A cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). The cheetah has a top speed of up to 114 kilometres per hour but this can only be maintained for short distances of a few hundred metres. Their main food is mostly gazelles, impalas and other small buck and they can hunt the young of wildebeests and zebra. A cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). The cheetah has a top speed of up to 114 kilometres per hour but this can only be maintained for short distances of a few hundred metres. Their main food is mostly gazelles, impalas and other small buck and they can hunt the young of wildebeests and zebra.

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Galleries

Over 4,000 animals from around the world are displayed in the beautiful Victorian galleries of the Natural History Museum at Tring. The high-ceilinged rooms and glass cases let you get up close to this amazing collection, which includes many extinct and endangered species.

Below are highlights of the creatures you won't want to miss as you visit the galleries, as well as the atmospheric Rothschild Room and the interactive elements of the Discovery Room. Wherever you look there are many more specimens to catch your eye and stimulate your curiosity.

Gallery 6 is currently closed for major refurbishment. You can see the work in progress through the viewing windows in Gallery 5. The gallery will re-open in late 2008. We apologise for any inconvenience caused during this time.

  • Mandrill
    Gallery 1

    This gallery displays a huge variety of birds, large carnivores and primates including a set of all UK breeding birds.

  • Fossil folklore
    Gallery 2

    Temporary exhibitions at the Museum change three times a year and can be found in this gallery.

  • Angler fish
    Gallery 3

    Crocodiles, crustaceans, fish, insects, large mammals and marine invertebrates are on display here.

  • Somali wild ass
    Gallery 4

    This gallery houses the odd-hoofed mammals. Rhinoceroses, tapirs, wild asses, zebras and all known species of zebra on display.

  • Saiga
    Gallery 5

    Antelope, cattle, deer, goats, hippopotamuses, marine mammals, pigs and sheep are displayed here. Some of these animals are now endangered species.

  • Thylacine
    Gallery 6

    Explore the amphibians, bats, British mammals, domestic dogs, flightless birds, reptiles, and small mammals.

  • Giraffe
    Discovery Room

    This hands-on interactive experience is designed for children but popular with all ages.

  • Rothschild room
    Rothschild Room

    This room recreates a Victorian office similar to one where the Museum’s original creators and Lord Rothschild himself might have worked.

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