Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Parks Road Phone: ☎ +44 1865 270949

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Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road (opposite Keble College), ☎ +44 1865 270949, [28]. Daily 10AM-5PM except for Easter and Christmas. . Houses the University's scientific collections of zoological, entomological, geological, palaeontological and mineralogical specimens, accumulated in the course of the last 3 centuries. The exhibits occupy a large central court with elegant Victorian cast-iron columns supporting the great glass roof, and surrounded on four sides by upper and lower arcades. They are devoted to the history and diversity of life on Earth and the rocks and minerals that form it. Highlights include the famous Oxford Dodo, the largest display of dinosaur remains outside London, a great collection of skeletons, and the nesting swifts in the Museum's main tower. Admission free. (51.75923,-1.25643)

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