Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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. 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.
Front view of Oxford University Museum | |
Oxford University Museum of Natural History | |
| Established | 1850 |
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| Location | Parks Road, Oxford, England |
| Coordinates | 51.7586°N 1.2557°W |
| Type | University museum of natural history |
| Collections | Natural history |
| Collection size | approx. 7 million objects |
| Visitors | 792,282 (2019) |
| Founder | Sir Henry Acland |
| Director | Paul Smith |
| Architect | Thomas Newenham Deane, Benjamin Woodward |
| Website | oum.ox.ac.uk |
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