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Into the Wilderness | Darkened not dormant
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Skip to primary content. What’s on the van. Ah, the rough-smooth joy of snakeskin. Who could resist a little stroke? Well, a few people definitely can it seems (ophidiophobics), but certainly not this young chap. Along with hundreds of other visitors, this family stopped by at the Oxford University Museums yurt at this year’s Wilderness Festival. Where we spent four great days showing off objects from the collections and indulging in a bit of festival craft. Inspired hats, Museum of the History of Science.
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More than a Dodo | Darkened not dormant
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Skip to primary content. What’s on the van. More than a Dodo. Missing tales from behind the scenes in the Museum of Natural History? Yearning for photos and stories of our fabulous collections? Just want to know what we’ve been up to lately? We’re no longer darkened, but we’re as busy as ever and you can now follow our new blog More than a Dodo. You won’t miss a thing. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window). This entry was posted in Uncategorized.
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Moving on up | Darkened not dormant
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Skip to primary content. What’s on the van. As the scaffold is noisily constructed around us, the roof work is about to move even higher into the heavens. To support the workers at the highest levels of the roof, a ‘winged’ platform must be extended through spaces made in the glass tiling and out to the external rooftop for anchorage. On Thursday and Friday this week, the Ashmolean Museum. In Oxford is hosting this year’s University Museums Group. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). You are ...
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Roof revelation | Darkened not dormant
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Skip to primary content. What’s on the van. Up in the rafters. Whilst the construction team from Beard were up in amongst the rafters last week, they spotted a surprising addition to the paint work. Hidden high up, and out of sight of even the most observant of visitors, was a message from the past. The roof decorators had left their names and the date of their work painted onto the woodwork for future generations to discover. 8220;This roof was painted by G. Thicke and J Randall, April 1864”. In the 90s...
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Darkened not dormant | Page 2
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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. What’s on the van. Newer posts →. Good news travels fast. BBC Oxford’s Martin Eastaugh (R) talks to architect Nicholas Bradley (L). The Museum’s been at the centre of a media whirlwind over the past week. After a rather dormant year, things are coming back to life and the TV cameras, microphones and journalists are keen to capture it all. That shows just how beautiful and light the Museum is looking lately. Museum staff unwrapping the Iguanodon skeleton.
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It’s all relative | Darkened not dormant
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Skip to primary content. What’s on the van. It’s all relative. A while back we featured a great little story about some graffiti. Which was discovered high up on the Museum roof. You may remember that it was painted by two of the craftsmen responsible for creating our beautiful Victorian building. The graffiti reads. This roof was painted by G. Thicke and J Randall, April 1864. The graffiti in the rafters of the roof. The story picked up quite a lot of press attention, featuring in the Oxford Mail. We no...
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What’s on the van? – Stan’s on the van! | Darkened not dormant
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Skip to primary content. What’s on the van. What’s on the van? 8211; Stan’s on the van! This week’s What’s on the van? Is co-written by Andre Ashington, of the Museum’s geological collections, and year 10 work experience student Helen Tyzack. Stan is a male Tyrannosaurus rex. From the late Cretaceous of South Dakota, U.S.A. He measures 12 metres in length, and is approximately 4 metres high at the hips. He is estimated to have weighed approximately 7 tonnes. Helen with Stan… on the van. Click to share on...
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rachelparle | Darkened not dormant
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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. What’s on the van. I'm Interpretation and Education Officer at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. I work with families, exhibitions, social media and lots of other fun projects. In my spare time I mostly like visiting other museums! More than a Dodo. Missing tales from behind the scenes in the Museum of Natural History? Yearning for photos and stories of our fabulous collections? Just want to know what we’ve been up to lately? Back in Janu...
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What’s on the van? – Darwin’s dung beetle | Darkened not dormant
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Skip to primary content. What’s on the van. What’s on the van? 8211; Darwin’s dung beetle. This week’s What’s on the van? Comes from Darren Mann, assistant curator of the Museum’s Hope Entomological Collection. Of all the insects in this small collection, the beetle Onthophagus australis. Guérin, 1830) is by far my favourite, simply because it’s a dung beetle, which are my favourite insects. I think dung beetles are both beautiful in form and ecologically are extremely interesting. During Darwin’s ...
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