Online exhibitions

Screen grab from Biodiversity Online Exhibition

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS

Browse digital versions of our current and previous exhibitions

Mary Anning

Mary Anning contributed greatly to geological science. Using the collections of William Buckland at Oxford University Museum of Natural History, this online exhibition takes a closer look at her work.

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Mary Morland: Online

Mary Morland

This online exhibition considers what we can glean from the archives about Mary Morland's life and her contributions to the field of natural history.

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Visitors in the Hogweed, a painting by Kurt Jackson of bees in a hogweed plant.

Biodiversity: Online

Biodiversity

Bringing together the celebrated art of Kurt Jackson with reflections from Oxford University researchers, this new exhibition explores biodiversity across British landscapes and considers the future of our country's habitats.

3 February 2022 – 15 May 2022

A print of a black and white engraving showing the central court of Oxford University Museum of Natural History in the 19th century

Truth to Nature: Online

Truth to Nature

Truth to Nature celebrated the Museum's 160 Year Anniversary. View our online exhibition and read our reflections on the Museum's past and future.

2020 to January 2022

A glowing particle sphere etched in glass against a dark background

2020: Online

2020: The Sphere that Changed the World

Two powerful and beautiful artworks created by Angela Palmer as the coronavirus pandemic began to grip the world.

17 May – 19 September 2021

First Animals: Online

First Animals

The story of how animal life first evolved in the oceans over half a billion years ago.

12 July 2019 – 1 September 2020

Bacterial World: Online

Bacterial World

The hidden story of the smallest of lifeforms and their influence on the past, present and future of our planet.

19 October 2018 – 28 May 2019

Settlers: Online

Settlers

From the arrival of the earliest modern humans to the people of the present day, our Settlers exhibition tells the dynamic story of Britain's ever-changing population as revealed by genetics, archaeology and demography.

9 February – 16 September 2018

Settlers: Online

Brain Diaries

Throughout your life, your brain undergoes extraordinary changes, and makes you the person you are. The Brain Diaries exhibition and event programme revealed how the latest neuroscience is transforming what we know about our brains, from birth to the end of life.

10 March – 31 December 2017

Microsculpture: Online

Microsculpture

A ground-breaking photographic exhibition of science and art, Microsculpture presented insect specimens from the museum's collections like never before. The beautifully-lit, high magnification portraiture of photographer Levon Biss captures the microscopic form of these animals in striking high-resolution detail.

27 May 2016 – 29 January 2017

Kurt Jackson 2016: Online

Kurt Jackson 2016

Kurt Jackson's art is a celebration of the natural world. This exhibition brought together paintings, sculpture and Museum collections to explore the diverse and beautiful world of bees.

18 March – 29 September 2016

Visions of Nature: Online

Visions of Nature

During 2016, we presented a rich programme of exhibitions, talks and workshops by artists and writers whose varied work celebrates the natural environment

William Smith exhibition at the Museum of Natural History

Handwritten in Stone

How William Smith and his maps changed geology. A bicentenary exhibition to celebrate William Smith and his publication of the first geological map of England and Wales. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

9 October 2015 – 31 January 2016

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Biosense

All living organisms need to sense changes in their environments. Current research is exploring the mechanisms involved, and how we might benefit from this understanding.

8 May – 31 August 2015

Light Touch: Online

Light Touch

Light Touch was an exhibition of exquisite photographs of butterflies and moths from the Museum’s collection by Katherine Child. Browse these images online.

February 2015 – February 2016