The first ever dinosaur stamp is even in the collection! They are from all over the world. It is a marvellous little collection.

In addition to our 7 million specimens, we also hold a library and archive, available to visit by appointment. Researching? An artist in need of inspiration? A philatelist who wants to see a large collection of dinosaur stamps? We have you covered.

Have you been in to check out our new displays recently? We are nearing the completion of the main court aisles with our ambitious Life, As We Know It project. Tell us what you think!

We first opened our doors in 1860, and the building was designed to be just as intriguing as the objects inside. You can find columns of different stones from across the UK, carved plants and animals, and metal worked plants in our iron and glass roof.

Last chance to see our exhibition Breaking Ground! Come and visit the first scientifically described dinosaur fossils, which were found right here in Oxfordshire!

This is the last weekend to come and visit this free exhibit.

Family Friendly Sundays are back! Join us every Sunday afternoon for nature-themed activities, crafts, family-friendly trails, and more! All provided by Museum volunteers.

Fancy visiting the Museum at night? You can join us for a free evening at the Museum this Earth Day, 22 April, for our event How To Save the Amazon.

https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/how-to-save-the-amazon

The Artemis II crew is now beginning their journey home. Human's fascination with the moon has long woven its way into many aspects of our society, from religions, to art, and even pushing ourselves 252,756 miles away from our own planet to view the dark side of the moon.

🦴 Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures that took over the world and would eventually lead to us

Our Y8 Rumble Museum Council students have been working on a new exhibition cabinet exploring Climate Hope at @morethanadodo.bsky.social - you can now see their work in museum opening hours! Find out more here! tinyurl.com/uybdync3

Any adventures planned for this bank holiday Monday?

Why not pop on down to the Museum and see if you can spot the dressed flea in our collection! The one on display is wearing a tiny backpack, where as these fleas are dressed as matador and bull.

We wish you all a Hoppy Easter and hope you have an eggcellent egg hunt today! We will be open for the Easter holiday, and our special Easter egg trail is out in the court. Happy hunting!

How to Save the Amazon - Join us on 22 April, World Earth Day, for an unforgettable evening at the Museum.

https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/how-to-save-the-amazon

Visit the Museum from 28 March to 12 April to eggslore our free Eggstraordinary Easter Eggventure Family Trail and find all of the hidden eggs around the Museum!

Let's celebrate! According to Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) the Museum saw the highest visitor numbers EVER in 2025! We welcomed 877,437 visitors in 2025, which is a 5% increase from our 2024 numbers.

Bi Curious George ‘Snail Trail’ A slow, slimy exploration of trans-masculinity, hormones and being a pest. Celebrate soft bellies, sensuality, rotting and renewal in this drag-comedy that offers queer alternatives for anyone with a ...

I'm looking forward to returning to the Oxford Museum of Natural History on 9 May! I'll be schm-oozing with Bi-Curious George, @jazzywildheart.bsky.social & @connorbutler.bsky.social prior to George's new show, Snail Trail.

🐌🏳️‍🌈🐌🏳️‍⚧️🐌

www.oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/bi-cur... @morethanadodo.bsky.social #queer

Dive into the wonderful world of pond life! Join us for a free, fun, hands-on event where kids can discover the amazing creatures that live in ponds. Make your own pond-themed craft to take home and get an up-close look at real museum specimens.

March 30 & 31 from 13:00-16:00
For ages 3+

'If everyone were cast in the same mould, there would be no such thing as beauty.' - C. Darwin

Enjoy a day out at the Museum this spring. Whether you want to come for a wander during the day, join in one of our family-friendly activities, or pop in for an evening lecture, we're a wonderful choice when it comes to free things to do in Oxford.

Tomorrow, Friday 20 March at 19:00, join Steve White and Darren Naish as they discuss the story behind Mesozoic Art II, a grand new compendium of 21st century palaeoart.

oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/mesozoic-art-ii-di...

Models of creatures, ancient and modern, can help us visualise them in ways we might not otherwise be able to. This Acanthostega gunnari is an ancient tetrapod that lived in the late Devonian.

Seven museum staff members helping to move a giant Japanese spider crab into its new display case

How do you move a giant spider crab? *Very* carefully and with *many* hands

4000 people visited the Oxford Natural History Museum for Super Science Saturday! @morethanadodo.bsky.social 🧪

From exploring sheddings to handling specimens, it was amazing to see so many children and their families excited about scales and locomotion 🐍

Future herpetologists in the making!

It is all hands on deck once again! If you have been visiting the Museum over the last few years you will have seen our re-display project moving steadily throughout the main court. So, pardon any construction you might see over the next two months... but something exciting is on the way!

Our temporary exhibition Breaking Ground will be leaving 13 April, so make sure to visit before it leaves! You can get your hands on this model archaeopteryx fossil and see the first dinosaur fossils to ever be described by science (found right here in Oxfordshire!).

Circular for new symposium on marine reptile palaeontology to be held at the Oxford Museum of Natural History between 7-8th October 2026. Abstract submission deadline: 1st June 2026.

🚨 Call for Abstracts 🚨
Abstract submission now open for a symposium meeting on #MarineReptile palaeontology hosted at @morethanadodo.bsky.social from 7-8th October 2026.
Abstract deadline: 1st June 2026

#Palaeontology #Science #SciComm

Our latest In Conversation interview features Ross Anderson! Hear from Ross about his research on Proterozoic life, working as Head of Research at @morethanadodo.bsky.social, and moving from Gotham to Harvard…

www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/eart...

Today is International Women's Day and we're celebrating Mary Buckland! Buckland was a naturalist and illustrator who's work is being celebrated in our current special exhibition, Breaking Ground.

This photo is one of our most recent acquisitions and was donated by a descendant of the Bucklands.

Left, photograph of a man in a dark coat and light waistcoat, standing next to a bookcase; right, a fossil fish in a dark stone frame.

5 March 1807, Shropshire: birth of Beriah Botfield, antiquarian, bibliographer, collector, MP. He attended the geology lectures of William Buckland at Oxford and in 1829 purchased a Dapedium & a small ichthyosaur from #MaryAnning & gave them to Buckland. They're still @morethanadodo.bsky.social

In honour of World Wildlife Day today and World Book Day later this week, @JoannaBagniewska.com wanted to share with you a few facts about baby dragonfly butts from her book The Modern Bestiary...
You can find the book, described as 'unhinged' by the GoodReads reviews, here: buff.ly/1V42ef3