in Hintze Hall in 2017. Discover more about the blue whale's conservation team:...
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How to restore a sunfish almost as old as the Museum itself | Natural History Museum
The Museum's conservation team took on the challenge of restoring a very old, but scientifically irreplaceable sunfish specimen that had been at the Museum since 1883. Lu Allington-Jones reveals what surprises the fish had in store for...
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Operation Ammonite | Natural History Museum
Museum scientists saved scientifically important slabs from a 199-million-year-old ammonite fossil bed in Lyme Regis, Dorset after they were damaged by storms. Read the news:...
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Keeping track of porpoises | Natural History Museum
Third in a three part exclusive online look at content from the Natural History Museum's Whales: Beneath the surface exhibition. Website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/NHM_London Facebook:...
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Honey collecting in Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden | Natural History Museum
At the beginning of September 2010, we saw the end of the bee season in the Museum's Wildlife garden and Urban Beekeeper Luke Dixon returns to the wildlife garden to collect the honey from the bee hives.
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The Museum Reopens
Join us live to find out what's in store when the Museum reopens. We'll be meeting staff to learn about how we've made it safe to visit and what there is to see. Website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/NHM_London...
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Hope the blue whale | Live talk with NHM scientist
Meet Museum scientist, Natalie Cooper, and learn how this historic specimen is giving us a unique insight into the lives of these ocean giants. Join us to discover the wonderful world of whales. The Museum's iconic blue whale skeleton,...
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Ryugu asteroid sample arrives at the Museum | Natural History Museum
Earlier this year the Museum received an exciting sample from the asteroid Ryugu. This tiny piece of space rock will be studied to help researchers figure out how water and other organic materials arrived on Earth. ---------------- The...
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Kryptonite discovery | Natural History Museum
Mineral curator, Mike Rumsey, talks about the identification of the new mineral matching kryptonite's unique chemistry, sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide, as described in the film Superman Returns....
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Polar Plunge | Natural History Museum
Taking a polar plunge. Discover more about Antarctica on our website and find out what is happening in Antarctica today in our blog: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/earth/antarctica/index.html...
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Behind the scenes | Natural History Museum
Two lucky students travel behind the scenes of the Natural History Museum in London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/index.html
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Encyclopaedia of Life | Natural History Museum
Take a look inside the amazing Encyclopaedia of Life.
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Climate change: Fate of reefs depends on Copenhagen summit | Natural History Museum
Coral reefs could be condemned to extinction at the Copenhagen climate summit, at an economic cost of nearly £600,000 per hectare in some areas, and a loss of livelihood for 500 million people. That was the warning given by Pavan Sukhdev...
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Urban tree survey | Natural History Museum
You walk by them everyday, but do you know their names? Trees may be a familiar part of your environment, but do you really know a chestnut from a fir or an ash from an elder? Well here is your chance to find out and help scientists at...
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What's all this about biodiversity and Nagoya? | Natural History Museum
Meet 3 of our Big Nature Debate panellists in this video as they share their thoughts about biodiversity and why the global biodiversity conference in Nagoya is so important. You can watch the live debate online on 7 October from 15:30...
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Evelyn Cheesman | The Collectors | Natural History Museum
Whether skinning lizards, battling with leeches, or getting trapped in giant spider webs, Evelyn Cheesman (1881-1969) had a passion for nature and a sense of adventure to match. The 70,000 specimens she collected have ensured her place...
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Unrecorded collectors | The Collectors | Natural History Museum
This video, introduced by Museum botanist Sandy Knapp, explains how the Museum is indebted to many people that have contributed to our historical collections. A lot of contributors have gone unrecorded, but their legacies have helped the...
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Painting the Dodo | Natural History Museum
Avian palaeontologist and artist Julian Pender Hume is an expert on the dodo. His research has led him to question the familiar but slightly comical iconic image of the flightless bird. Find out more about the Images of Nature gallery at...
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Who do you think you really are? trailer | Natural History Museum
Now showing at the Natural History Museum. Find out who you really are and where you come from in our innovative, interactive film about evolution, narrated by Sir David Attenborough. The film is normally shown daily in the Attenborough...