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Inside the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum

Darwin Centre: Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum from outside
The Darwin Centre Photograph: Torben Eskerod/The Natural History Museum
Darwin Centre: The New Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London
The cocoon will store the full collection of 22 million specimens Photograph: David Levene
Darwin Centre: Achias Rothschildi at the The Natural History Museum
Achias rothschildi Photograph: The Natural History Museum
Darwin Centre: Afzelia African at the Natural History Museum
Afzelia african Photograph: Kevin Webb/The Natural History Museum
Darwin Centre: Antlered or goat fly, Phytalmia at the The Natural History Museum
Antlered or goat fly, Phytalmia Photograph: The Natural History Museum
Darwin Centre: Castanospermum Australe at the Natural History Museum
Castanospermum australe Photograph: Kevin Webb/The Natural History Museum
Darwin Centre: Erythrina Folkersii at the The Natural History Museum
Erythrina folkersii Photograph: Kevin Webb/The Natural History MuseumThe Natural History Museum
Darwin Centre: Milionia Par at the Natural History Museum
Milionia par Photograph: The Natural History Museum
Darwin Centre: Schizodactylus Monstrosus at the Natural History Museum
Schizodactylus monstrosus, the monstrous dune cricket Photograph: The Natural History Museum
Darwin Centre: Southeast Asian beetles at the Natural History Museum
This drawer contains 80 south-east Asian beetles, including stag beetles, weevils, chafers and jewel beetles. The enormous male long-armed chafer in the centre is illustrated in The Malay Archipelago. The beetles are from Alfred Russel Wallace's personal collection Photograph: The Natural History Museum
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