Within this gallery are fascinating simulators enabling visitors to experience for themselves what it feels like to live through an earthquake or a volcanic eruption. Learn about plate tectonics and what influences climate.  It really is of the world's finest and largest museums of natural history with hundreds of exhibits. The museum can be divided into several distinct areas; the Life Galleries, Earth Galleries, Wildlife Garden, and Temporary Exhibitions. Within the Life Galleries are displays dedicated to Dinosaurs, Ecology, Human Biology, Mammals, Primates, the Origin of Species, and Minerals. The Earth Galleries focus on the geological history of the earth and the solar system.

Many are interactive and range from the volcano experience to the dinosaurs exhibition, Creepy-Crawlies exhibition, blue whale, earth's treasury and more. Highlight and themed guided-tours of the Museum start near the Life Galleries entrance. Free maps and information leaflets on admission are available in The Central Hall, which boasts Victorian architecture and a dinosaur skeleton.

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