Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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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.[3][4] 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.
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Established | 1850 |
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Location | Parks Road, Oxford, England |
Coordinates | 51.7586°N 1.2557°W / 51.7586; -1.2557 |
Type | University museum of natural history |
Collections | Natural history |
Collection size | approx. 7 million objects[1] |
Visitors | 792,282 (2019)[2] |
Founder | Sir Henry Acland |
Director | Paul Smith |
Architect | Thomas Newenham Deane, Benjamin Woodward |
Website | oumnh.ox.ac.uk |
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