Visit Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Enter beneath the museum’s glass roof and move from towering dinosaur skeletons to minerals, insects and animals collected across centuries. Oxford University Museum of Natural History gives a family visit the feeling of opening an enormous cabinet of the natural world. The collections make evolution, geology and biodiversity easier to picture because the evidence is right in front of you. The building and its history also show how scientific ideas, institutions and collecting practices have changed over time. Admission is free. Check current opening information and any temporary gallery arrangements before travelling, then allow enough time for nearby Oxford museums if energy holds. Add this to your list and follow whichever specimen makes you stop first.