Darwin's Big Idea Exhibited

To mark the upcoming 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, the Natural History Museum in London has launched an extensive Darwin exhibit that will run until April 2009. The museum is displaying an amazing array of Darwin material, with much of it being shown for the first time. The public will get a chance to view some of Darwin's notebooks, stuffed mockingbirds Darwin collected in the Galapagos Islands, a rare first edition of On the Origin of Species, and even an accurate reconstruction of his study, in which he examined specimens and wrote for many years.

The museum web site presents a slideshow of exhibit highlights as well as other multimedia exhibits. And a highly informative review in The Times raves about the museum's exhibit while providing considerable background on Darwin himself.