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Home of Charles Darwin - Down House
The great scientist’s country-house home and ‘outdoor laboratory’
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Charles Darwin's home at Down House was also his laboratory. It was here that Darwin spent hours conducting experiments and observing the natural world. Use these objects at home or in the classroom to inspire cross-curricular learning and further your research.
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Discover the fascinating world of worms and explore Charles Darwin’s experiments on their behaviour on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October.
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Join us for a weekend at Down House celebrating the anniversary of Charles Darwin's most well-known book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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Microscopy Weekend at Down House
Join us at Down House for Microscopy Weekend, in partnership with Quekett Microscopical Club, and out about Darwin’s microscopes and how he used them to make some of his most important discoveries.
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Bumblebee Weekend at Down House
Join us at Down House for a weekend of Bumblebee Activities for all ages, in partnership with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.
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History of Kit’s Coty House and Little Kit’s Coty House
These two huge stone structures, 450 metres apart, were built nearly 6,000 years ago as burial monuments, to hold the bones of some of Britain’s earliest farmers.
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Events at Home of Charles Darwin (Down House)
Down House is a site of outstanding international significance. Here the famous scientist Charles Darwin lived with his family for forty years and worked on his revolutionary theories.
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