Grant Museum of Zoology

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@ucl.ac.uk’s Grant Museum of Zoology is one of the UK’s oldest natural history collections and home to some of the world’s rarest specimens. Find out more:

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Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· 8d

See the latest news and information about our current events: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology/whats-grant-museum

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· 13d

We have teamed up with researchers in robotics and autonomous systems to bring a new digital experience into the museum this summer school holiday! Visit the multi-sensory 3D pop-up between 11-15 August.

A visitor examining a display case at the Grant Museum of Zoology.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· 15d

Our specimens were showcased on the green carpet for the premiere of How to Live on Earth, a new feature documentary exploring humanity's relationship with the natural world. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

The Grant Museum team pose beside a fossil skull display at the How to Live on Earth premiere, standing in front of a green backdrop.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Jul 8

Planning a visit? Find out more about entry, opening times, research visits and more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/grant-museum-zoology/visit-ucl-grant-museum-zoology

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Jun 26

Hollywood royalty in the museum this morning!

Jeff Goldblum surrounded by Grant Museum specimens looking at a mosquito in resin

Jeff Goldblum sitting at a desk full of specimens in the Grant Museum

Group hug in the Micrarium - Grant Museum staff and honorary curator Jeff Goldblum

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Jun 23

We were thrilled to be on the green carpet last night for the world premiere of ‘How to Live on Earth’ – a new feature documentary presented by Benedict Cumberbatch. The film, opening during #LCAW2026, explores how we can build a future that works with nature, not against it. @uclnews.bsky.social

UCL’s Grant Museum curatorial team - Hannah Cornish, Tannis Davidson and Alice Holloway - stand behind a museum thylacine skull on the green carpet in front of media booth at the premiere of the film ‘How to Live on Earth’

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· May 8

Join us in wishing Sir David Attenborough a Happy 100th Birthday! 🎉 An inspiration to us all and the world’s greatest science communicator, here he is in the Grant Museum in 2014 filming ‘Attenborough’s Fabulous Frogs’. 🐸

Image of Sir David Attenborough seated behind a trolley examining amphibian specimens in UCL’s Grant Museum of Zoology.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Apr 29

Wishing a Happy 200th Birthday to @zslofficial.bsky.social! Our orangutan taxidermy specimen lived at London zoo from 1913-1917 and was later donated to @ucl.ac.uk. Today we welcomed students and ZSL staff for a special UCL + ZSL bicentenary drawing workshop celebrating our two institutions.

Taxidermy orangutan specimen looking fluffy and fine in a museum case.

UCL Slade and Biosciences students learning drawing techniques bringing back the ‘studio of animal art’ spirit of interdisciplinary practice in teaching. They are clustered around a table full of zoological specimens.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Mar 26

#ThrowbackThursday to @ucl.ac.uk's 2025 year in review featuring our World of Wasps exhibition! https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/dec/ucl-2025-year-review #GMZWasps

A person using a virtual reality headset in the Grant Museum.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Mar 24

Anyone for a pint of chameleon? Best way to stabilise our freeze-dried specimen for CT scanning. And what a surprise to see that she has eggs! @laurabporro.bsky.social @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social

X-ray image of a chameleon in a plastic pint cup during CT scanning. Chameleon is facing downward and a clutch of eggs are visible in abdomen.

X-ray image (ventral view) of a chameleon specimen in a plastic pint cup. Chameleon is facing downward and eggs can be seen in abdomen.

Image of chameleon specimen in plastic pint cup (with acid-free tissue packed around it) in CT scanner. The curly tail is visible out of the top of the cup.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Mar 19

We are excited to share that we have been shortlisted for Best Use of Digital in the 2026 @museumsandheritage.com Awards for our work on the World of Wasps exhibition. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

A virtual wasp flying through a reimagined rewilded Grant Museum.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Mar 6

We have lift off! The new mount for our hyrax study skin not only elevates it for pest prevention but gives it the super hero pose appropriate for this unintentionally aerodynamic specimen.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Not quite. Image shows an elongate stuffed skin of a hyrax on perspex mount on table. The legs stretch out from the body in a pose reminiscent of Superman.

Image of museum display case with various specimens including the newly mounted hyrax study skin. A hyrax skull is in the foreground and a wombat model and skeleton is in the background. It appears that the wombats are riding on top of the hyrax but we can assure you they are not.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Feb 10

Our gorilla skeleton is on the move ahead of preparations for the upcoming bicentenary celebrations. #UCL200

UCL museum staff moving a trolley with a carefully wrapped gorilla skeleton. An umbrella is held over the gorilla.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Feb 2

We have now wrapped up our World of Wasps exhibition. It’s been great sharing their extraordinarily complex social structures, and celebrating their importance in our ecosystem. #GMZWasps

A variety of wasp nest specimens in a display case at the Grant Museum.

Visitors interacting with the exhibition at the Grant Museum.

Two people looking into a display case at the Grant Museum.

Two people examining the paper sculptures in the Grant Museum.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Jan 20

Last chance to see our World of Wasps exhibition, available to view until 24 January! Zoom inside a virtual wasp’s nest and see their life as master architects, pest controllers and pollinators. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps

A visitor in the Grant Museum of Zoology using a virtual reality headset.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Jan 15

See the latest news and information about our current events: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology/whats-grant-museum

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Jan 8

Wasps are extraordinary animals living within complex social structures. Zoom inside a virtual nest and experience their homes, lifestyles and relationships at our exhibition until 24 January. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/jun/world-wasps #GMZWasps

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Dec 23

We would like to wish everyone a wonderful Winter Break! We are closed and will reopen at 1pm on 6 January 2026. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Dec 17

We are proud to currently host the world's first exhibition centred on wasps, combining science, art and technology to reveal the secret world of these complex animals. Read more in the LCCOS Annual Report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/about-...

A person wearing a virtual reality headset.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Dec 9

Join us on 9 January for award-winning actor Jonathan Goodwin’s live one-man adaptation of H. G. Wells’ sci-fi classic The Time Machine in the atmospheric surroundings of @ucl.ac.uk’s zoology museum! www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticket...

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Dec 3

See this year's @ucl.ac.uk zoology student presentations and find out what they have discovered about their mystery museum specimens. Drop in between 2pm - 5pm on 5 December.

Specimens in a display case at the Grant Museum of Zoology.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Dec 3

John Zhang of Datascape Realities, the collective behind the virtual reality experiences at the heart of our latest exhibition, talks about the creative process and why virtual reality is an important tool in science communication. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Dec 1

What’s missing from natural history collections? Maria Dragoi, @ucl.ac.uk Museum Studies alumna and current PhD candidate, discusses her research into our entomology collection and the importance of interpreting collections through a decolonial lens. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

Maria Dragoi stood in the Micrarium at the Grant Museum of Zoology.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Oct 13

Researchers from the Sumner Lab talk about how their research informed our latest virtual reality exhibition, World of Wasps. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps

Cintia Akemi Oi and Serian Sumner on a research trip to Japan.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Oct 10

We will open at the later time of 3pm on 15 October due to a private event. We apologise for any inconvenience. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Oct 7

#WelcomeToUCL! We are one of the oldest natural history collections and home to 100,000 specimens from every continent, every ocean, and every animal group. Find out more and plan your visit here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology

The exterior of the Grant Museum of Zoology.

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Sep 29

We are currently closed for essential refurbishment works and will now reopen as normal on Tuesday 7 October at 1pm. We apologise for any inconvenience. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Sep 25

Did you know that wasps purr, or that they wag their bodies and tap their antennae to communicate? Find out more about these fascinating animals at our exhibition. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/jun/world-wasps #GMZWasps

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Sep 4

Explore our Zoology collection after hours! Join us on a half-billion-year journey through the story of life on Earth at our upcoming museum late on 12 September as part of #HeritageOpenDays. https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/zoology-after-hours.html

Grant Museum of Zoology@uclgrantmuseum· Aug 8

Get to know the team behind World of Wasps in this interview about creating our latest virtual reality exhibition. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...