Contact and enquiries

Contact the Museum

Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 5BD
UK

For the Natural History Museum at Tring, see the Natural History Museum at Tring contact and enquiries page.

General enquiries
  • Switchboard +44 (0)20 7942 5000
    (9.00-17.30 Mon-Fri)
    Contact us by email
  • Life Galleries information desk +44 (0)20 7942 5011
    (10.00-17.30 Mon-Sat; 11.00-17.30 Sunday)
  • Customer services +44 (0)20 7942 5511 or email
    (10.00-18.00 Mon-Fri)
Feedback and Complaints

To give us feedback or to make a complaint about your visit to the Natural History tel +44 (0)20 7942 5011 or email (10.00-18.00 Mon-Fri) or use the online visitor feedback form

Identification and general science
  • Identification and general science enquiries see website
  • Commercial/science enquiries see website
  • Science consulting see website or email

Purchase enquiries
Commercial enquiries
Other useful contacts
Education enquiries
  • Advanced group bookings see website or call +44 (0)20 7942 5555
  • Teachers CPD courses call +44 (0)20 7942 5555
  • Adult education, field studies, courses and tours call +44 (0)20 7942 5555

Science staff enquiries
Library enquiries
Corporate enquiries
  • Freedom of information enquiries see website or email
  • Health and Safety email
Cartoon image of a snake disappearing through closing door

There are 27 km of specimen shelves in the Darwin Centre - the same distance as between the Museum and Junction 6 of the M1.