Wold Cottage Meteorite Main Mass on display at NHM
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 5:42 pmHRH The Duchess of Cambridge unveils Museum Treasures
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Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was guest of honour at the grand opening of the Natural History Museum’s new Treasures Cadogan Gallery last night. Treasures displays 22 of the most extraordinary specimens that have ever been on show at the Museum, and opens 30 November to the public.
The Wold Cottage meteorite is the earliest surviving meteorite seen to land in the UK and helped confirm that meteorites fall from space. It formed during the birth of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
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With 70 million specimens to choose from, staff at the Natural History Museum in London found it difficult to pick just 22 objects showcasing their most valuable treasures.
From Charles Darwin's pigeons to a lump of moon rock - by way of London Zoo's famous resident Guy the Gorilla - a new permanent gallery is opening to celebrate the museum's most prized items.
Here - with project director Meg MacDonald - take a look at some of the inspiring items that have helped our understanding and increased our knowledge of the natural world.
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