IN NUMBERS: Natural History Museum

As Natural History Museum: World Of Wonder concludes (8pm, Ch5), we look at some numbers relating to this world-famous institution...

1881 112

The year the The number of years museum opened. Dippy, the replica of a In 1864, a competition was held diplodocus carnegii skeleton, to design the new museum, was displayed at the museum. and the winning entry was In 2017, a skeleton of a blue submitted by the civil engineer whale called Hope replaced Captain Francis Fowke, who Dippy, who became stuck in died the following year and Rochdale after his nationwide never saw his plans come to fruition. It stands tour was cut short due to Covid-19 restrictions. on Exhibition Road in South Kensington,

2001

London, alongside the Science Museum The year admission to the and the Victoria and Albert Museum. museum became free for some

events and the permanent exhibitions, although

80 million

The estimated you still have to pay for certain temporary number of items exhibitions and shows – when it reopens. housed in the museum. These are split into

850

five main collections: botany, entomology, The approximate number of mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology. staff who work at the museum.