The star of the new Hintze Hall will be a blue whale skeleton suspended from the ceiling. For the first time, the public will be able to walk underneath the largest animal ever to have lived.

Hintze Hall will be the largest events venue at the Natural History Mueum with a reception capacity of 1,200 people.

Hintze Hall will rejoin a selection of other meeting spaces at the Natural History Museum including the Flett Events Theatre, a purpose-built auditorium accommodating up to 200 delegates.

The Natural History Museum is located in Cromwell Road in South Kensington. Details: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

Meanwhile on the other side of London, in Farringdon, the new Postal Museum at Mount Pleasant is also planning a July 2017 opening.

The Postal Museum promises to be a light, bright and contemporary events space. The Postal Museum chronicles the history of the Royal Mail and will be available to hire for up to 140 guests for events such as cocktail receptions, summer parties and BBQs.

Across the road from the Postal Museum is Mail Rail - the Post Office’s former underground rail system used to distribute the mail underground across London. The former engineering depot and tunnels will be reopening as an events venue.

Delegates will be able to board a miniature train to transport them through the historic tunnels which once delivered mail across the city.

The space will accommodate up to 275 guests for a standing reception or 140 seated. It can be used for dinners and receptions, product launches and award ceremonies, networking and breakfast briefings plus filming and photography.

The Postal Museum and Mail Rail are located at the Royal Mail’s sorting office in Mount Pleasant, Farringdon. It is a short walk from Euston and Kings Cross St Pancras mainline rail terminals.  Details: https://postalmuseum.org/