Celebrate the 25th anniversary of 'Walking with Dinosaurs' with a new theatrical production combining the prehistoric and the renaissance, adapting two episodes of the television series into Shakespearean drama. Witness a majestic Liopleurodon grapple with a Tempest, a royal pterosaur divide his kingdom into thirds, and a T. rex ponder “two claws, or not two […]
Tickets: OMG Members - FREE Non-Members - £3 (Paid on the door) About the event Dr Claire Cardinal conducts interdisciplinary research that integrates ecological and ethnographic methods to explore relationships between humans and other animals. Her recent work focuses on the interactions between people who live at the forest frontier in rural Madagascar and the […]
Tickets - FREE (Book Online) About the event In the halls of natural history museums all over the world, you can peer through the glass and come face-to-face with the ghosts of extinction. Extinction has been going on as long as there has been biological life, in fact over 99% of all species that have […]
Tickets: Concessions - £35.00 Members - £45.00 Non-Members - £55 About the event In this popular one-day Foundation Course, expert tracker Bob Cowley will introduce you to all the most common Mammal Tracks and Signs that you might come across when walking in the British countryside, revealing the wildlife with which we share our […]
Tickets - £5 (Book Online) About the event ‘Sounds in Stone’ is a concert inspired by the museum’s collections, with music reflecting the story of life, our planet, and the universe beyond. Centered on voice and piano, with special arrangements for oboe, viola, and violin, the programme spans classical and contemporary works—from Copland’s reflections on […]
Museum Diplomacy in Action takes place on 16-17 April 2026 in Oxford, exploring the unique role of museums as cultural diplomats. The Early Bird Sale is live! General sale and Livestream tickets available from 16th February, 2026 Museum Diplomacy in Action takes place on 16–17 April 2026 in Oxford, exploring the unique role of museums as […]
Museum Diplomacy in Action takes place on 16-17 April 2026 in Oxford, exploring the unique role of museums as cultural diplomats. The Early Bird Sale is live! General sale and Livestream tickets available from 16th February, 2026 Museum Diplomacy in Action takes place on 16–17 April 2026 in Oxford, exploring the unique role of museums as […]
Bi-curious George is back and with a new show! Starting with a panel discussion on non-hetero normative zoology, humour and diversity in biology with George, Jazmeen Isa Qureshi, Connor Butler and Ross Brookes, we then invite you to explore the Museum, visit our bar and chat with our experts about specimens before returning to the […]
From dots and spots to stripes and swirls, come and look at patterns found in nature. Listen to a story and join us for a guided walk around the Museum. This session lasts 30 minutes and features storytelling, specimen handling and a guided tour around the Museum led by a member of staff to look […]
Join evolutionary biologist and Darwin and Wallace scholar James Costa and historian of science Elizabeth Yale for an exploration of the origin and evolution of Charles Darwin's second most famous work, The Descent of Man. Inspired by insights from their new annotated edition of Descent (Princeton, 2026), Costa and Yale shed light on the cultural […]
