Oxford University Museum of Natural History

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History is a displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in , England.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Museum of Natural History, Oxford”, “Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford”, and “OUMNH”
  • Address: Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pitt Rivers Museum and Keble College.

Museum
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is a museum displaying the archaeological and anthropological collections of the University of Oxford in England. The museum is located to the east of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and can only be accessed through that building.

University
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is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the University Museum and the University Parks. is situated 530 feet west of Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

University
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is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges. is situated 1,600 feet west of Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norham Manor and Oxford.

Quarter
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The estate is a residential suburb in , . It is part of central North Oxford. To the north is with its crescents, to the east is the , to the south are the University Parks and to the west is Walton Manor, on the other side of Banbury Road.

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is the oldest university city in the , some 50 miles to the west of the capital in its own county of , on the rivers Thames and Cherwell.

Suburb
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is a historic suburb of the English city of . It consists of the streets bounded by the , , Walton Street and Walton Well Road.

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Latitude
51.7586° or 51° 45′ 31″ north
Longitude
-1.25564° or 1° 15′ 20″ west
Inception
1860
Operator
University of Oxford
Open location code
9C3WQP5V+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25999883
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1760005
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Oxford University Museum of Natural History” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف جامعة أكسفورد للتاريخ الطبيعي”
  • Catalan: “Museu d’Història Natural de la Universitat d’Oxford”
  • Catalan: “Oxford University Museum of Natural History”
  • Catalan: “Oxford University Museum”
  • Chinese: “牛津大學自然史博物館”
  • Danish: “Oj xford University Museum of Natural History”
  • Danish: “Oxford University Museum of Natural History”
  • Dutch: “Oxford University Museum of Natural History”
  • French: “musée d’histoire naturelle de l’Université d’Oxford”
  • French: “Musée d’histoire naturelle de l’université d’Oxford”
  • German: “Oxford University Museum of Natural History”
  • German: “Oxford University Museum”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο φυσικής ιστορίας του πανεπιστημίου της Οξφόρδης”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון הטבע של אוקספורד”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Sejarah Alam Universitas Oxford”
  • Irish: “Músaem Oxford”
  • Italian: “Museo di Storia naturale dell’Università di Oxford”
  • Japanese: “オックスフォード大学自然史博物館”
  • Japanese: “オックスフォード大学自然歴史博物館”
  • Japanese: “オックスフォード大学附属自然史博物館”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de História Natural da Universidade de Oxford”
  • Russian: “Музей естественной истории Оксфордского университета”
  • Serbian: “Природњачки музеј Оксфордског универзитета”
  • Slovenian: “Muzej naravoslovja Univerze v Oxfordu”
  • Slovenian: “Oksfordski muzej naravoslovja”
  • Slovenian: “Oxford University Museum of Natural History”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad de Oxford”
  • Swedish: “Oxford University Museum of Natural History”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์ประวัติศาสตร์ธรรมชาติมหาวิทยาลัยออกซฟอร์ด”
  • Turkish: “Oxford Üniversitesi Doğa Tarihi Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Оксфордський музей природничої історії”
  • Ukrainian: “Оксфордський музей природної історії”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Lịch sử Tự nhiên của Đại học Oxford”
  • Western Panjabi: “آکسفورڈ یونیورسٹی میوزیم”
  • “OUMNH”

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