Oxford University Museum of Natural History

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. 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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Museum of Natural History, Oxford; Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford; OUMNH
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  Deddington Castle ⓘ
  motte-and-bailey castle in Oxfordshire, England, UK  

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  Wallingford Castle ⓘ
  castle in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK  

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  Blenheim Palace ⓘ
  country house near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK

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  Boarstall Tower ⓘ
  Grade I listed house in Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

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  Burford Tolsey Museum ⓘ
  museum, formerly town hall and market hall, in Burford, West Oxfordshire, England, UK

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  Buscot Park ⓘ
  country house in Oxfordshire, England, UK

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  Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway ⓘ
  English standard gauge heritage railway

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  Cholsey and Wallingford Railway ⓘ
  railway line in the UK

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  Claydon House ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom

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  Dorchester Abbey Museum ⓘ
  Local museum in Dorchester, England, United Kingdom

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  Heythrop Zoological Gardens ⓘ
  zoo in England

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  Kelmscott Manor ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in West Oxfordshire, England, UK

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  Long Crendon Courthouse ⓘ
  15th-century building in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

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  Stonor Park ⓘ
  Grade I listed country house in Oxfordshire, England, UK

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  Thame Museum ⓘ
  museum in Thame, England, United Kingdom

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  Uffington Museum ⓘ
  museum in Uffington, Oxfordshire, England, UK

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  Waddesdon Manor ⓘ
  Grade I listed country house in Buckinghamshire, England, UK

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  Waterperry Gardens Rural Museum ⓘ
  museum in Oxford, England, UK

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  Abingdon County Hall Museum ⓘ
  Local Authority Museum in South East England, United Kingdom

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  Ashmolean Museum ⓘ
  museum in Oxford

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  History of Science Museum ⓘ
  museum in Oxford, UK

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  Oxfordshire Museum ⓘ
  museum in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

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  Oxford University Museum of Natural History ⓘ
  museum in Oxford, United Kingdom

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  Pitt Rivers Museum ⓘ
  museum in Oxford, England, UK

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  Charlbury Museum and Heritage Centre ⓘ
  public museum in Oxfordshire, England

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  Pendon Museum ⓘ
  museum in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Didcot Railway Centre ⓘ
  railway museum in Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

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  Oxford Bus Museum ⓘ
  transport museum in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Bate Collection of Musical Instruments ⓘ
  museum in the University of Oxford

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  Christ Church Picture Gallery ⓘ
  art gallery in Oxford, England, UK

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  Buckinghamshire Railway Centre ⓘ
  operational railway museum

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  Cotswold Wildlife Park ⓘ
  zoo

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  British Tattoo History Museum ⓘ
  museum in Oxford, England, UK

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  Museum of Oxford ⓘ
  history museum in Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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  Cogges Manor Farm Museum ⓘ
  former farm and farm museum in Witney, England, UK

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  Wallingford Museum ⓘ
  Local museum in Wallingford, England, United Kingdom

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  Chipping Norton Museum of Local History ⓘ
  museum in Chipping Norton, England, UK

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  Witney and District Museum ⓘ
  museum in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

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  Aston Martin Heritage Trust Museum ⓘ
  Automobile museum in Drayton St Leonard, England

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  Haddenham Museum ⓘ
  private, Local History and Rural Life Museum in Buckinghamshire, England

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  The Story Museum ⓘ
  Museum in Oxford, England

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  Crocodiles of the World ⓘ
  zoo in Oxfordshire, England

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  Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum ⓘ
  Military museum in Woodstock, England, United Kingdom

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  Williams F1 Grand Prix Collection ⓘ
  museum in Grove, England, UK

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1678 Abingdon County Hall Museum

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1884 Pitt Rivers Museum

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1949 Charlbury Museum and Heritage Centre

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1954 Pendon Museum

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1967 Didcot Railway Centre

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1967 Oxford Bus Museum

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1968 Bate Collection of Musical Instruments

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1968 Christ Church Picture Gallery

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1969 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

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1970 Cotswold Wildlife Park

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1975 British Tattoo History Museum

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1975 Museum of Oxford

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1977 Cogges Manor Farm Museum

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1978 Wallingford Museum

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1986 Chipping Norton Museum of Local History

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1996 Witney and District Museum

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1998 Aston Martin Heritage Trust Museum

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1998 Haddenham Museum

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2003 The Story Museum

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2011 Crocodiles of the World

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2014 Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

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2014 Williams F1 Grand Prix Collection

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Richard St John Tyrwhitt (1827-1895) - Mer de Glace - PCFAA18 - Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Oxford 02

William Riviere (1806-1876) - John Obadiah Westwood, MA, FLS, Hope Professor of Zoology (1861–1892) - PCFAA25 - Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Oxford Natural History Museum02

Richard St John Tyrwhitt (1827-1895) - On Vesuvius above Resi - PCFAA17 - Oxford University Museum of Natural History

University Museum, Oxford; proposed sketch. Wood engraving b Wellcome V0014197

Oxford; the University Museum. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgki Wellcome V0014198

Ayerst Hooker Buttery (1868-1929) - Reverend D. William Buckland (1784–1856), DD, FRS, FGS, Canon of Christchurch (after J. C. Thompson, - PCFAA14 - Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Oxford Museum. Wellcome L0003665

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• Annotated catalogue of the types of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) in the Oxford University Museum - scientific article published in 1993, Q1860, online
• Annotated catalogue of the types of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) in the Oxford University Museum - scientific article published in 1993, Q1860, online
• Edward Holt Eason: His archives and collection in the Hope Entomological Collections - , 2003, online

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	castle		Deddington Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1067	Wallingford Castle	castle, archaeological site, concentric castle	Wikidata
site	garden	1705	Blenheim Palace	garden, historic house museum, English country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Boarstall Tower	house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Burford Tolsey Museum	market hall, local museum, city hall	Wikidata
site	museum		Buscot Park	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway	heritage railway, ELR railway line section	Wikidata
site	museum		Cholsey and Wallingford Railway	heritage railway, railway line	Wikidata
site	museum		Claydon House	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Dorchester Abbey Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Heythrop Zoological Gardens	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum		Kelmscott Manor	English country house, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Long Crendon Courthouse	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Stonor Park	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Thame Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Uffington Museum	independent museum, museum, building	Wikidata
site	museum		Waddesdon Manor	English country house, historic house museum, history museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Waterperry Gardens Rural Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1678	Abingdon County Hall Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1683	Ashmolean Museum	museum, art museum, university museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1683	History of Science Museum	museum, university museum, academic archive, history of science museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1800	Oxfordshire Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1860	Oxford University Museum of Natural History	museum, university museum, natural history museum, academic archive	Wikidata
site	museum	1884	Pitt Rivers Museum	museum, university museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1949	Charlbury Museum and Heritage Centre	local museum, heritage center, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1954	Pendon Museum	museum, charitable organization, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1967	Didcot Railway Centre	independent museum, railway museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1967	Oxford Bus Museum	museum, independent museum, transport museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1968	Bate Collection of Musical Instruments	university museum, collection	Wikidata
site	museum	1968	Christ Church Picture Gallery	art museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1969	Buckinghamshire Railway Centre	independent museum, railway museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1970	Cotswold Wildlife Park	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	1975	British Tattoo History Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1975	Museum of Oxford	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	Cogges Manor Farm Museum	museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum	1978	Wallingford Museum	local museum, independent museum, house, charitable organization	Wikidata
site	museum	1986	Chipping Norton Museum of Local History	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Witney and District Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	Aston Martin Heritage Trust Museum	museum, archive	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	Haddenham Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2003	The Story Museum	museum, charitable organization	Wikidata
site	museum	2011	Crocodiles of the World	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	2014	Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2014	Williams F1 Grand Prix Collection	museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Richard St John Tyrwhitt (1827-1895) - Mer de Glace - PCFAA18 - Oxford University Museum of Natural History		Commons
commons	image		Oxford 02		Commons
commons	image		William Riviere (1806-1876) - John Obadiah Westwood, MA, FLS, Hope Professor of Zoology (1861–1892) - PCFAA25 - Oxford University Museum of Natural History		Commons
commons	image		Oxford Natural History Museum02		Commons
commons	image		Richard St John Tyrwhitt (1827-1895) - On Vesuvius above Resi - PCFAA17 - Oxford University Museum of Natural History		Commons
commons	image		University Museum, Oxford; proposed sketch. Wood engraving b Wellcome V0014197		Commons
commons	image		Oxford; the University Museum. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgki Wellcome V0014198		Commons
commons	image		Ayerst Hooker Buttery (1868-1929) - Reverend D. William Buckland (1784–1856), DD, FRS, FGS, Canon of Christchurch (after J. C. Thompson, - PCFAA14 - Oxford University Museum of Natural History		Commons
commons	image		Oxford Museum. Wellcome L0003665		Commons
commons	image		Oxford 02		Commons