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EXPLORETime Out London · 1h ago

I took a first look at the reopened Natural History Museum gallery that was shut for 83 years

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London's Natural History Museum has reopened a significant upper gallery that remained closed to the public for 83 years. The newly inaugurated Nature and Us space restores a historic architectural site to the museum's active footprint.

  • 01Reopening of an atmospheric upper gallery closed since World War II
  • 02Launch of the new Nature and Us permanent exhibition space
  • 03Restoration of a forgotten historical architectural section within the museum
  • 04Expansion of visitor capacity through the activation of previously inaccessible rooms

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Closed since the war, a forgotten upper room has returned as the atmospheric ‘Nature and Us’ gallery