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Museum of Life Sciences
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Museum of Life Sciences — natural history museum, University museum in London.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- London Bridge · 0.3 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
Getting there & planning your visit
The Museum of Life Sciences is located at postcode SE1 1UL in Southwark, London. The nearest railway station is London Bridge, which is 0.3 km away. Entry is free, and the museum is wheelchair accessible.
About
Museum of Life Sciences is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 2009. Part of King's College London. Address: SE1 1UL. Wikidata describes it as: "natural history museum, University museum in London". Coordinates: 51.5028°, -0.0896°.
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Summary from the official site
The Museum of Life Sciences is part of King's College London, focusing on the fields of life sciences and medicine. It showcases research and educational initiatives related to health, dentistry, and mental health, providing insights into various scientific disciplines.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Museum of Life Sciences is a life science and natural history museum that is part of King's College London in London, England. It is housed on the Guy's Campus, adjacent to the Gordon Museum of Pathology in the Hodgkin Building. It was founded in 2009 and is the first new museum in King's College for over 100 years. It exists to explain the diversity of animal and plant life in the context of the biological and health sciences. The current curator is Dr Gillian Sales. The Museum contains historic biological and pharmaceutical collections from the constituent colleges (Queen Elizabeth College, Chelsea College, King's College London and Guy's Medical School) that make up the modern King's College London with the exception of St. Thomas Hospital. The specimens of the Museum date from 1800s to the present, and are arranged into distinct collections: Zoological, Botanical, Pharmaceutical, Microscope Slide and Craniofacial Skeletal collections. These include skeletons, fluid-preserved material, taxidermy, dried items, fossils, microscope and a herbarium of plant material.
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- Coordinates
- 51.5028, -0.0896
- District
- Southwark
- Parish
- Southwark, unparished area
- Postcode
- SE1 1UL
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark
- Established
- 2009
- Nearest railway station
- London Bridge — 0.3 km
- Official site
- www.kcl.ac.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q23891179 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Museum of Life Sciences (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Museum of Life Sciences at King's College.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is Museum of Life Sciences?
- Museum of Life Sciences is in London, United Kingdom (postcode SE1 1UL), in the parish of Southwark, unparished area.
- What is Museum of Life Sciences?
- Museum of Life Sciences — natural history museum, University museum in London.
- How do I get to Museum of Life Sciences?
- The nearest railway station is London Bridge, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can use postcode SE1 1UL.
- When was Museum of Life Sciences built?
- Built or established in 2009.
- How do I get to Museum of Life Sciences?
- The nearest railway station is London Bridge, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SE1 1UL.