Welcome to the Natural History Museum website.

The museum was opened in 1875 to house the Thackeray Collection of British Birds and other collections and has been located in its present site since 1895. It now houses over 15,000 specimens, donated from the nineteenth century onwards. All the displays (over 70 of them) date from 2000.  The Museum is used extensively for teaching biology and geology as well as being open to the public and visited by numerous school and outside groups.  The Museum is an accredited learning destination for Slough Children’s University and an outreach partner with the Clewer Cluster of Schools and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. 

The Museum is open on Sunday afternoons from 14.30 until 17.00.

Visits by individuals and groups at other times can be made by prior arrangement with the Curator. Visits by parties from other schools are particularly welcome and there is no admission charge.

Please click here for a location map.   For further information, please telephone the curator on 01753 671288 or click here to send an email.
Postal address: The Curator, Natural History Museum, Eton College, Windsor, SL4 6DW