Life in pictures
NHM Images is home to high-quality stock imagery of life on our planet. We provide easy access to striking images of the natural world.
Explore our range of beautiful natural history images, representing over 300 years of exploration and innovation. From historic maps to prehistoric mammals and meteorites, NHM Images showcases the Museum's extensive collections of plant, animal, insect, fossil and geological
specimens.
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A selection of our beautiful butterflies, from specimens to paintings
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Life in the early days of the Natural History Museum
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A selection of orchid illustrations from the museum's artwork collection
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Models created by the naturalist James Sowerby (1757-1822)
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HMS Challenger - the voyage, people, ship, places, and specimens collected on the epic expedition that circumnavigated the…
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Dodo - the extinct flightless bird from the island of Mauritius
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Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) was a world renowned naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. These images…
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Celebrating whales at the Natural History Museum. From the opening of the new Whale Hall in the 1930s, to the new exhibition,…
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George Raper (1769-1796) - A collection of his illustrations made during his time onboard HMS Sirius, the flagship of the…
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Georg Ehret (1708-1770) - the botanical illustrations of the German botanist.
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Arthur Harry Church (1865 - 1937) - the floral illustrations of a botanist.
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A collection of specimens showcasing a crossection of the animals that come to life in the dark of night
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A collection of portraits of the women and men who have contributed to the study and understanding of the natural world…
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The famous paleoanthropological hoax of the 20th century
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John James Audobon's illustrations of mammals
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Margaret Cockburn (1829-1928), was an artist and amateur ornithologist who spent her life in India. She spent her lifetime…
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Campi Phlegraei - commissioned by the volcanologist Sir William Hamilton and drawn by the artist Pietro Fabris, this fabulous…
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Botanical prints of specimens, collected on Captain's Cook's First Voyage. HMS Endeavour 1768-1771
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Sydney Parkinson - a prolific artist who was commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks to record all the specimens collected during…
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Georg (George) Forster (1754-1794) - Naturalist, journalist and revolutionary. A collection of his artwork from his time on…
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Mary Anning (1799-1847) was an important fossil hunter and amateur paleontologist at the beginning of the 19th century. This…
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A.R Wallace (1823-1913) - naturalist, geographer, explorer, biologist and social activist - his life's work in images
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Terra Nova Expedition, also known as the British Antartic Expedition (1910-1913) - speciemens collected, photographs taken…
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Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) - the famous naturalist and physician, and his magnificent collection of natural history…
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Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, and his home at Tring Park (now part of the Natural History Museum)
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Birthstones - showcasing a selection of the museum's precious gem collection.
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Joseph Wolf (1820-1899) - hand-coloured lithographs of his illustrations of cats in the wild. From Daniel Giraud Elliot's "A…
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Illustrations from the NHM Nettle Cookbook
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Neave Parker's dinosaur illustrations.
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Meteorites from the museum's spectacular collection.
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Charles Darwin's voyage on HMS Beagle - (1832-1836) Illustrations of the mammals that were encountered along the way.
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Drawings from some of our library's most prized and rare books
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John Reeves's collection showcasing a unique selection of botanical, zoological and entomological drawings depicting the…
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Franz and Ferdinand Bauer, from Kew Gardens to Australia, the most significant work of the Austrian artists.
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Olivia Fanny Tonge (1858-1949) - Fascinating illustrations from her sketchbooks, drawn during her travels in India at the…
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The recently refurbished Hintze Hall, and all the wonders it contains.
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Remarkable fossils that illustrate the evolution of life on Earth
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Paintings by the celebrated 17th and 18th century German artist and entomologist
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Specially selected artworks by women from the seventeenth century to the present day.
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Watling Collection - Celebrating the 230th anniversary of the First Fleet's departure from England, bound for Australia, on…
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A celebration of the best of the museum's collection, including the rare, the beautiful and the unusual
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The life and work of the world renowned naturalist
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Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and the Natural History Museum's iconic building that he designed.
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