Collections to visit
The Vault, Natural History Museum
Walk a single gallery of named specimens including the Aurora Pyramid of Hope, a set of 296 coloured diamonds, the Devonshire Emerald, the crystallised gold specimen known as the Dragon and the Latrobe gold nugget.
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The visit
Kind of visitCollections to visit
WhereUnited Kingdom
SettingIndoors
SeasonMuseum open daily 10:00 to 17:50; closed 24 to 26 December
Why it is worth the trip
Seeing 296 coloured diamonds in one case is the most direct way to understand that diamond colour is a continuous range rather than a set of grades.
Before you go
The museum directs visitors to get a free ticket. The Vault is on the first floor of the Central Building; a museum map is published on the same page.
Compiled from nhm.ac.uk, read on August 16, 2026.
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