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The Natural History Museum at Tring
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Tring museum

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Walter Rothschild Zebras! and Carriage

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Hundreds of displays

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Display inside the Museum

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Area Guides: Chilterns
Location: Tring
County:
Hertfordshire

Telephone: 0207 942 6171
eMail: tring-enquiries@nhm.ac.uk
Website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/tring/index.html


Full Description: The Natural History Museum at Tring, previously known as The Zoological Museum, has been part of the Natural History Museum since 1937, but it was once the private museum of Lionel Walter, 2nd Baron Rothschild, who moved with his family to Tring Park in 1872. Lionel Walter Rothschild was born in 1868, This was the beginning of the Zoological Museum, which opened to the public in 1892, and the beginning of Lord Rothschild's life-long passion for natural history.






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