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Oxford University
Museum of Natural History
Front view of Oxford University Museum
Oxford University Museum of Natural History is located in Oxford city centre
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Established1850
LocationParks Road, Oxford, England
Coordinates51°45′31″N 1°15′21″W / 51.7586°N 1.2557°W / 51.7586; -1.2557
TypeUniversity museum of natural history
CollectionsNatural history
Collection sizeapprox. 7 million objects[1]
Visitors792,282 (2019)[2]
FounderSir Henry Acland
DirectorPaul Smith
ArchitectThomas Newenham Deane, Benjamin Woodward
Websiteoumnh.ox.ac.uk

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England.[3][4] It also contains a lecture theatre which is used by the university's chemistry, zoology and mathematics departments. The museum provides the only public access into the adjoining Pitt Rivers Museum.

  1. ^ "Collections". Museum of Natural History. Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ^ "ALVA – Association of Leading Visitor Attractions". alva.org.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  3. ^ "O.U.M.N.H. About the Museum". oum.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  4. ^ "O.U.M.N.H. Visiting Us". oum.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

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