NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

A kids-friendly destination, the Cumberland House Natural History Museum is one of the must-see places to visit in Portsmouth for wildlife lovers. The museum houses an array of interactive galleries and exhibits portraying the geology and fauna of the city. Apart from the exclusive Butterfly House and Beehive, the museum also hosts events about wildlife.

Touted as a paradise for wildlife in Britain, Portsmouth is the home to a huge range of exotic animals in many different habitats. The Portsmouth Natural History Museum is the reflection of the city’s rich wildlife and has many displays proving the same. The ‘A-Z of Natural History’ gallery features over 200 different British and international mammals, birds, plants, insects, and fossils. It explores all the nooks and crannies of wildlife, running all the way from A (Arthropods) to Z (Zoology).

There is a Geology zone in the museum which has exhibits explaining life during the Cretaceous to the Paleogene time period. You can find Portsmouth’s earliest rocks, remains of Iguanodon and an introduction to the solar system. The Observational Beehive gallery gives you a glimpse into the working of a busy beehive while the exclusively built Butterfly House is the house to neo-tropical inhabitants like Glasswings, Malachites, Blue Morpho and Swallowtails.

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Highlights

• Go on a virtual walk through the Natural History Museum to witness the fascinating exhibits on display and discover more about wildlife.
• Visit the Butterfly House and enjoy watching all the brightly coloured butterflies from Central and South America fluttering their wings.
• Learn about the busy works going on in the inside of a beehive throughout the year in the Observational Beehive gallery.
• Take a trip around the Geology gallery to find out about life in Hampshire over 130 million years ago and go to the Local Habitats zone where you can see many varied creatures that are native to Portsmouth.