Palaeontology Department
Close up of the focussing ring inside the eye socket of an ichthyosaur an extinct marine reptile from the Middle Jurassic (164-161 million years ago) on display in the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum.
The Department is located in the Palaeontology Building at the eastern end of of the Natural History Museum site on Cromwell Road in South Kensington.
The Department of Palaeontology currently houses full-time researchers, curators, and support personnel engaged in a wide variety of scientific research and commercial projects that focus on the study of fossils through time. The Department of Palaeontology also houses all of the Museum's on-site palaeontological collections.
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Palaeontology DepartmentNatural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 5BD
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7942 5000