Oxford University Museum Of Natural History

A fun and informative panel event where microbiologists get interrupted by a bell if they use incomprehensible jargon!

Professor Judy Armitage will talk about the unique mechanism used by bacteria to swim, and how that swimming is controlled by a mechanism requiring sensing, signalling, adaptation and memory.

Special evening event under our giant E.coli exploring the relationships between bacteria and the plants and animals that rely on them for life. Get up close to specimens and live animals.

Part of Brain Awareness Week, Dr Phil Burnet will speak about how the gut microbiome can affect mood and mental health.

International Women's Day - Lynn Margulis and the Origin of Eukaryotes. To Mark International Women's Day, Professor Judith Armitage will talk about evolutionary theorist and biologist Lynn Margulis, examining the evidence and controversy around her famous theory on the development of eukaryotic cells and eventually multicellular life.

Hamblin Bread will teach you how to create your sourdough starter and Dr Joshua Evans will explain the microbial science behind it in this special workshop. End the evening with making a sourdough pizza to eat. £35.

Make your own sauerkraut, and learn the science behind a variety of foods fermented by bacteria with Joshua Evans. £5.

Bacteria are living everywhere, including in and on you! Find out what these tiny superheroes are doing to help us. Join us for bacteria themed crafts and games.

Professor Kevin Foster shares his research on cooperation and competition in microbes and how this affects your health.

Oh heck, a *GIANT* E. coli landed here overnight! Luke Jerram's artwork is 28 metres long - 5 million times bigger than the real bacterium!
It's all part of our Bacterial World exhibition which opens here on Thursday 19 October.
And it all kicks off with our late night special event, Uncultured: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/late-night -uncultured-ticket…
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by Paul Smith, director One of the unusual things about the collections in the Museum is that some of the specimens date back hundreds of years, and so have been researched by generation after generation. Sometimes these specimens have been damaged and repaired, and in some cases this has happened many times, leaving a complex history of research and conservation. [ 479 more words ] http://morethanadodo.com/…/restoring-th e-great-lizard-of-s…/

It's time to be #Uncultured. Friday 19 October. Late night opening. Free. http://bit.ly/mnhevents

Did you know that Oxfordshire is home to the first #dinosaur to be scientifically described? Find out more about the 9m-long carnivore Megalosaurus bucklandii and the other Oxfordshire dinosaurs on our Museum highlights page: https://oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/oxfordshire-di nosaurs

https://skfb.ly/6BNAB Squawk! Look at me! I mean, really, look at me - get close up, spin me around, read my annotations. The Oxford Dodo skull captured in virtual form.
More about the Oxford Dodo: https://oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/the-oxford-dod o

Pieces of a plesiosaur. How a 165-million year old fossil kept its head. http://morethanadodo.com/2018/09/27/piece s-of-a-plesiosaur/

Our new Out of the Deep display present two remarkably complete plesiosaur skeletons found in Britain. This video illustrates the life, death and discovery of the long-necked plesiosaur which was found in a Cambridgeshire quarry in 2014.
More on our website: https://oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/out-of-the-dee p

How many steps does it take to build a new plesiosaur display? We reckon it's at least 836! Our brand new permanent exhibit #OutoftheDeep is finished! Here's a blog post about how it happened: wp.me/p3ZpQm-2gk
More on our website: https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/node/331996

Creating the Out of the Deep display at Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

We had lots of fun, our first visit (Lord knows why we've taken so long to do so!)

All 3 children, ages 2, 10 & 14 had a great time but the shop is so expensive! :-\

We had a very enjoyable and interesting experience

On our first visit to this lovely building

Will come again!

We came on a Saturday and explored the natural history museum. So much to see with the Pitts river part that we came back today too! Lovely kids trails to do and yummy treats at the cafe too. Toilet facilities were adequate and we would recommend coming here to all our friends! 🤗

Visited yesterday with my 9 year old and 5 year old - they both absolutely loved it and I found it to be a very easy and enjoyable day out with them. Will be heading back next week as only just got in to Pitt Rivers before closing so more to see in there, and no doubt will head back to some of the Natura History exhibits too. Well worth a trip

Visited with my 12 year old son & 74 year young Mum, we had such a good time. Loved the fact that you could touch so many of the exihibits. Really interesting place, we were on a tight time schedule but will definately go back to finish what we missed.

Very well laid out with clear, concise information. An amazing variety of exhibits housed in a beautiful building. We especially enjoyed the granite columns from all over the UK. The highlight for me was the number of 'Please Touch' notices, my grandson was enthralled by the opportunity to handle so many fascinating artefacts. We hope to return soon, without a time issue, to make a more leisurely exploration.

Very enjoyable few hours looking at all the exhibits, and there's a lot to look at! The building itself is very special too.

Ver cool place. Great building and excellent exhibits

This is a mandatory stop - an amazing place with incredible natural history artifacts. Nice place for a catered event as well.

There is a T-rex skeleton and other interesting things

The whole family loves visiting. We always like to pop in to see how the bees are doing! �

Such a beautiful space. I *love* the roof and ceiling of the building

The FANTASTIC is not enough to describe everything I saw

Spent a lovely day here with my daughter who was fascinated by all the displays. She has already asked when we can go back!

Simply the best. A treasure trove to all those interested in humanity and the things that shape us. Extremely friendly and helpful staff. I can spend a year in this museum without ever noticing the it.

Outstanding museum! I cannot imagine how the staff could have improved on our experience, from the help over the phone, to taking my coelacanth obsessed 4yo straight to the exhibit she most wanted to see, encouragement and support of young patrons, including promised research and advice on our behalf - your staff are fantastic! The museum is beautiful - the sense of light and space is just wonderful. It is fantastically curated, and the number of exhibits you can touch is unexpectedly high. So welcoming for families. We will definitely be back!

My husband and I visited yesterday and were very impressed with the collection and layout. We spent a long time looking round and taking everything in. Lots of useful information, well presented collection and loved the fact there were some tactile pieces we actually could touch such as the rocks, minerals and a black bear! My husband especially loved the dinosaur skeletons out on display. It was lovely to see so many families enjoying th experience too. We also wandered through to the Pitt Rivers Museum and were just as impressed.

My daughter an I absolutely loved it! Such a fantastic place, can't get over how you are actively encouraged to touch the exhibits. Just big enough to not be over whelming. Can't rate it highly enough!

Magical place for young and old alike. Superb staff and everything is beautifully displayed. We’ll visit again for sure!

Just fantastic everything well displayed and lots of information to take in , a decent coffee shop on site and the pitts museum full of strange curiosities Inc real shrunken heads �

I visited with my son's for the first time ever yesterday we all loved it. We will be back!

I took my A level Geology class to view the minerals and rock displays and was extremely impressed by the refurbishment, the museum seems so much lighter and more spacious now. The collections greatly helped with reinforcing knowledge learnt in class, and my students now have a photographic record of most of the key rocks and minerals they need to know. I would heartily recommend a school visit for students of all ages, the touchable specimens have a definite wow factor as well as the glow-in-the dark fluorescent minerals!

I liked very much this museum, i was fascinated everything inside or! <3

I have visited that place with my family and my brothers family.Its an ideal place to visit.

I like this place very much. If anybody goes to UK from India , I will definitely recommend.

Great place for family trip. Plenty things to see. Highly recommended �

Fantastic place! My 4 years old love dinosaurs and he was very impressed with the T-rex! The bugs and insect display also he enjoyed as the cafe and gift shop �

Great place to see in Oxford, taking Park&Ride easy access, very helpful and friendly people!

Fantastic Museum, so much to see, kids loved it, can’t wait to revisit 👍

Expected less, got more.

Spent 4 hours here with the misses and it still closed before we saw everything.

Already planning a trip to see the rest. More than worth it.

Excellent! It has almost everything to see and a lot of information!

Brilliant morning there.

Brilliant

Amazing place to spend time with family...lots of interesting things to see...planing to go again with friends...very recommended place for everybody kids and adults!

Amazing museum!!! Our 3 year old enjoyed every moment. So much to see within the natural history museum and the Pitt Rivers, such a friendly and dynamic space.

Absolutely beautiful day out in a marvelous academics surrounding with lovely collection of species and scientific instruments in the museums of the Oxford University. Would go Again and recommend to anyone. Kids would love it.

A place to visit to suit all ages from young to old. Bringing to life just the scale of all animals that have walked and continue to walk our planet. Which is fascinating. Factor in plenty of time to see it all

A great place to educate our children on early life on our planet

great day out the combination of the 2 museum's makes for an interesting visit

We liked our visit to Pitt rivers, my daughter who is 13 loved it and found it very interesting, my son whose 7 loves dinosaurs, bugs and rocks. While there is plenty to see and do with trails etc etc However my son got bored very easily. It's a good day out when the weather is crap, if u have children that lose interest/ get bored very quickly, I suggest you have a break half way through your visit and go to the gift shop as an incentive to go back and look at the rest. Apart from that, it was a thumbs up from me and my family xxxx

Very interesting visit, a must for all young children to browse around and gain knowledge.

Very cool. Enjoyd it thank you