The building is an outpost of the Natural History Museum. It covers Darwin’s voyage on the HMS Beagle. It connects the railway station, Eton Riverside, Windsor, with the Riverside Thames, Windsor. The museum not only tells the story through displayed artefacts and text but also through the building itself. Artefacts from Darwin’s journey inform the architectural language.

The museum presents a range of three different structures: A Very Small Vessel, A 5 year Journey, and An Emerging Mind. The Vessels are connected by bridges, which create dialogues between each other. The first vessel focuses on the journey on the HMS Beagle, where wind plays a key role. The second one exhibits three important places that Darwin visited along the way, which led him to his famous theories on evolution. Temperatures of the different environments are simulated using passive design measures. Lastly, the third vessel is about Darwin’s research at home.