Online exhibitions

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS

Browse digital versions of our current and previous exhibitions

Fair Water?

Water is essential to life on Earth. But just 3% of the planet's water is fresh, and one in four people doesn't have access to clean drinking water. How do we protect rights to water when there's not enough, and how do we adapt to extreme water events?

Exhibition Online

Connected Planet

Earth and life exist in delicate balance. Explore the oceans, land, and air around us to witness this dynamic connection and see what happens when the balance tips.

Exhibition Online

Waste Land

From fertilisers to fuel, metals to meat: the industries that we are the most reliant on are also among our planet's worst polluters. J Henry Fair's photography forces us to confront the environmental consequences of industrial waste.

Waste Land: Online

Mary Anning

Mary Anning contributed greatly to geological science. Using the collections of William Buckland at Oxford University Museum of Natural History, this online exhibition takes a closer look at her work.

Mary Anning: Online

Mary Morland

This online exhibition considers what we can glean from the archives about Mary Morland's life and her contributions to the field of natural history.

Mary Morland: Online

Visitors in the Hogweed, a painting by Kurt Jackson of bees in a hogweed plant.

Biodiversity

Bringing together the celebrated art of Kurt Jackson with reflections from Oxford University researchers, this exhibition explores biodiversity across British landscapes and considers the future of our country's habitats.

Biodiversity: Online

A print of a black and white engraving showing the central court of Oxford University Museum of Natural History in the 19th century

Truth to Nature

Truth to Nature celebrated the Museum's 160 Year Anniversary. View our online exhibition and read our reflections on the Museum's past and future.

Truth to Nature: Online

A glowing particle sphere etched in glass against a dark background

2020: The Sphere that Changed the World

Two powerful and beautiful artworks created by Angela Palmer as the coronavirus pandemic began to grip the world.

2020: Online

First Animals

The story of how animal life first evolved in the oceans over half a billion years ago.

First Animals: Online

Bacterial World

The hidden story of the smallest of lifeforms and their influence on the past, present and future of our planet.

Bacterial World: Online

Settlers

From the arrival of the earliest modern humans to the people of the present day, our Settlers exhibition tells the dynamic story of Britain's ever-changing population as revealed by genetics, archaeology and demography.

Settlers: Online

Brain Diaries

Throughout your life, your brain undergoes extraordinary changes, and makes you the person you are. The Brain Diaries exhibition and event programme revealed how the latest neuroscience is transforming what we know about our brains, from birth to the end of life.

Brain Diaries: Online

Microsculpture

A ground-breaking photographic exhibition of science and art, Microsculpture presented insect specimens from the museum's collections like never before. The beautifully-lit, high magnification portraiture of photographer Levon Biss captures the microscopic form of these animals in striking high-resolution detail.

Microsculpture: Online

Kurt Jackson 2016

Kurt Jackson's art is a celebration of the natural world. This exhibition brought together paintings, sculpture and Museum collections to explore the diverse and beautiful world of bees.

Kurt Jackson 2016: Online

Visions of Nature

During 2016, we presented a rich programme of exhibitions, talks and workshops by artists and writers whose varied work celebrates the natural environment

Visions of Nature: Online

Light Touch

Light Touch was an exhibition of exquisite photographs of butterflies and moths from the Museum’s collection by Katherine Child. Browse these images online.

Light Touch: Online