Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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A stunning Victorian building home to 7 million objects. Free entry, open 10-5 every day.
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Our special exhibition Breaking Ground has just been extended to Monday 13 April 2026!
That gives you time to come and see the original Megalosaurus jaw fossil, the dinosaur that started it all, as well as work from the lives of William and Mary Buckland, the Victorian scientific power couple.
That gives you time to come and see the original Megalosaurus jaw fossil, the dinosaur that started it all, as well as work from the lives of William and Mary Buckland, the Victorian scientific power couple.
You’re 18 years old, an orphan, and your uncle and guardian has just been thrown in debtor’s prison. You have no other family around you. What do you do?
Well, if you’re John Phillips (1800–1874), you attempt to run a lithographic printing business out of your uncle’s house.
Well, if you’re John Phillips (1800–1874), you attempt to run a lithographic printing business out of your uncle’s house.
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
You’re 18 years old, an orphan, and your uncle and guardian has just been thrown in debtor’s prison. You have no other family around you. What do you do?
Well, if you’re John Phillips (1800–1874), you attempt to run a lithographic printing business out of your uncle’s house.
Well, if you’re John Phillips (1800–1874), you attempt to run a lithographic printing business out of your uncle’s house.
The Museum of Natural History is seeking contemporary art work for our upcoming exhibition, with a total budget of £7000. Please note that that this must include all costs including artist time, shipping, fees, production, and travel (if necessary).
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The Museum of Natural History is seeking contemporary art work for our upcoming exhibition, with a total budget of £7000. Please note that that this must include all costs including artist time, shipping, fees, production, and travel (if necessary).
We are currently hiring for a Digital Assets Management System (DAMS) Manager.
They will be responsible for ensuring that the museum’s digital assets are managed and used effectively for collections management, research, teaching, and public engagement.
Apply now!
oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/dams-manager
They will be responsible for ensuring that the museum’s digital assets are managed and used effectively for collections management, research, teaching, and public engagement.
Apply now!
oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/dams-manager
DAMS (Digital Asset Management System) Manager
Oxford University Museum of Natural History is seeking a dynamic and approachable individual to manage our new Digital Asset Management System (DAMS), which is due to go live in November with over 175...
oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We are currently hiring for a Digital Assets Management System (DAMS) Manager.
They will be responsible for ensuring that the museum’s digital assets are managed and used effectively for collections management, research, teaching, and public engagement.
Apply now!
oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/dams-manager
They will be responsible for ensuring that the museum’s digital assets are managed and used effectively for collections management, research, teaching, and public engagement.
Apply now!
oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/dams-manager
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Spent a lovely couple of hours sketching dinosaur skellingtons at @morethanadodo.bsky.social today. My sketching style is ever so slightly looser than my insect drawing style. A bit.
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Spent a lovely couple of hours sketching dinosaur skellingtons at @morethanadodo.bsky.social today. My sketching style is ever so slightly looser than my insect drawing style. A bit.
We asked @dremmanicholls.bsky.social what exactly needs to happen for dinosaur footprints to be preserved like those found in Oxfordshire.
The answer is such a specific set of circumstances you'll be amazed that any have been found at all...
The answer is such a specific set of circumstances you'll be amazed that any have been found at all...
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
We asked @dremmanicholls.bsky.social what exactly needs to happen for dinosaur footprints to be preserved like those found in Oxfordshire.
The answer is such a specific set of circumstances you'll be amazed that any have been found at all...
The answer is such a specific set of circumstances you'll be amazed that any have been found at all...
Need to grab some goodies for the holidays? Look no further than our shop! This is the first holiday season you will also be able to shop online with us!
shop.oumnh.ox.ac.uk
shop.oumnh.ox.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Need to grab some goodies for the holidays? Look no further than our shop! This is the first holiday season you will also be able to shop online with us!
shop.oumnh.ox.ac.uk
shop.oumnh.ox.ac.uk
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The annual VertZoo trip to @morethanadodo.bsky.social for a comparative anatomy study practical is always fun, but this year @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social is joined by @unisouthampton_wsa! The museum refurb looks amazing, modern but completely in keeping @unisouthampton.bsky.social #ArtAndScience
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The annual VertZoo trip to @morethanadodo.bsky.social for a comparative anatomy study practical is always fun, but this year @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social is joined by @unisouthampton_wsa! The museum refurb looks amazing, modern but completely in keeping @unisouthampton.bsky.social #ArtAndScience
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Teaching today in the @morethanadodo.bsky.social seminar room, what better place to teach about natural history & natural history collecting to history undergrads for my first ever class for @ox.ac.uk history faculty! Huge thanks as always to @andy4040.bsky.social for the extra specimen loans!
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Teaching today in the @morethanadodo.bsky.social seminar room, what better place to teach about natural history & natural history collecting to history undergrads for my first ever class for @ox.ac.uk history faculty! Huge thanks as always to @andy4040.bsky.social for the extra specimen loans!
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A huge Japanese Spider Crab from 100 yeas ago. @morethanadodo.bsky.social
Magnificient specimen in the Museum of Natural History Oxford.
Magnificient specimen in the Museum of Natural History Oxford.
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A huge Japanese Spider Crab from 100 yeas ago. @morethanadodo.bsky.social
Magnificient specimen in the Museum of Natural History Oxford.
Magnificient specimen in the Museum of Natural History Oxford.
In Summer 2024, a team of palaeontologists and geologists undertook an expedition to the Little Dal Group in the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Their purpose was to uncover some of the oldest fossil ecosystems that record complex life.
Their purpose was to uncover some of the oldest fossil ecosystems that record complex life.
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In Summer 2024, a team of palaeontologists and geologists undertook an expedition to the Little Dal Group in the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Their purpose was to uncover some of the oldest fossil ecosystems that record complex life.
Their purpose was to uncover some of the oldest fossil ecosystems that record complex life.
If you follow the geologists around while they’re moving specimens, you can ask ‘what’s that?’ about 100 times and find cool rocks like this septarian nodule
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If you follow the geologists around while they’re moving specimens, you can ask ‘what’s that?’ about 100 times and find cool rocks like this septarian nodule
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is back at one of my favourite places in the whole world, The Oxford University Museum of Natural History @morethanadodo.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
is back at one of my favourite places in the whole world, The Oxford University Museum of Natural History @morethanadodo.bsky.social
Imagine a drop of ancient resin. Inside is an insect, trapped for 53 million years, so well preserved it looks like it might twitch back into life. These amber fossils offer us a breath-taking glimpse into long vanished ecosystems.
But there’s a catch
But there’s a catch
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Imagine a drop of ancient resin. Inside is an insect, trapped for 53 million years, so well preserved it looks like it might twitch back into life. These amber fossils offer us a breath-taking glimpse into long vanished ecosystems.
But there’s a catch
But there’s a catch
Exit, pursued by a bear
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Exit, pursued by a bear
Ever fancied walking around the Museum at night? We’ll be open late for the @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social Late Night this Friday.
Book your free tickets now
www.prm.ox.ac.uk/event/museum...
Book your free tickets now
www.prm.ox.ac.uk/event/museum...
November 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Ever fancied walking around the Museum at night? We’ll be open late for the @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social Late Night this Friday.
Book your free tickets now
www.prm.ox.ac.uk/event/museum...
Book your free tickets now
www.prm.ox.ac.uk/event/museum...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Thanks to @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social for these photos of @elliewilsonuk.bsky.social's Moth x Human.
Feedback link: bit.ly/4q8l3Re
Co-promoted by OCM, IF Oxford & @morethanadodo.bsky.social.
@ukceh.bsky.social
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social @prsfoundation.bsky.social @ppluk.bsky.social
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Co-promoted by OCM, IF Oxford & @morethanadodo.bsky.social.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Thanks to @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social for these photos of @elliewilsonuk.bsky.social's Moth x Human.
Feedback link: bit.ly/4q8l3Re
Co-promoted by OCM, IF Oxford & @morethanadodo.bsky.social.
@ukceh.bsky.social
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social @prsfoundation.bsky.social @ppluk.bsky.social
Feedback link: bit.ly/4q8l3Re
Co-promoted by OCM, IF Oxford & @morethanadodo.bsky.social.
@ukceh.bsky.social
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social @prsfoundation.bsky.social @ppluk.bsky.social
Museum researcher Frankie Dunn has a funded research placement opportunity with @charnwoodforest.bsky.social ! Applications are now open!
The project is part time (14 hours per week) over 12 weeks and the researcher will be receive a stipend of £1,300
www.charnwoodforest.org/collaborator...
The project is part time (14 hours per week) over 12 weeks and the researcher will be receive a stipend of £1,300
www.charnwoodforest.org/collaborator...
Geopark and Partners Seeking to Recruit Two Researchers - Charnwood Forest Geopark
We’re looking for two researchers to join exciting and innovative projects that will help shape the future of our work in Charnwood Forest. Do you know someone who might be interested? Working with pa...
www.charnwoodforest.org
October 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Museum researcher Frankie Dunn has a funded research placement opportunity with @charnwoodforest.bsky.social ! Applications are now open!
The project is part time (14 hours per week) over 12 weeks and the researcher will be receive a stipend of £1,300
www.charnwoodforest.org/collaborator...
The project is part time (14 hours per week) over 12 weeks and the researcher will be receive a stipend of £1,300
www.charnwoodforest.org/collaborator...
We returned to the Quarry this summer with @unibirmingham.bsky.social and uncovered some more amazing dinosaur trackways!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Huge dinosaur trackway uncovered in the UK - BBC News
One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quarry
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We returned to the Quarry this summer with @unibirmingham.bsky.social and uncovered some more amazing dinosaur trackways!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
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George Morrow, Punch, 1921, Volume 160, p140
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
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October 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
George Morrow, Punch, 1921, Volume 160, p140
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
N is for... Nantan meteorite! This meteorite is approximately 4.5 billion years old! It is also one of our touchable specimens here at the Museum. It is thought to have fallen to Earth from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter in 1516, but this fragment was not found until 1958.
October 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
N is for... Nantan meteorite! This meteorite is approximately 4.5 billion years old! It is also one of our touchable specimens here at the Museum. It is thought to have fallen to Earth from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter in 1516, but this fragment was not found until 1958.
M is for... Museum of Natural History! We were the first purpose-built natural history museums, having opened our doors to our iconic building in 1860. We are now home to over 7 million specimens.
October 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
M is for... Museum of Natural History! We were the first purpose-built natural history museums, having opened our doors to our iconic building in 1860. We are now home to over 7 million specimens.
L is for... Lithograph! A lithograph is a stone with an image drawn out in a greasy material, and the surrounding stone is etched out to create a water-receptive surface. The ink will only adhere to the drawing, allowing for printing of an image, as shown here in Breaking Ground.
October 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
L is for... Lithograph! A lithograph is a stone with an image drawn out in a greasy material, and the surrounding stone is etched out to create a water-receptive surface. The ink will only adhere to the drawing, allowing for printing of an image, as shown here in Breaking Ground.
K is for... Koala! One major threat to koalas is actually chlamydia infections, with some populations having up to a 70% infection rate. Luckily a new vaccine has just been approved to prevent further infections. Chlamydia has been responsible for nearly 50% of koala deaths in recent years.
October 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
K is for... Koala! One major threat to koalas is actually chlamydia infections, with some populations having up to a 70% infection rate. Luckily a new vaccine has just been approved to prevent further infections. Chlamydia has been responsible for nearly 50% of koala deaths in recent years.
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Our Winter Lecture series is back for 2025/26! Our first talk is Monday 13th October, 7pm at Oxford's Natural History Museum. Dr Kat Almeida-Warren is going to be talking about chimpanzee cultures, archaeology, and conservation. It's going to be fascinating, hope to see you all there!
September 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Our Winter Lecture series is back for 2025/26! Our first talk is Monday 13th October, 7pm at Oxford's Natural History Museum. Dr Kat Almeida-Warren is going to be talking about chimpanzee cultures, archaeology, and conservation. It's going to be fascinating, hope to see you all there!