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NHM Consulting

The Natural History Museum, a dynamic research institution of international significance and a custodian of extensive collections, has enriched our knowledge of the natural world for nearly 300 years.

In response to clients' needs, NHM Consulting draws upon this expertise and the collections to support an established and expanding international consultancy service.

With a fund of expertise in many and diverse sectors, our scientists have extensive experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure the success of each project.

As a forward-looking and permanent scientific resource, with a proven pedigree of past success, we invite you to call us in on your next project and benefit from our expertise and resources.

  • Photograph of a simulian blackfly
    Analytical and imaging facilities

    The Natural History Museum offers comprehensive analytical and imaging facilities and DNA sequencing on a consultancy or service basis.

  • Head of savannah tsetse fly
    Biomedical

    The Museum has the world’s most comprehensive collection of organisms which act as disease vectors.

  • Two men deploying a 0.1 m2 Day grab at sea
    Coastal and marine environmental assessment

    The Museum employs a team of marine environmental consultants, who provide a worldwide rapid response service to incidents in shallow marine ecosystems.

  • Collections management: consulting
    Collections management: consulting

    Museum staff have unrivalled skills and experience in curation, museology and collections management.

  • Landslip in Upnor Formation sands, Newhaven, East Sussex
    Engineering geology

    Our earth scientists can deliver impartial advice and consultancy expertise using extensive knowledge of UK and worldwide geology and state of the art analytical laboratories.

  • Submerged shipwreck
    Expert witness services

    The Natural History Museum is able to deliver a range of scientific expert witnessing services to the legal community.

  • Leckford - river sampling
    Freshwater and terrestrial environment assessment

    The Museum has unrivalled knowledge of the taxonomy and ecology of freshwater and terrestrial organisms.

  • Mining at high altitude
    Mining

    The Natural History Museum is able to deliver a range of specialist consultancy, research and education services to the mining sector. 

  • Nummulites gizhensis from the Egyptian Eocene
    Petroleum

    The Museum's research scientists have a history of providing up-to-date palaeontological and mineralogical information.

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