The Natural History Museum in the World Wars

1. Natural History Museum, London

[Originally a separate site of the British Museum]

[First opened at this site in 1881] 

2. Hintze Hall, Natural History Museum, London

[A replica Diplodocus (‘Dippy’) is displayed]

3. The 1914 – 1918 “Roll of Honour”:

Museum staff who served with the Armed Forces

[British Museum and Natural History Museum]

[Located in the entrance hall, Natural History Museum]

4. 1914 – 1918 and 1939 – 1945 memorials:

Museum staff who died in the World Wars  

[British Museum and Natural History Museum staff]

[Located in Hintze Hall, near the main entrance]

5. ‘Spirit of Resistance’ (S.O.E. WW2 memorial)

S.O.E. Station XVB was located here (1942 – 1945)

[Unveiled by H.R.H. the Princess Royal in 2004]

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