Grant Museum of Zoology in Laela

Small but packed with treasures. I really enjoyed this visiting this unique place. I would highly recommend.

A very interesting place, incredible specimens and so much to learn ! Was a little confusing as went in the wrong entrance but the staff were helpful and friendly. Carlos in particular was also wonderful and I hope to see him when I visit again as he was so kind and sweet to us😊

Very cool and educational, a lot of "what on earth is that!" To be said. Overall a well presented and excellent quality museum and the best part.. its free!!

Old style comparative anatomy museum, choc full of specimens. Dont miss the Jar of Moles, Micrarium, Quagga, glass slugs and Thylacine!

Very effective use of a small space, lots of interesting specimens

A small but truly wonder-ful museum. Limited opening hours so check before you go. If you like bones, things in jars and curiosities of the natural world, spend an hour or so here. Brilliant. We went in half term so there were things for the kids to do too.

A compact museum to visit and open a window into the kingdom of living beings. Such a source of information on a short visit.

I absolutely love this museum.Its tiny, and fabulous. Shelves filled with the most intriguing bits and bobs and always worksheets or something else fun for the kids to do.

Incredible museum - small but perfectly preserved. Amazing place that showcases a diverse array of specimens. Definitely worth a visit especially for anyone thats interested in biology and anatomy.

The Grant Museum is a hidden gem in London, displaying a fascinating collection of items on the study of zoology. We spent a couple hours there exploring the tightly packed cabinets. Saw some very unique specimens as well as variations of different creatures. Definitely worth a visit.

Small but excellent little gem of a museum. Full of curiosities for the adventurous mind. Lovely staff too.

So fascinating, really enjoyed our visit here.The Grant Museum of Zoology houses a natural history collection that encompasses the animal kingdom, including rare and extinct specimen, more than 50,000 zoological specimens.The Grant Museum of Zoology is ‘FREE’ to visit and you dont need to book in advance.Look out for the skeleton of the extinct South African zebra known as the quagga. The last quagga died in in 1883 and the museum’s skeleton is one of only seven in existence making it the rarest in the world. Other rare artefacts include dodo bones and thylacine specimens, a dog-like marsupial extinct since the 1930s.Also don’t miss out on weird items like the jar of moles.The museum is open from 1pm to 5pm from Tuesday to Friday, and from 11am to 5pm on Saturday.

Amazing little museum that will delight children and adults alike. It has an impressive collection of preserved organs, skeletons and remains from living and extinct animals (most notably the dodo and the thylacine), insects, fish, and so on. The information provided is very interesting as it allows you to learn many curious facts about wildlife. I truly loved this museum and I recommend it without any doubt.

Great fun loads bones from Dodos to sharks and mice. Not forgetting the vat of moles!!

An interesting place full of specimens of wildlife both of today and from hundreds of millions of years back. Its a small museum sure but its packed with insightful and educational things to see - and of course, its free.

Loved this place. So friendly and so interesting

Its a pretty crazy place, theres so much to look at its a bit overwhelming! The pickled wallaby looked like an alien. Its amazing that its free to enter! Awesome place

Kids love it!! Old historic building, part of UCL educational complex. Free entry.

Such a little gem of a museum, especially if your looking for somewhere to take teens, even they will be impressed!!

Theres a jar of moles. In fact theres a jar of just about any animal, insect or invertebrate you can think of. Its an astounding collection of skeletons and specimens, along with the most unusual game of bingo Ive ever played.Its a fairly big collection, but we found half an hour here was enough for us to have a good look at everything. Considering its free, its a marvel to behold- definitely worth looking in if youre in the area.

Coming to this museum was one of the best masterstrokes we made on our trip to London. The museum has this feeling of being tucked away and is full of so many meaningful exhibits, before I went into studying media I originally saw myself getting a job in Zoology it was only the high point requirements that made me reconsider that life path.This museum with its quiet atmosphere, allowed me to reignite a passion I have not explored in nearly a decade. I felt like a child in a candy store everywhere I looked was a new specimen that caught my eye packed with a very interesting fact that I was able to tell all my friends. For instance I learnt that some clams and scallops have organs that work like eyes (they detect differences in light levels). Even just this one fact floored me and has surprised every individual I have told.This museum was such a wonderful place that I will never stop thinking about. I implore you especially if you live in London give it a shot.

there are many interesting things to see in this venerable institute of zoology. Animals lovingly preserved in formaldehyde present their hearts, kidneys and livers. All these organs would never have made it into an exhibition of "Körperwelten" by Gunther von Hagen. You really get an appetite there and then you want to go to dinner. Apart from that you can of course learn a lot and also for the small children there is a kind of competition that they do by recognizing the photos of the exhibits on display.

This is the most fascinating and creepy place in London, went today and its simply amazing to get scale on some animals and creeped out by some jars.Lovely staff too had a good talk with them about an specimen which was unlabelled and they went above and beyond with the curator for me finding out it was a hawk bill turtle shell.From some of the tiniest specimens to biggest its truly fascinating

Small museum but cosy, free entrance, you can do donations if you want, not cheap to park around, deep in London city there is all kind of public transport, I suggest travel by underground and coming out at Euston Square or Warren Street station, I visited years ago and I was passing by and remembered the street and the building, very beautiful building, inside as well, you not going to loose to much time like the other big museums, I would say a good 30 minutes, no rush, there is no queue outside, normally not having many people, it will a quite relaxing visit, also quite nice to add on your tour through the city of London, minutes away from the British Museum and other point of interest sites in London as well. The museum has there is all kind of teaching collection of zoological specimens and material for dissection, there is rare specimens like quagga skeleton, thylacine specimens, dodo bonesand Blaschka glass models, it says contains around 68,000 zoological specimens and is part of University College London

Great place.Didnt expect much but came out amazedThe staff are friendly and very informative

Amazing lovely collection mind blowing amount of things to look at staff were helpful and is FREE

My boyfriend and I went during our visit to London this summer. We are both autistic adults, and one of my special interests is bones.First off, full of skeletons just as expected, and I was super ecstatic! Secondly, its a much quieter museum than youd typically find in London, which is much better for our sensory issues. We went midday in the middle of summer, where other museums are very busy and loud and full of school trips etc.Its not very big (just one large open room), but full of loads of interesting specimens. There is also a large table in the middle with chairs around that you can sit at, which was very helpful to my boyfriend who is also physically disabled.The staff at the front desk were also super kind and informative, and let us put our backpacks behind the desk free of charge after we had been carrying them all morning.It was also well ventilated - so not stuffy or warm - especially in the middle of summer. Considering its a University museum, it was way better than I expected. Would definitely recommend!

Wonderfully curated collection of specimens! The museum is small and hours are limited but if you can swing by for a bit it is free and worth the visit.

Amazing, an absolutely fantastic museum attached to University College London. I have passed this museum on several occasions but it has always been closed when I have tried to visit. I specifically set out to visit it on a day I knew it was open and was not disappointed. For people interested in nature and science, or just the bizarre, this is definitely the place for you. It is well taken care of and there are lots of things to discover.

Completely worth going to! If you love bones and preserved specimens this is the place for you! Its small but you could spend a few hours here or have a quick look around.Took my 7 year old who loved it

Amazing place. So many things gathered over the time and so interesting to see

A very small Natural History museum, crammed with skeletons of every conceivable animal, large and small. It is a place of education for UCL students, there were lectures going on whilst I was there. You are advised to see the 10 key exhibits, explained in a useful leaflet handed out on arrival.I believe the Grant of Grants museum taught Darwin. An absolutely fascinating place, appealing to all ages.The jar of moles is somewhat disturbing!

This is an incredible little museum. It feels like it has been tucked away, and is a beautiful historical collection. The fact that it is free to enter and does not require booking is an incredible bonus! We did not even need to wait to enter when we arrived on a Saturday!Incredible selection of preserved animals, well worth a visit!

Fantastic little museum thats crammes with specimens. I particularly liked the little gallery of microscope slides. The models of the developmental stages of various different organisms were fascinating, and I loved the comparative sepcimens. Its a shame the mezzanine wasnt open but there was still plenty to see. The staff were very friendly and knowledgeable too. Definitely not for the squeamish but if youre interested in biology or zoology its a must-visit.

Fantastic place to visit for whom enjoy seeing and learning about animals. It is quite small museum, with very interesting pieces.

The Museum was great but waaay too crowded. Everything is in a tiny room and going up vertically. Is a room filled with skeletons and interesting animals but they are too crowded to observe the tiny details. All in all is a great experience and a lovely place to visit at least once.

Very interesting place.Really worth to see.Warning: some items could be not appropriate for children: a jug of moles, preserved animal heads or whole animals.

A fascinating collection of various animal fossils and preserved bodies from around the world and throughout history.Gives you a real sense of scale from the smallest specimen slides up to whale vertebrae

Very enthusiastic and welcoming staff especially the woman at the desk. Brilliant reflective exhibition on at present - Displays of Power: A Natural History of Empire which acknowledges the painful origins of much of this collection. Progressive and enlightened- should be incorporated as part of the permanent exhibition- I can’t see any reason for taking such important information down.

Phenomenal collection brilliantly curated and much more interesting and attractive than in its prior location. Of particular interest are the micrarium with several thousand slides as well as glass lantern slides (photobeautifully displayed as well as the dizzying array of specimens including everything from Portuguese man o war to water buffalo to a tiny dik dik and a small slender loris. Definitely worth a visit!

A fascinating place to visit and totally free. The exhibitions are organised around the walls of one large room with a study area in its centre. Exhibits include animal skeletons and preserved animals pickled in formalin and stored in jars. I found the Micrarium particularly interesting as never seen a collection of so many tiny creatures mounted on slides. If you need to access toilets the front desk are very trusting and will give you a key fob to get into the main university building to use their toilets. Also interesting to note the acknowledgement given to the injustices of slavery and the wealth produced from this trade which has underpinned the funding of previous staff salaries and the contents of this museum.

A fascinating look into pre-modern ethics zoology. Its not a huge museum, and youll probably make your way around in an hour but the exhibits they have are so interesting.Make sure you look above eye level as well, as they have shelves upon shelves of jars and skeletons. There were a few families visiting too, and volunteers explaining the history behind the museum.

The space isnt very large but its packed full of amazing things! One of my favorite museums in London. Its free to visit and the lady working the desk was extremely friendly. They have a little search game for kids to play and my 7 year old had a ton of fun with it (and so did we!Highly recommend!

Incredible museum. I hope it never closes so people can keep learning about these specimens for free. Really happy we got to see this and it was a perfect destination after visiting the British museum. Close walking distance and it was interesting to see the UCL area.

This museum is part of University College London and is still used for teaching. The museum is actually quite small, but is packed with some of the most amazing exhibits of skeletons and other preserved zoological specimens.Even though the museum is small, it takes some time to get through the exhibits just because theres so many of them. And then the high quality of the exhibit means that very best of them are worth spending more than a minute to really appreciate. Dont miss the museums quagga skeleton, thylacine skeletons and samples, the rhino skeleton, all the preserved worms and of course the skulls of elephants and the extinct elf.The museum couldve been a one time teaching room which would explain architecture with its libraries and upper (but inaccessibleupper level. Theres some amazing skeletons of hominids on the upper level. Id loved to have been able to stand on the upper level, but just satisfied with a photogenic picture of it.Awesome.

Unique, bit weird but very educational museum about zoology with loads of skeletons, bones, specimens, specimens in jars. Despite being a strange museum it is worth a visit if you are in the area. One of its kind.

This natural history museum is part of the University College London and although small, it is jam-packed with exhibits (specimens, all kind of skeletons, animals preserved in liquids that I have never even heard of). It is truly one of those London best-kept-gems; the room is also beautiful and as soon as you enter the building, you will be transported to the Victoria era; highly recommended.

Very interesting little museum about the biology of animals and creatures of all sorts. Small but fascinating little place packed full of specimens. Free entry - great for education. Highly recommended but understandably its not for everyone.

If youre tired of the crowds of central London then this is the place to go to get away from that. A short walk from Holborn, this free museum is great if youre curious about the unusual and just fancy something a bit different. If you dont have the time for the Natural History Museum and only have an hour, this is worth the trip.Started in 1828, this museum is out e of the oldest collections of preservation in the world. Theres even a Quagga skeleton (you probably wont see one of those anywhere else). It really is a hidden collection but well worth checking out and is rarely busy. Leave Oxford St to the droves of tourists and come and actually enjoy your time.Another suggestion would be to come around lunch and enjoy the street food market on the next road across (less than 10mins on foot).

One room thats packed with an array of skeletons and animal specimens in glass jars. Fascinating and educational - great for kids. The curator showed us some Roman villa tiles with animal footprints - fun to guess (and discoverwhat they were. Easy to spend an hour or two here - lots of specimens to see and books so you can discover more.