Darwin’s personal items, original manuscript material and his famous Beagle notebooks go on display at Down House from today. Rare original objects, including notebooks written by Charles Darwin during his epic voyage on HMS Beagle, form part of a new exhibition marking the bi-centenary of his birth, at the house in Kent where he lived and worked for forty years.
Opening in the year which also sees the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, written at Down House, the new permanent exhibition is the focus of an innovative project by English Heritage which presents the scientist’s life, work and theories to modern-day visitors in 21st Century style.
