Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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The Oxford University Museum of Natural History is a renowned Victorian Gothic museum in Oxford, England, housing the University of Oxford’s extensive scientific and natural history collections, including important dinosaur fossils and the Oxford Dodo.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
museum building
ⓘ
natural history museum ⓘ university museum ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Pitt Rivers Museum ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic Revival
ⓘ
surface form:
Gothic Revival architecture
Gothic Revival ⓘ
surface form:
Victorian Gothic
|
| chargesAdmission | no ⓘ |
| collectionSize | over 7 million specimens ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Benjamin Woodward
ⓘ
Thomas Deane ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Newenham Deane
|
| function |
public education
ⓘ
research ⓘ university teaching ⓘ |
| givesAccessTo | Pitt Rivers Museum ⓘ |
| hasArtworkBy |
Pre-Raphaelite art
ⓘ
surface form:
Pre-Raphaelite artists
|
| hasCollection |
botanical specimens
ⓘ
entomological specimens ⓘ geological specimens ⓘ mineral specimens ⓘ natural history collection ⓘ palaeontological specimens ⓘ scientific instruments ⓘ zoological specimens ⓘ |
| hasPart |
arcaded galleries
ⓘ
central court ⓘ entomology collections area ⓘ geology gallery ⓘ iron and glass roof ⓘ zoology gallery ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I listed building ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| inception | 1860 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Oxford ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Parks Road ⓘ |
| nearby | University Parks ⓘ |
| notableExhibit |
Archaeopteryx lithographica
ⓘ
surface form:
Archaeopteryx cast
Iguanodon fossils ⓘ Megalosaurus fossils ⓘ dodo (extinct) ⓘ
surface form:
Oxford Dodo
dinosaur fossils ⓘ |
| opened | 1860 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| website | https://www.oumnh.ox.ac.uk/ ⓘ |
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