Free Day Out in Central London for Families

It's like walking into a laboratory with all the specimen jars, glass cabinets, and skeletons. But what's really great is that you're allowed to be there! It's not very big so allow just an hour for a visit. You'll see some freaky stuff including a dugong skeleton (now extinct), an elephant bird egg (also now extinct), and a mammoth tusk which is at least 12,000 years old.

• Grant Museum of Zoology Visitor Information

Directions

The next stop is to see the Jeremy Bentham Auto-Icon. This is a dead body, stuffed and in a glass cabinet, sitting at the end of a corridor in University College London (UCL). As long as you don't think your kids will be spooked follow these directions. If you are concerned, then follow the directions but carry on past to the Wellcome Collection.

Cross Gower Street and you will see the main entrance to the UCL Quadrangle to the left. Enter the university grounds at Porter's Lodge and you arrive at an open courtyard. Head for the right hand corner, furthest away, and there's a ramp entrance to the South Cloisters, Wilkins Building. The Jeremy Bentham Auto-Icon is just inside.