Visiting as a group

Group and School Bookings

The Museum of Natural History welcomes group visitors. Booking is required for organisations/groups of more than ten people visiting on the same day.

We charge a £1.50 admin fee per person for group visits. Some groups, such as higher education institutions, further education colleges, and schools, may be exempt from this charge. Please see below for more information.

Primary, secondary and further education

We encourage museum visits for teaching and offer guided and supported group sessions. Self-guided school groups, higher education groups, further education groups or non-commercial groups visiting as part of a learning programme are exempt from our administration fee. You can enquire about your eligibility for an exemption from our administration fee using an enquiry form.

School bookings temporarily unavailable

Thank you very much for your interest in organising a group visit to the Museum. We are currently unable to take new bookings for schools. Please check our website again from 16th July at 9:00am when bookings will re-open. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and look forward to receiving your booking enquiry.

Higher education, community groups and adult groups

We encourage museum visits for teaching and offer guided and supported group sessions. Self-guided school groups, higher education groups, further education groups or non-commercial groups visiting as part of a learning programme are exempt from our administration fee. You can enquire about your eligibility for an exemption from our administration fee using an enquiry form:

Higher education, community groups and adult group bookings temporarily unavailable

Thank you very much for your interest in organising a group visit to the Museum. We are currently unable to take new bookings for higher education, community, and adult groups. Please check our website again from 16th July at 9:00am when bookings will re-open. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and look forward to receiving your booking.

Tour operators, language schools, summer schools and other commercial groups

We welcome organised group visits and require all groups to book in advance. We ask that groups book at least 1 day in advance in order to secure a booking. There is a £1.50 administration fee per person for all group visits, including travel agencies and tour operators, summer schools and EFL groups. We require students under 18 to be accompanied by one adult per 10 students. The maximum number of people per booking is 55 (up to 50 attendees and 5 supervisors).

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