
-The Simon Sainsbury Bequest to the National Gallery
22 October 2008 1 February 2009 Room 42
- Sisley in England and Wales
12 November 2008 - 22 February 2009
- The Impressionists
- Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers': A Symbol of Happiness
- Puzzling Pictures
- The Art of Science
- The Hidden Leonard

RED ZONE
- Earth Today and Tomorrow
Explore the impact of human activity on our planet and how this will affect its future
- From the Beginning
Go back to the beginning of time to explore the evolution of life on our planet, and find out just how late humans arrived on the scene.
- Earth Lab
Interested in British geology? Examine fascinating fossils, minerals and rocks, or compare your specimens with more than 2,000 in the Earth Lab gallery.
- Lasting Impressions
See 200-million-year-old wave ripples and dinosaur footprints on a beach. Find out how to calculate a whale’s age from its teeth.
GREEN ZONE
- Central Hall
See the highlights of the Museum, including the Diplodocus skeleton, a 1,300-year-old giant sequoia tree, and the coelacanth, a prehistoric fish still living in the Indian Ocean.
- Fossil Marine Reptiles
Learn what was going on in the oceans while the dinosaurs roamed the Earth. See how an ichthyosaur gave birth.
- Fossils from Britain
View ancient creatures like trilobites and ammonites, and marvel at fossilised shark teeth.
- Creepy Crawlies
Satisfy your curiosity about ants, hawk moths, termites, hermit crabs and thousands of their relatives.
- Birds
View specimens ranging from a tiny hummingbird to a giant ostrich and meet the now extinct Mauritius dodo.
- Our Place in Evolution
Meet the ancestors, including Homo erectus, Neanderthals and australopithecines. Who are our closest relatives? You decide...
- Minerals
See sparkling gems alongside the raw minerals they come from and learn how minerals are formed.
- Primates
Get the lowdown on our nearest relatives. Find out about the slow loris and pygmy marmoset and discover what made the howler monkey famous.
- Plant Power
Find out how plants are used to make cosmetics, cars, medicines, staple foods and much more.
BLUE ZONE
- Dinosaurs
Come face to face with a terrifying T. rex. Inspect dinosaur skeletons. Sort the facts from the myths about why dinosaurs died out.
- Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles
Find out what was discovered in the stomach of a Nile crocodile, see how fish illuminate the depths of the ocean and uncover the secret of the Indian python’s backbone.
- Human Biology
Listen to what a baby experiences in the womb, test your memory, and learn all about cells and genetics.
- Marine Invertebrates
Learn how pollution and tourism destroy coral, the deep-sea secrets of the vampire squid, and what a fin whale roundworm does to its host.
- Mammals
Experience close encounters with a polar bear, a duck-billed platypus and a sabre-toothed cat, if you dare…
- Mammals (blue whale)
Discover a world of massive mammals. Inspect a blue whale, the largest creature ever, from above and below.
ORANGE ZONE
Wildlife Garden
This lush haven in the heart of London is home to thousands of British plant and animal species. It is open between 1 April and 31 October.

-Dominique Gonzales-Foerster
14 October 2008-13 April 2009
- Level 3:- Poetry and Dream
- Giorgio de Chirico and Jannis Kounellis (Room 1)
- Poetry and Dream: Surrealism and Beyond (Room 2)
- Francis Bacon and Pablo Picasso (Room 5)
- Realisms (Room 9)
- Expressionism (Room 4)
- Level 5:- States of Flux
- Cubism, Futurism, Vorticism (Room 2)
- Cubist Drawings (Room 5)
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