Tips for visiting the Oxford Natural History Museum – Alan x el Mundo

Oxford is an exciting city full of life. The university and colleges found in this metropolis of England attract thousands of people each year. Whether you’re looking for publications, historical tours, or even movie-related sites, it’s well worth a visit.

One of the most important museums in the city is the Natural History, which belongs to the University of Oxford and exhibits thousands of objects in its geological, zoological, entomological and mineral collections.

Founded in 1860 by medical professor Henry Acland as a center for the study of the natural world, this impressive and interesting museum is housed in a neo-gothic building designed by Irish architects Thomas Newenham Deane and Benjamin Woodward.

If you visit the city and want to know its collection with more than 4.5 million objects, this is what you have to know:

• It is an ideal space for the whole family. It has special tours for little travelers and activities to make the visit more enjoyable.
• You will find fossils of dinosaurs and other preserved, extinct and current animals.

• One of the most popular specimens in the museum is his stuffed Dodo. The remains of this extinct animal are the only ones in the world that preserve soft tissue and DNA.
• The evolution of man is one of its main areas, since this recent was the scene of the Oxford Debate on evolution in 1860, shortly after the publication of The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.

• During the tour, you will find very interesting facts about women in science. The work of Mary Anning stands out for her important discoveries of seabeds from the Jurassic period, in England during the 19th century.
• At the top, you can find a very interesting area dedicated to geology and you can learn more about the earth and even precious stones.
• The insect area is a world apart, there is everything!

• In its store you will find all kinds of items related to the visit, from dinosaurs to ammonites.
• Best of all, the museum is free!

Where: Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PW, Reino Unido

Time: Monday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Precio: Free entry

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