NW1 The Web of Life's new energy-efficient building has around 140 species, including brine shrimps, giant millipedes, monkeys, butterflies and jellyfish. There's also a stunning colony of leaf-cutting ants. Activity Den for drawings and rubbings. Open daily 10am-5.30pm.
Children can handle cargo, gunnery and signalling, and experience life as a deep-sea diver.
Open daily 10am-5pm. British Museum Great Russell Street, WC1 Mummies are now in a spacious gallery with walk-round cases. Also animal mummies and scientific discoveries. Nationwide Bournemouth Oceanarium Pier Approach, West Beach, Bournemouth Tour the world's oceans discovering an extraordinary variety of inhabitants. There's a transparent underwater tunnel to view the sharks.