LEGO Natural History Museum vs Boutique Hotel vs Jazz Club
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Two of these three modular buildings have left LEGO's shelves. The Boutique Hotel and the Jazz Club retired at the end of 2025, while the Natural History Museum is expected to stay on sale until the end of 2027. What each one contains, how to buy the retired two, and which modulars you can still buy new.
This used to be a comparison of three modulars on sale. It is now a comparison of one you can still buy new and two you cannot: our catalog lists the Boutique Hotel and the Jazz Club as retired at the end of 2025, while the Natural History Museum is expected to stay on sale until the end of 2027. If you want a modular new from LEGO today, the choice is the Museum, Tudor Corner or Shopping Street.
The three at a glance
| Set | Released | What is inside | Minifigures | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural History Museum (10326) | December 2023 | Brachiosaurus atrium, natural history and space exhibits, curator's office | 7 | On sale, expected exit end of 2027 |
| Boutique Hotel (10297) | January 2022 | Lobby, guest rooms, penthouse suite, terrace | See card | Retired end of 2025 |
| Jazz Club (10312) | 2023 | Jazz stage, pizzeria, band's dressing room | 8 | Retired end of 2025 |
Prices and piece counts are on the cards and come from our catalog when this page loads.
Natural History Museum (10326): the one still on sale
The Natural History Museum: a brachiosaurus skeleton rising through the atrium, natural history exhibits downstairs, space and science upstairs with a display referencing classic LEGO sets, and a curator's office with two skylights on the roof. 7 minifigures.
The Museum's centrepiece is a brachiosaurus skeleton that towers through an atrium up to the second floor. The first floor holds natural history exhibits, the second floor space and science artifacts with a small display that references classic LEGO sets, and the roof the curator's office under two skylights. It is the biggest of the three by piece count. Its expected exit at the end of 2027 leaves time, but it is the oldest modular LEGO still sells, so it is the next one due to leave.
Boutique Hotel (10297): retired
The Boutique Hotel, the modular that marked the series' 15th anniversary: unusual triangular geometry inspired by turn-of-the-century European architecture, in five sections up to a roof with a decorative dome. Retired at the end of 2025.
The Boutique Hotel stands apart for its shape: LEGO built it with unusual triangular geometry, inspired by opulent turn-of-the-century European architecture, in five sections that include the lobby, guest rooms, a penthouse suite, a terrace and a roof with a decorative dome and skylight, with tributes to other buildings in the series hidden inside. It celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Modular Buildings line. It is now a secondhand buy.
Jazz Club (10312): retired
The Jazz Club: a jazz stage, a pizzeria and the band's dressing room, with 8 minifigures including a jazz singer, bassist and drummer. Retired at the end of 2025.
The Jazz Club is the most lively of the three inside: a jazz stage, a pizzeria and the band's dressing room, and the most minifigures, 8, including a singer, a bassist and a drummer. LEGO used a 45-degree doorway among its building techniques. Like the Hotel, it is now a secondhand buy.
Buying the retired two
- Check what the price buys. A sealed copy, a complete used copy with instructions and a used copy without minifigures are three different purchases; ask which one you are getting.
- Count the minifigures. They are the parts most often missing from used modulars, and the Jazz Club's band is part of its charm.
- Use the set's parts list. Our missing piece checker lists a set's parts so you can check a used copy.
The modulars you can still buy new
Alongside the Museum, LEGO sells two newer modulars, both expected to stay on sale until the end of 2028:
Tudor Corner, the 2025 modular: three brick-and-timber facades with a restaurant, a haberdasher's, a clockmaker's workshop and an attic flat. 8 minifigures.
Shopping Street, the 2026 modular: angled walls and ornate facades around a central alleyway, with a two-storey music shop, a furniture store with a workshop, an apartment and a roof garden. 7 minifigures.
All modulars are designed to stand side by side: connectors at the base of each model line up so the buildings join into one street. For a ranked list of every modular on sale see the best LEGO modular buildings to buy now, and if you already own one, which modular to buy second.
Which should you buy?
- You want one of these three new from LEGO: the Natural History Museum, the only one still sold.
- You love the Hotel's shape or the Jazz Club's band: a secondhand copy, checked against the parts list.
- You are starting a street now: the Museum first, since it leaves soonest, then Tudor Corner or Shopping Street.
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