Other names: NHM Data Portal, Natural History Museum, Data Portal, Explore and download the Natural History Museum’s research and collections data
The British natural history collection is one of the most important in the world, documenting 4.5 billion years of life, the Earth and the solar system. Almost all animal, plant, mineral and fossil groups are represented. The portal's main dataset consists of specimens from the Museum's collection database, with over 4 million records from the Museum’s Palaeontology, Mineralogy, Botany, Entomology and Zoology collections.
biodiversity botany entomology mineralogy palaeontology zoology