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Museums in Oxford display props and costumes from the BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials

16 December 2022

Pitt Rivers Museum, the History of Science Museum and The Story Museum collaborate to recreate ‘Lyra’s World’ across the city that inspired the trilogy.

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Innovative Multaka-Oxford project at Oxford University Museums supported by £1m funding from Alwaleed Philanthropies

November 2021

The award-winning Multaka-Oxford project, that brings the rich and diverse knowledge of people settling in Oxford, many through forced migration, to two Oxford University museums, has received landmark funding — a generous £1million donation from Alwaleed Philanthropies.

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Oxford University to collect the artefacts from its COVID research to tell the incredible story of the University’s response to the pandemic

August 2021

Oxford University’s History of Science Museum and the Bodleian Libraries are joining forces to collect the stories of the COVID-19 pandemic and the extraordinary responses to this global challenge across Oxford University.

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Oxford’s History of Science Museum reopens with onsite and online exhibition of rare Islamic metalwork

October 2020

Precious and Rare: Islamic Metalwork from The Courtauld, a new exhibition at the History of Science Museum, provides a modern day interpretation on Islamic metalwork spanning the 11th to 16th centuries, with an accompanying online exhibition and contributions by the local community.

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Forced migrants train as tour guides at Oxford University museums

November 2018
A new team of tour guides will be greeting their first visitors on 16 November at the Museum. The volunteers, who have recently arrived in the city as forced migrants from countries including Syria and Iraq, will be running guided tours in Arabic.

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Oxford University museums and libraries celebrate public engagement awards

July 2017
Two University museums – the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the History of Science Museum – and the Bodleian Libraries have all won awards in this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Awards.

Preview image for Anna Dumitriu Bioart exhibition: work entitled 'Ex Voto'

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BioArt and Bacteria: an artistic journey through antibiotics and the microbial world

July 2017
BioArt and Bacteria is a contemporary art exhibition by internationally renowned artist Anna Dumitriu which explores our relationship with the microbial world, antibiotics and technology.

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Fingers Crossed for Sun

April 2016
Thirteen times each century the planet Mercury passes between the Earth and the Sun. Celebrate this astronomical rarity by joining the History of Science Museum and Hanwell Community Observatory in University Parks.

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New exhibition celebrating generous donations to the Museum

February 2016
New Acquisitions, opening 19 January 2016 is a new Entrance Gallery exhibition celebrating recent arrivals to the Museum.

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Museums in Oxford display props and costumes from the BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials

Innovative Multaka-Oxford project at Oxford University Museums supported by £1m funding from Alwaleed Philanthropies

Oxford University to collect the artefacts from its COVID research to tell the incredible story of the University’s response to the pandemic

Oxford’s History of Science Museum reopens with onsite and online exhibition of rare Islamic metalwork

Forced migrants train as tour guides at Oxford University museums

Oxford University museums and libraries celebrate public engagement awards

BioArt and Bacteria: an artistic journey through antibiotics and the microbial world

Fingers Crossed for Sun

New exhibition celebrating generous donations to the Museum

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