Natural History Museum Data Portal
Also known as Explore and download the Natural History Museum’s research and collections data
The Museum is committed to open access and open science, and has launched the Data Portal to make its research and collections datasets available online. It allows anyone to explore, download and reuse the data for their own research. Our natural history collection is one of the most important in the world, documenting 4.5 billion years of life, the Earth and the solar system. Almost all animal, plant, mineral and fossil groups are represented. These datasets will increase exponentially. Under the Museum's ambitious digital collections programme we aim to have 20 million specimens digitised in the next five years.
Getting access
Open access Open
- How to apply
- Not yet verified — we don’t publish a route we haven’t checked.
Summarised from a registry — the exact application route is not yet verified.
Application required Restricted
- How to apply
- Not yet verified — we don’t publish a route we haven’t checked.
Summarised from a registry — the exact application route is not yet verified.
About this database
| Website | https://data.nhm.ac.uk/ |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Life Sciences · Biology · Basic Biological and Medical Research · Zoology · Evolution, Anthropology |
| Last updated | 2026-09-12 |