In summer 2017, the Museum unveiled a blue whale skeleton: the new star of our reimagined Hintze Hall. Take a look behind-the-scenes at the three year project to install the specimen in our central space, and hear from Museum scientists and conservators about what the whale means to them.

Find out what else you can see in Hintze Hall: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/galleries...

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