Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford

Founded in 1860 as the centre for scientific study at the University of Oxford, the Museum of Natural History now holds the University’s internationally-significant collections of geological and zoological specimens, as well as substantial archival material. Housed in a stunning example of neo-Gothic architecture, the Museum’s growing collections underpin a broad programme of natural environment research, teaching and public engagement.

Highlights in the collections include the only remaining tissue material of a Dodo, the oldest pinned insect in the world, and fossils of the first scientifically-described dinosaur, the Oxfordshire Megalosaurus.