Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford

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A stunning Victorian building home to 7 million objects. Free entry, open 10-5 every day.

Photo of an adult sunfish, which looks like the front half of a fish forgot its back half at home. It doesn't have noticeable scales, but looks like flat, pale skin stretched over a toddlers imagining of a fish By U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68775
Two bursary students presenting a taxidermy pheasant to a young Museum visitor in the main court.
a painting of Woman laying together on a pile of cacao
A painting of several men laying across each other, with superimposed cotton plants across the canvas
An installation of statues on plinths above a dirt floor
A black man with a beard leaning against a display featuring a blue statue of a boy and a painting of women in the background. text reads 34 OPEN CALL FINALIST JEAN DAVID NKOT
An abstract painting largely using pale, warm, cream tones
An abstract painting featuring sage greens and pale blues in heavy lines
A white woman with short, dark hair, standing in front of a white wall with a painting to the right. The painting is abstract but resembles large leaves. Text reads 34 OPEN CALL FINALIST NATACHA MANKOWSKI
An art installation made of carved wood paneling in a forest featuring iconography from the surrounding landscape
34 open call finalists. Studio instar artists, a white man in a blue and green plaid shirt and white woman in a knot jumper stand in front of a wooden background.
A small metal worked woman with a smartphone coming out of her head
Artist and metalworker Katie Surridge, a white woman in a brown leather jacket, blue bandana on her head, and large red leather heat proof gloves on her hand as she pours metal into molds outside on an overcast day in a garden. Text on the image reads 34 critical raw materials, katie surridge artist, 17.6.2026