Sensational Butterflies opens at at the Natural History Museum on 6 April in London. The exhibition is divided up into five sensory zones exploring how butterflies see, hear, taste, smell and touch. Following his death in 1753, some of these specimens formed part of the foundation of the British Museum dedicated to the appreciation and study of arts, culture and natural history, and for the past 300 years they have underpinned researchers' work. Collecting insects, especially butterflies, was fashionable among the wealthy in the late 1600s.
Sensational butterflies exhibit at London's Natural History Museum

Sensational Butterflies exhibition in London Natural Museum

Butterflies collected by Alfred Russell Wallace, Natural History Museum

Butterflies Photograph by Natural History Museum, London/science Photo

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Wallace Collection Butterfly Specimens Photograph by Natural History

London, UK. 28th March, 2018. Live tropical butterflies fill the

Butterflies Photograph by Natural History Museum, London/science Photo

‘Sensational Butterflies’ exhibit at London’s Natural History Museum

Display Of Butterflies And Moths Photograph by Natural History Museum

Butterfly Exhibition, Natural History Museum, London Stock Photo Alamy

Image credit Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Framed butterfly

Butterfly Exhibition at The Natural History Museum in London Stock

Birdwing Butterflies Photograph by Natural History Museum, London
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Darwin's butterflies at Natural History Museum Leslie K. Hughes

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sensational butterflies Exhibition 2013 Natural History Museum London

‘Sensational Butterflies’ exhibit at London’s Natural History Museum

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Housed in a large tent on the grounds of the Natural History Museum, Sensational Butterflies is truly a unique exhibit, showcasing butterflies and moths from across Asia, Africa and South America in flight. Running until September 13th, 2015, the exhibit is open daily and is packed with assistants who really know their stuff.. 38. The Sensational Butterflies exhibition offers visitors a taste of the tropics and its native butterflies. Butterfly House Manager Luke Brown tells us what it takes to keep the hundreds of butterflies soaring. The exhibition hosts over 500 butterflies from several countries around the world under one roof - so it's no surprise that it takes.