Natural History Museum, London, England May 18, 2024

Natural History Museum, London, England

In the grand Hintze Hall of the Natural History Museum in London, UK, a skeleton named Hope soars overhead—a blue whale caught mid-dive above the heads of awestruck visitors. Museums offer us a space where the past converses with the present. The Natural History Museum, the one housing Hope, was established in 1881. This museum boasts 80 million specimens, including fossils, minerals and taxidermy exhibits. Hope"s above 25-metre-long frame is the entrance hall"s centerpiece. Let Hope inspire a visit to your local museum and reignite curiosity and spark wonder in your heart.

© Bailey-Cooper Photography/Alamy

palette

Today in History

Sunlight turning silver to gold
This museum sets the prairie on fire
May 18, 2025International Museum Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jul 3, 2024Meerkat family
Dec 17, 2024Traditional red fishermens cabins, Reine, Norway
Who’s the wisest of them all?
Jan 13, 2025Happy Welsh New Year!
A grove glows green
Oct 26, 2023Schönbrunn Palace Park, Vienna, Austria
Nov 15, 2025Irohazaka Road in autumn, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Sep 22, 2025Autumn equinox
Angry bird, doting dad
Jan 22, 2024Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Sep 14, 2024Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
So fresh, so clean
When life imitates art
Apr 24, 2024The white trilliums in Ontario, Canada
Why are blackbirds tied to winter?
Isn’t this view mesmerizing?
The envy of postcards and snowglobes
Aug 7, 2024St. Joseph North Pier Inner and Outer Lights, Michigan, USA
Aug 30, 2023Celebrating sibling bonds
Apr 11, 2025Tulips, Netherlands
Guanahacabibes National Park, Cuba
The picturesque Mughal architecture
Nature’s art installation
Fourth rock from the sun
Sep 29, 2024West Cornwall Covered Bridge, Connecticut, USA
May 19, 2024Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy
Nov 22, 2025Leshan Giant Buddha, Sichuan, China
Jul 23, 2024Methoni Castle, Messinia, Greece
Wind powered ice racing
Straight out of a fairytale