Collections

Collections

The collections housed in Oxford University’s Gardens, Libraries and Museums are some of the world's most significant - they cover the breadth and depth of the natural world, global art and artefacts

An exceptional resource

Collectively the Gardens, Libraries and Museums are home to over 8.5 million objects and specimens, 13 million printed items, and 6,000 different types of plants.

They include the most important group of Raphael drawings in the world; the fossil bones of the first dinosaur ever to be described scientifically; four engrossments of Magna Carta; and some of the UK's oldest redwood trees.

The collections not only provide an outstanding resource for scholars and students, but serve as a valuable means of engaging and inspiring the public - both in person and online.

Collections Move Project

The four University museums have begun a major programme to move the stored collections into two new museum collections centres in Oxford and Swindon.

Collections Teaching and Research Centre (CTRC)

Planned opening late 2021. A unique space that will store the majority of University Museums collections and provide exceptional facilities for teaching, research and digitisation.