Have you ever heard of the great auk? The story of this flightless bird can teach us a great deal about the dangers of human greed to the natural world. 👇

A reminder that it is our SENDsational Morning tomorrow 10am-12pm and is pre-booked tickets only We will be discovering Ocean animals in our quiet, reduced capacity galleries 🌊🦀 Tickets are free but must be pre-booked nhm.ac.uk/.../sendsation… General admission is from 12-5pm

🐦Keep an eye out for peregrine falcons if you visit a cathedral city or the coast. Adult birds have been recorded dropping on their prey at speeds of more than 300 kilometres per hour (186 miles per hour). Find out more about this amazing bird nhm.ac.uk/discover/pereg…

🚶‍♀️If a visit to the museum hasn't worn you out you could go for a stroll around #TringPark or why not look around the High Street and see if you can spot some other Rothschild buildings. This sign was for the pub where Walter's staff used to gather after work.

Wondering what to do today? Why not design your own butterfly? Here are some amazing butterflies from our gallery to get you started and provide inspiration. We'd love to see your drawings. Visit to see some more, book to guarantee entry, its free! nhm.ac.uk/content/nhmwww…

A reminder that our Akeman Street car park is closed until further notice. Please follow the signs to our free Hastoe Lane car park and enjoy a short wander through our woodland to the museum entrance.

Join us to build a habitat from LEGO® bricks where endangered animals, people and nature can all call home together. Can you build a safe tunnel for hedgehogs or create a way to stop pollution from getting into the habitat of sea turtles? nhm.ac.uk/visit/tring/wh…

Our museum, shop and café are open over the bank holiday weekend, including Monday 10am-5pm. Come and explore the galleries, searching for your favourite animal, browse our shop and enjoy a tasty treat!

Skeleton of a Reticulated Python, with angled light picking out the bones. The Natural History Museum in Tring is one of my places on darkening afternoons. The gothic filigree of the snake’s ribs in the shadows of the cabinet always makes me pause here. NHM at Tring

Come and wish our dogs in Gallery 6 a happy #InternationalDogDay! Our dog collection shows the amazing variety in breeds and was added to the Museum in 1968. One of the stars of the display is Mick the Miller who is one of the most celebrated grey hounds.

Dragonfly or Damselfly? Its tricky! One key difference is that damselflies rest with their wings folded lengthways along their body 💤

It's the last week of our free Cabinets of Curiosities workshops 🦋🐚 Drop-in today and tomorrow to discover our curiosities and make your own cabinet to take home! nhm.ac.uk/events/tring-w…

🐑☀️It might be summer, but we're thinking of April 2023 when we refurbished some of the cases in Gallery Five. It was a big job involving lots of teams across the museum. Doesn't the gallery look empty without all the specimens on the bottom of the case! #ThrowbackThursday

On September 15th we are running another Tactile Explorers event. This workshop has been developed for blind and partially sighted children and their families. We will be exploring the marvellous world of mammals! Booking essential, please email [email protected]

On this day in 1892 the Museum officially opened. It took Walter 3 years to create the Museum after receiving the land and the money as a 21st birthday present from his parents.

Welcoming all builders of the future! This is your last chance to help build a habitat from LEGO® bricks where endangered animals, people and nature can all call home together. Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th September 10:30 – 12:00 & 13:30 – 15:30

🐶Meet Robin the Toy Trawler Spaniel, it was bred by Lady Wentworth who was a well respected dog breeder in 1911. Robin died at the age of nine by which time the breed was already nearly extinct, it is extinct today. #NHMTring

This weekend we are taking part in #HeritageOpenDays! Join us to find out more about our founder, Walter Rothschild, and to handle specimens connected with him. Our friends from #TringLocalHistoryMuseum will be here on Sunday with fascinating historical photographs of Tring.

Happy birthday to our friends at the Curiositea Rooms cafe, who have been providing us all with delicious food and drinks for a year today! Drop by and say hello on this rainy day and warm up with a hot drink

In Walter's day there was a taxidermy showroom in Piccadilly, London where the taxidermist Rowland Ward would display his specimens. Walter bought this Lynx specimen from the showroom for the museum. The bamboo used around the base adds to the overall effect. #ThrowbackThursday