Natural History Museum at Tring
Walter Rothschild's private collection of stuffed animals, free to visit and still displayed in its Victorian galleries.
From King's Cross St Pancras: 1 h 22 min by train · 1 h 28 min by car
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Time there: 1–1.5 h
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It holds one of the finest collections of mounted mammals, birds, reptiles and insects in the UK.
Extinct animals on show include the thylacine and the great auk, alongside dodo reconstructions.
Walter Rothschild built it in 1889 and opened it to the public in 1892; he even bred zebra hybrids, and a zebra-horse foal is on display.
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