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Museum Details
The Natural History Museum at Tring
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Akeman Street
Tring
HP23 6AP
Hertfordshire
England
Collection details
Natural Sciences
Facilities
Parking: yes
Food: yes
Shop: yes
Baby changing facilities: yes
Library: yes
Wheelchair access: yes
Visual disability facilities: yes
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.
Contact details
General information (Tel)
:
020 7942 6171
General information (Fax)
:
020 7942 6150
E-mail
:
tring-enquiries@nhm.ac.uk
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
Open
Monday - Saturday 1000-1700,
Sunday 1400-1700
Admission charges
FREE
Collections description
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.
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General Information
Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Pre-booking service for groups
Parking for coaches
Collections
Object identification and/or written enquiry service
Disability Access
Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
Large print information and/or interpretation
Parking for disabled available
Touch exhibits and/or handling sessions
Wheelchair access to some public areas
Wheelchairs available for loan
Children and Families
Baby changing facilities
Events and resources for children and families
Picnic area
General Education
Education facilities available
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
Schools Education
Direct teaching services for schools
Primary school education service available
Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
Secondary school education service available
Facilities
Cafeteria
Facilities for private functions and events
Library
Picnic area
Shop
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