Treasures of the Natural History Museum by Natural History Museum

Treasures of the Natural History Museum by Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum, London is home to one of the world's most important and comprehensive collections of natural history specimens, literature and artworks. This book celebrates over 200 of the Museum's most exceptional possessions including world-famous specimens and little-known curiosities.

With more than 70 million specimens, the Museum is home to the largest and most important natural history collections in the world.The scope of the specimens is simply vast including the ill-fated dodo, meteorites from Mars and a full-size blue whale skeleton. The collections cover almost all groups of animals, plants, minerals and fossils ranging from cells on slides to whole animals preserved in alcohol.The Library of the Museum is a repository for the largest collection of natural history literature in the world. It holds half a million artworks, comprising one of Britain's biggest art collections, and over one million books, including rare, richly illustrated antique volumes.

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ISBN 13	9780565092351
ISBN 10	0565092359
Title	Treasures of the Natural History Museum
Author	Natural History Museum
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	The Natural History Museum
Year published	2009-01-01
Number of pages	256
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