Oxford University Museum

I mentioned in the Blog on Oxford I would show the University museum that I shown and a little tour we took around it.  It's correct name is Oxford University Museum of Natural History  and it was built between 1855 -60, you can find it along Parks Road

 This little pillar is just outside the entrance

This is the view you get going through the doors along with a couple of the Dinosaurs you can see in the Gallery

 The Oxford Dodo, the head and feet on show are the most complete anywhere

The head of Trex

and the original

Tortoise

Crocodile or Alligator

This is part of the display in the Mammal Gallery

some of the statues you can see round the pillars in the museum with Darwin over looking the Central  hall

Not sure what George Stevenson did apart from inventing the Rocket (Train)

More Dinosaurs skulls

Looking down on the  gallery's

And a view of the Dinosaur Gallery with the ceiling on show

All these pillars you see are made from the different rocks you can find round the British isles

An original desk students worked from

A fossilized sea going creature

Dinosaur Eggs

You can read on the base of the pillar where the rock came from

The Museum recently had a refurbishment and the glass above cleaned which allows the place to light up. The one other place you can visit here  is the Pit Rivers and that is also well worth going round though on this occasion we did not have time
I'll leave you with a photo of what amazed me, the Victorian ironwork.
Taking part in Our World Tuesday