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Security at one of Britain’s most popular museums have revealed a terrifying haul of scores of knives confiscated from visitors - to the Natural History Museum .

Guards at the beloved museum found the deadly blades in visitors’ bags during routine searches at its entrance.

A photograph of the haul, shared by police, shows 67 blades ranging from serrated kitchen knives to more than a dozen Swiss Army knives.

The free to enter museum, in central London, said all were seized during bag checks at the entrance.

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A spokesperson said: “It is a condition of entry that we do not permit certain prohibited articles into the Museum for the safety of all and to protect the exhibitions.

“As a consequence, these articles are seized during bag checks.”

The shocking photo showed some brazen visitors are even carrying razor-sharp kitchen knives into the tourist attraction.

Nearly 20 of the blades appear to be wooden-handled locking knives easily bought in souvenir shops scattered around the capital.

And 13 are easy-to-hide Swiss Army knives in a range of sizes.

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Official figures show roughly six million people visit the museum every year - mostly families with young children.

It is the capital’s fourth most visited attraction, behind the British Museum, National Gallery and Tate Modern.

The Natural History Museum spokesperson added: “We will call the Police if we have a concern over the behaviour of any visitor.

“Our procedure is standard practice to similar institutions and visitor attractions.”

The image of the knife stash was tweeted by Kensington and Chelsea police officers, a borough within the Metropolitan Police .

But cops later deleted the image following a request for more information.