Berkshire’s only dedicated natural history museum provides a family-friendly environment to explore, discover and understand the natural world, with opportunities for hands-on learning activities. 

Discover the wildlife of the Thames Valley. Explore a replica of the botanist Sir Joseph Banks’s cabin on Captain Cook’s Endeavour voyage. Learn about Charles Darwin, the voyage of the Beagle and his famous book, The Origin of Species. Investigate ethnographic exhibits from indigenous tribal communities in Borneo and the Amazon collected by Old Etonian explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison.

Our museums and galleries are open to the public, free of charge, on Sunday afternoons between 2.30 and 5pm.