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 for design and communications professionals.

Explore our range of beautiful natural history images, representing over 300 years of exploration and innovation. From ancient maps to prehistoric mammals and meteorites, NHM Images showcases the Museum's extensive collections plant, animal, insect, fossil and geological specimens.

Latest collections

Whales
Celebrating whales at the Natural History Museum. From the opening of the new Whale Hall in the 1930s, to the new exhibition,…

17 July 2017
Hintze Hall - The Big Reveal
The newly refurbished Hintze Hall, and all the wonders it contains

17 July 2017
Charles Darwin
The life and work of the world renowned naturalist

17 July 2017
Treasures of the Natural World
A celebration of the best of the museum's collection, including the rare, the beautiful and the unusual

17 July 2017
First Fleet
Celebrating the 230th anniversary of the First Fleet's departure from England, bound for Australia, on 13th May 1787. The…

10 July 2017
Dinosaurs

28 June 2017
Colours of Nature

27 June 2017
Butterflies
A selection of our beautiful butterflies, from specimens to paintings

27 June 2017
Images from our Archives
Life in the early days of the Natural History Museum

22 June 2017
Patterns of Nature

19 June 2017
British Natural History in Art

15 June 2017
Gems and Jewels

07 June 2017
Marbles and Minerals

07 June 2017
Natural History Museum
The art and architecture of Alfred Waterhouse's iconic building

01 June 2017
Mary Anning
Celebrating the famous fossil hunter's 218th birthday

17 May 2017
Wildlife Photographer of the Year finalists
Award-winning photography from Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

16 May 2017
Earth textures

12 May 2017
Tropica

03 March 2017
Penguins

20 February 2017

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