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Collection specimens

Specimen records from the Natural History Museum's collection
  • dwc
Natural History Museum Collections CC0-1.0

Historical UK cetacean strandings dataset (1913-1989)

Over 100 years ago, the Natural History Museum created a project to document the cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) stranded on British beaches. Annual reports were...
  • CSV
Natural History Museum Collections Creative Commons Attribution

The former British Petroleum microfossil collection

The database represents the microfossil well-run collection resulting from British Petroleum's exploration activities since the 1950s. It holds details of material from over...
  • CSV
Natural History Museum Collections Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike

Fossil and recent ostracod collections

A dataset of fossil and recent ostracods
  • CSV
Natural History Museum Collections Creative Commons Attribution

Artefacts

Cultural and historical artefacts from The Natural History Museum
  • CSV
Natural History Museum Collections Creative Commons Attribution

Index Lot collection

Index Lot records from the Natural History Museum's collection
  • CSV
Natural History Museum Collections Creative Commons Attribution

Conodont collection database

The database provides information on discrete sub-collections within the conodont collection housed at the Natural History Museum, London. It includes generic, specific and...
  • CSV
Natural History Museum Collections Creative Commons CCZero

Former Aberystwyth microfossil collection

A catalogue of information about discrete collections within the Former Aberystwyth University Micropalaeontology Collection, now housed the Natural History Museum. The...
  • CSV
Natural History Museum Collections License not specified

Collection specimens

Specimen records from the Natural History Museum's collection
 Natural History Museum Collections Creative Commons CCZero

Duxbury collection

Access high quality colour images and original plates from the Duxbury collection, a catalogue of Cretaceous dinoflagellate cyst specimens. The database includes the original...
  • PDF
Natural History Museum Collections License not specified

First Fleet artwork collection

On 13 May 1787 eleven ships, now commonly referred to as the First Fleet, set sail from Portsmouth to establish a colony in New South Wales, Australia. They reached their...
  • PDF
Natural History Museum Collections License not specified

Biodiversity Heritage Library

Natural History Museum biodiversity literature published to the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
 Natural History Museum License not specified

Natural History Museum Library and Archives

Explore one of the world's finest collections of natural history literature, artwork, photographs and manuscripts.
 Natural History Museum License not specified

Natural History Museum Picture Library

Explore our comprehensive range of natural history images. From specimens to skins and skeletons, mammals, maps and microscopic views of the natural world, a unique resource of...
 Natural History Museum License not specified

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