A museum you can walk around

Virtual Natural History Museum

Wander the galleries, open the cabinets and explore fossils from across the history of life on Earth, contributed by palaeontologists and collections around the world.

Enter the museum

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Hello, I'm your guide. First visit? Register for a visitor pass, pick a character, and I'll show you round the galleries.

On display

No. 1

Theropod footprint, cast

Walk the galleries

Pick a character and explore the museum's rooms in your browser, alongside other visitors in real time.

Click: Walk to a spot, or open the cabinet you're standing at
WASD: Walk, or use the arrow keys
Space: Open the cabinet you're standing at
Enter: Chat with other visitors
H: Show points of interest

No. 2

Ammonite, Ammonoidea

Open the cabinets

Step up to a display case to see its fossils up close, with photographs, 3D models you can turn and video.

No. 3

Trilobite, Trilobita

Contribute a fossil

Have a specimen to share? Send us its details and images and our curators will review it for display.

Submit a fossil