COLLECTIONS
The Museum has over seven million historical and modern specimens encompassing the natural world. They include five million insects; over half a million fossils, rocks and minerals; and over 250,000 zoological specimens. There is also a library of around 20,000 books and an archive containing approximately half a million manuscripts.
Palaeontology
Palaeontology
Life
Life
Mineralogy and petrology
Mineralogy and petrology
Art and Architecture
Art and Architecture
Collections care
Collections care
Collections Online
Collections Online
Using our collections
Using our collections
Highlight objects
The Oxford Dodo
The Oxford Dodo
Nantan meteorite
Nantan meteorite
Jones' Icones
Jones' Icones
Skeleton parade
Skeleton parade
The Oxfordshire Dinosaurs
The Oxfordshire Dinosaurs
Gemstones
Gemstones
The 'Red Lady' of Paviland
The 'Red Lady' of Paviland
Trilobite wall