Last time we were was a couple of years ago and without children, since we did not have them ar that point. It was great to be back, this time with our children. Our oldest son loved the dinosaurs gallery, almost a week after our visit he’s still talking about it. It’s great that this is one of the wonderful free museums in London. My only point of feedback was that we had tickets with a time slot, but nobody bothered checking them.

Visited for our birthday weekend drip for daughter. It was brilliant to have some free things to do as it all adds up quite quickly. We had a great time though. 21/10/23 queued for around 30 mins. They said 5-10 mins from where we were but it was definitely longer - although not moaning. Annoyingly you can book tickets to go in and fast track everyone else (we didn’t know this!! Highly recommend going). Exhibitions were really cool. Interactive. Food was reasonably priced (expected it to be expensive but wasn’t as expensive as thought). Great day out!

I found a day on my own, and spent half of it touring this Victorian wonder. As a geologist, I was happy to be there all alone to slowly walk through the different halls and exhibits. I particularly liked how history was corrected, and Mary Anning was given the special recognition of her discoveries and talent, which were buried for more than a 100 years. I also really enjoyed viewing the large specimen room, and particularly the asbestos minerals. As an asbestos abatement manager, I will use photos of these perfect specimens in my training presentations.

We went here on Monday, half-term, so to be expected that it was busy, on approach to the front entrance, we were greeted by and directed to another location by staff as we didn't have tickets (you can book tickets for free, if you are planning a visit, even off of peak time please do this, it'll save you some time - no you can not do this on the day, as we cheekily tried to do 5 minutes into waiting in a queue). We stood in a queue for about 45 minutes to get in - this was managed fine and wasn't a hassle for us, having gotten through it pretty efficiently. Exhibits were great and well signposted, we also grabbed a map and walked ourselves around. Having been exhausted from 3 prior days of walking, there was a large queue for the dinosaur section (obviously and understandably), which we would like to have been informed of at some point, so we sadly just skipped past this.

There was so much to see here. We were visiting with two young children (6 and 4) so we limited ourselves to a few hours in the galleries they were most interested in but could easily have spent a day. Our kids are obsessed with dinosaurs and they were certainly not disappointed! The main dinosaur section is excellent and we also paid to see the Titanosaur special exhibit which was well worth it. The kids were also very excited to find the original grandfather clock from ‘Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures’ (a CBeebies show which features the museum as a backdrop) and the iconic facade and entrance hall are stunning themselves. We visited on the first Saturday in the autumn half-term holidays, so it was not unexpectedly very busy. This didn’t really spoil our enjoyment and the timed ticket system seemed to work well, but it would be better to pick a quieter time if you can.

We brought the children here during the summer holidays, so it was naturally very busy, with all the usual tourist traffic in addition to families. Firstly, I need to point out that you cannot just walk up and go inside (which is how I remembered it). After fighting our way through London traffic and people, we were shocked to find two lines to enter the museum; people who had "pre-booked" and people who hadn't. So even though you don't need to actually pay to enter, you will want to pre-book a timeslot to avoid having to queue outside, for over an hour, in the pouring rain, just to get in.... What made it worse, was that when we finally made it to the end of the queue, we were seemingly just waved through without any checks at all. To top it off, once we entered the building, we were met by a sinister looking gauntlet of card machines that we needed to run in order to actually make it into the entrance lobby. With the huge number of machines creating a bottleneck of people trying to get in, it felt like we were almost climbing over the machines just to get past. It was flanked by several members of staff who were also encouraging us to donate. I get they need income, but after queueing outside for an hour just to get in, it felt a bit dirty. This was my first time here since the removal of Dippy. I remembered it being a place packed with wonder and all manner of historical artifacts and on that score it did not disappoint. Needless to say, it was extremely busy, so expect the usual at these types of events; queues to use the toilet, people pushing and shoving, long queues to order food and then no tables to sit at. For us it was an exhausting day. We did pay for an extra set of photos with the children with the dinosaurs in the back ground (green screen type setup). It cost us £20 for a full set of three physical photos, keyring and fridge magnet, as well as digital access to all photos. We considered this pretty good value. So overall, it is an excellent source of information and education about the natural history of our world, for adults and kids alike. Definitely plan to spend the entire day here as it's a large museum and you will likely spend the day packed into the middle of a large herd very slowly moving through the museum.

.....the main purpose of my visit. A £16 exhibition fee but I had pre-booked a timed visit the night before and just strolled in, a short queue into the exhibit at midday but the museum seemed fairly quiet for a Saturday. The exhibit opened a fair few months ago so now you can queue up and pay to see this amazing exhibit. Since the pandemic pre-booking and timed visits seem the orderly way to go almost everywhere and takes the chance factor of getting in somewhere away, there's pro's and con's to that but I made it in and WOW. There are a few information screens to pass before getting to see Titanosaur but when you do it is an amazing moment, similar to when I first saw ' Dippy ' on School visit many years ago. Titanosaur is massive and amazingly 3 or 4 times the size of ' Dippy '. What made this visit unique was that you can actually touch the skeleton of this 100+million year old dinosaur. putting the palm of my hand on one of the thigh bones of Titanosaur was a magic, almost spiritual moment. We've all seen those DO NOT TOUCH signs but here you can. I had a bit of a wonder elsewhere on the ground floor, the ' Hintze ' hall is always a special place but Titanosaur stole the show today.

I love natural history museums and the NHM is my favourite of all. The builing is beautiful, the Hintze hall utterly impressive, and the latest Treasure galleries mesmerising. It's easy to get around and every now and then staff brings out some artefacts to show you and let you hold. It tends to get crowded during the weekend, so a weekday visit is best. They ran a Jurassic Park 30th anniversary pop-up shop which was whimsically fun.

I attended dinosnores with my sister and best friend. I've been wanting to go for years and finally a big birthday gave me the excuse! It was a fantastic experience. The staff were great and clearly put a lot of effort into the night. A special mention to the compare who was great! The food was surprisingly good for a large catered event. We enjoyed the animal meet and great and the quiz. The best of all was getting to roam around the museum at night. The harpist was a lovely touch to finish off the night. It was great to spend a bit of time in the morning in the titanosaur exhibition and gift shop. I'd recommend getting there early and waiting outside. We were near the front of the queue and had first pick of sleeping area

Natural History Museum is located West side of London’s Heart and few minutes walking from Hyde Park. From there, you can access Kensington Palace (Queen Victoria Birth Place) and Princess Diana’s Memorial. A very important tip is to book online. This is completely free and you will skip the file which can take more than 30mn. The Museum is very big with very nice areas to visit as Dinosaurus places, I ce Era zone or the Mineral exposition. You can do it in 1h00-2h00 depending on how we like it but it gives you very clear and easy to understand explanations about Animal Wild, species classifications…. Definitely a visit to include during your stay even with Kids.