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Natural History Museum vs National Portrait Gallery
Both are recommended by professional travelers. Overall, Natural History Museum is preferred by most reviewers compared to National Portrait Gallery. Natural History Museum has a TripExpert Score of 94 with approval from 11 sources such as Fodor's, Atlas Obscura and Time Out.
Natural History Museum
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Natural History Museum Cromwell Rd London SW7 5BD
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Fodor's
"The ornate terracotta facade of this enormous Victorian museum is strewn with relief panels depicting living creatures to the left of the entrance and extinct ones to the right."
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Concierge
"This is just one of the three huge galleries (all free) off Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the V&A."
Time Out
"Both a research institution and a fabulous museum, the NHM opened in Alfred Waterhouse’s purpose-built Romanesque palazzo on the Cromwell Road in 1881."
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Let's Go
"Beeline for the back of the museum to see the unrepeatable Cadogan Gallery: a collection of British treasures."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Built by Alfred Waterhouse between 1873 and 1880 to a symmetrical plan, the building is 205m long with two 58m-high central towers above an entrance embellished by arches."
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National Portrait Gallery
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St. Martin's Place, London WC2H 0HE
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Fodor's
"The National Portrait Gallery was founded in 1856 with a single aim: to gather together portraits of famous (and infamous) British men and women."
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Time Out
"Portraits don't have to be stuffy. The National Portrait Gallery has everything from oil paintings of stiff-backed royals to photos of soccer stars and gloriously unflattering political caricatures."
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Let's Go
"The National Portrait Gallery is the Platonic ideal of Facebook."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Founded in 1856, the National Portrait Gallery has since 1896 occupied a late-19C Italian Renaissance-style building neighbouring the National Gallery."
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Travel + Leisure
"Explore portraits of famous citizens from Tudor Kings and Queens like King Henry VII in 1505 to the Bronte Sisters in 1834."
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