OXFORD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY WILL BE CELEBRATING ITS 150th ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPCOMING YEAR LONG PROGRAM OF SPECIAL EVENTS WILL INCLUDE THE FIRST EXHIBITION IN THE WEST OF THE EXTRAORDINARY 525 MILLION YEAR OLD CHENGJIANG FOSSILS FROM CHINA; 17.MAY THROUGH 14.NOVEMBER, A HIGH PROFILE LECTURE SERIES WITH SPEAKERS INCLUDING SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH AND MATHEMATICIAN MARCUS DU SAUTOY, A ONE WOMAN SHOW AND EXHIBITION TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF OXFORD NOBEL PRIZE-WINNER DOROTHY HODGKIN, AND A SON ET LUMIERE AND PITT RIVERS MUSEUM TORCHLIGHT TRAIL. FROM THE OUTSET THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND CULTURE. IT WAS IN THE MUSEUM IN 1860 THAT THE CELEBRATED DEBATE ON CHARLES DARWIN'S ORIGIN OF SPECIES TOOK PLACE BETWEEN BISHOP OF OXFORD, SAMUEL WILBERFORCE AND THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY. AT THE CORE OF THE MUSEUM ARE INTERNATIONALLY IMPORTANT ENTOMOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL, MINERALOGICAL AND ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS, IN ALL OVER 5.78 MILLION SPECIMENS. THEY INCLUDE THE EARLIEST SURVIVING BRITISH NATURAL HISTORY SPECIMENS, INSECTS AND OTHER ANIMALS COLLECTED BY CHARLES DARWIN. THE MUSEUM ITSELF IS A GRADE 1 LISTED BUILDING, RENOWNED FOR ITS SPECTACULAR NEO-GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY HAS COMPLETED A MAJOR PROGRAM OF DISPLAY RENEWAL WHICH HAS TRANSFORMED THE WAY THAT ITS COLLECTIONS ARE PRESENTED. TO CELEBRATE ITS ANNIVERSARY, THE MUSEUM IS PURSUING FOUR FURTHER MAJOR PROJECTS THAT REFLECT THE MULTIPLE THEMES THAT SHAPE THE INSTITUTION; RESTORING AND ENHANCING THE BUILDING'S ARCHITECTURAL SPLENDOR, SERVING THE LARGER PUBLIC AS A VITAL RESOURCE OF EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT, PRESERVING THE MUSEUM'S INVALUABLE COLLECTIONS AND CARRYING FORWARD ITS ACTIVE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
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