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Revision as of 13:50, 10 August 2022
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| 1836 | Craig's Court, London (a cul–de–sac on the south side of Whitehall, about 100 yards from Trafalgar Square) |
| 1841 | Craig's Court Museum was opened to the public in 1841 with Richard Phillips as Curator. |
| 1845 | Office based in Museum of Economic Geology |
| 1851 | 12 May 1851 – Opening of The Museum of Practical Geology in Jermyn Street with frontage also on Piccadilly. |
| 1872 | Departments of Chemistry, Physics and Natural History, Royal School of Mines moved to South Kensington |
| 1880 | Geology, Royal School of Mines, moved to South Kensington |
| 1934 | Exhibition Road. New Museum of Practical Geology, later known as the Geological Museum, Exhibition Road |
| 1956-1971 | Young Street, Kensington. A disused Post Office was rented in 1956 to house the Atomic Energy |
| 1966 | 64 Gray's Inn Road London. WC1X 8NG Geochemical Division from Young Street moved there over the period 1968–71 |
| 1967–1981 | 5 Princes Gate. Housed the London–based field units, the Drawing Office, the Geophysics Unit and, for a time, the Overseas Division. |
| 1969 | Gorst Road. Stores/workshops. Gorst Road was acquired because the development of the Engineering Geology Unit had forced the evacuation of 'The Tank' in 1969 to make way for laboratories. |
| Bashley Road Acton. Stores/workshops | |
| 1970–1976 | 199 Knightsbridge. Mineral Assessment Unit, which had started in Princes Gate but had rapidly outgrown available space there, was installed in a conventional office block at 199 Knightsbridge, opposite the Cavalry Barracks. 1976 moved to Keyworth |
| 1973 | 154 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5DU. Geochemical Division had outgrown the Grays Inn Road building and had expanded into a converted warehouse at 154 Clerkenwell Road, where it was joined by the Overseas Division in 1974. |
| 1985 | Geological Museum passes to the Natural History Museum |
Keyworth
| 1976– | First occupancy of the Keyworth site |