It's the only museum that has a dodo, the stars of a flea circus and finches that Charles Darwin collected. The Victorian showcases full of stuffed animals are charming and children love exploring and endlessly going back to the collection of dogs and butterflies.
www.nhm.ac.uk/tring/visiting/index.html
The Walter Rothschild building, Akeman Street, Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 6AP
+44(0)20 7942 6171
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