The Natural History Museum offers film-makers a variety of opportunities. From its landmark South Kensington building to its sister museum in rural Hertfordshire, the Natural History Museum is home to world-class research collections and unique architecture. The world-famous Waterhouse building is one of the most distinctive buildings in London and a work of art. This beautiful terracotta building was designed by Alfred Waterhouse and opened on Easter Monday 1881. The impressive façade boasts gargoyles and grotesques. Architectural features include the grand Romanesque arched entrance with wrought iron lamps and the imposing Hintze Hall with its intricately painted ceiling, relief carvings of plants and animals. The Museum site was extended in the 1960s to include the palaeontology wing and Earth Galleries. The first phase of the Darwin Centre, which opened in 2000, provides world-class storage for precious collections, new laboratories and behind-the-scenes access for visitors. The building is at the forefront of environmental architecture. It has an energy-saving glass solar wall that limits heat in the summer and heat loss in the winter, and a caterpillar roof made of recyclable materials. Please note that Dippy the Diplodocus is no longer on display at the museum. The Natural History Museum at Tring has been part of the Natural History Museum since 1937 and its remarkable collections were once the private passion of its founder, Lionel Walter, second Baron Rothschild. It is a beautiful Victorian museum with original fittings and displays.