Natural History Museum at Tring

The Natural History Museum at Tring is a museum located in Hertfordshire, England. It is a museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, and display of natural history specimens and artefacts. The museum is part of the Natural History Museum Group and was originally established as the private collection of financier and philanthropist Lionel Walter Rothschild. The collection mainly focuses on mammals, birds, and insects, but also includes fossils, minerals, and other natural history specimens.

If you visit the Natural History Museum at Tring, you can expect to see a wide variety of natural history specimens and artefacts. Some of the specific items you may see on display include:

• Mammals: the collection includes many rare and extinct species, such as the quagga, thylacine, and gorals.
• Birds: the collection includes many rare and extinct species, such as the Great Auk and the Huia.
• Insects: the collection includes many species of butterflies, moths and beetles, many of them are from tropical regions.
• Fossils: the collection includes a variety of fossils from different eras, including ammonites and trilobites from the Paleozoic era, and dinosaur fossils from the Mesozoic era.
• Minerals: the collection includes a wide variety of minerals, including precious stones such as diamonds and emeralds, as well as rare and unique specimens such as the Tring meteorite.
• Other natural history specimens: the collection includes a variety of other natural history specimens, such as shells, plants, and coral.

It’s worth noting that the collection may change from time to time, depending on the displays and exhibitions being held at the museum. The museum also has a library with a rich collection of books, journals, and manuscripts.