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<\/p>\nLocated in South Kensington in London, the Natural History Museum is one of the most beautiful buildings the city has to offer. I remember standing outside in awe as a child, then going inside\u00a0and being further blown away by the range of exhibits the museum has to offer.<\/p>\n
The museum is categorised into colour-coded zones: the Blue Zone exhibits past and present biodiversity – Dinosaurs, Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles, Human Biology, Images of Nature, Mammals, Mammals (Blue whale), and Marine Invertebrates. The Green Zone exhibits the earth’s past and features Creepy Crawlies, Fossil Marine Reptiles, Fossils from Britain, Investigate, Birds, Minerals, and The Vault. The Red Zone takes a more physical approach to the nature of the earth and exhibits Earth Hall and Stegosaurus, Human Evolution, From the Beginning, Earth’s Treasury, Lasting Impressions, Restless Surface, and Volcanoes and Earthquakes. The Orange Zone exhibits the Darwin Center and the Wildlife Garden, and this zone takes a more interactive approach as guests are encouraged to\u00a0observe ‘scientists at work’ or experience the garden from within.<\/p>\n
All natural history museums are tasked with an incredibly challenging mission to categorise their collections and exhibits in a logical and related ways.\u00a0Since the content of these museums is so widespread I would find it incredibly challenging to begin to have to think about how to create efficient categories. By the way London’s Natural History Museum categorises and lists its categories, it is clear that the target audiences children. Exhibits seem to group together\u00a0in a way to educate children in a logical progression (for example, grouping physical geographic processes with tectonics and geology).<\/p>\n
In a museum like this, with such a broad range of content, there are thousands of different permutations of alternative categorisation. I suppose the museum could have grouped all human processes together (biology, evolution) and all geological processes together (minerals, restless surface, volcanoes and earthquakes). What seems to be the prevailing variable is time – the museum groups exhibits together based on similar time frames, not similar subjects.<\/p>\n
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