Art
The Museum’s collections consist primarily of natural history specimen’s and does not actively collect art work. Through historical acquisitions and its long established history celebrating the relationship between the sciences and the arts, however, it has accumulated a small but impressive collection of art work. This consists primarily of paintings and sculpture.
Collection areas
Fossil vertebrates
Fossil vertebrates
Fossil invertebrates
Fossil invertebrates
Palaeobotany
Palaeobotany
Palaeoanthropology
Palaeoanthropology
<h2>Coming soon: palaeontology collection online</h2>
Coming soon: palaeontology collection online
Highlights from the palaeontology collections
The Oxfordshire Dinosaurs
The Oxfordshire Dinosaurs
Mary Anning's Ichthyosaur
Mary Anning's Ichthyosaur
Trilobite wall
Trilobite wall
The 'Red Lady' of Paviland
The 'Red Lady' of Paviland
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Contact the team
Please contact us if you have questions related to specific collections or would like to book a visit to the collections. If you are not sure which collection manager to contact, please email earth@oum.ox.ac.uk