The Natural History Museum in London has welcomed 1 million visitors in just four months to its new climate gallery, Fixing Our Broken Planet.
The museum, which attracted more than 6.3 million guests in 2024, said the popularity of the gallery reveals public demand for exploring spaces that provide practical, evidence-based solutions to the current planetary emergency.
Opened in April, Fixing Our Broken Planet is a free gallery where the public can find out more about slowing climate change and restoring biodiversity.
Since it launched, 43 percent of visitors to the Natural History Museum have viewed the gallery, home to more than 200 specimens including a Sumatran rhinoceros, parasitic worms and whale earwax.
Additionally, 82 percent of guests said that they were more likely to take action to protect the natural world after visiting the gallery.
Fixing Our Broken Planet
Doug Gurr, the Natural History Museum’s director, said: “This incredible milestone is a clear sign that there is a real public appetite to engage with addressing the planetary emergency and that cultural institutions have a vital role to play in driving that conversation forward.
“In a world where climate anxiety, apathy and misinformation can feel overwhelming, Fixing Our Broken Planet shows that people have cause to feel hopeful and to feel part of a larger community taking action for the planet.”
A free online tool, Find Your Climate Action, launched alongside the gallery to provide the public with practical steps they can take to benefit the planet.
Behind the scenes, and since the launch of the new gallery, the Natural History Museum’s researchers have published 165 papers on topics ranging from food security, protecting global seaweed populations, and resourcing the green economy.
Last month, the Natural History Museum announced it had welcomed more than 5 million visitors to its new gardens in the first year of opening, showing demand for urban green spaces.
Images courtesy of the Natural History Museum
