Biology
There are over 20,000 different species of plants and animals in Kent and the Museum’s vast collections reflect that local diversity. There are collections of plants (botany), including many specimens of species which are notoriously difficult to identify, and animals (zoology).
The Kent’s River Safari gallery explores the habitats, plant and animal species which make up our county’s unique natural heritage.
Natural history specimens from around the world are also represented; the Museum has an especially fine collection of shells from the South Sea Islands gathered by the great Victorian collector, Julius Brenchley in 1865.
