Oxford University Museum of Natural History

For a child the University Museum of Natural Science can be a source of fascination or of nightmares. Initially for me it was the latter. I much preferred to visit the University Parks which are adjacent to the museum and run up and down Rainbow Bridge or feed the ducks rather than enter the tomb like building housing "skellingtons". As I grew older the fascinating contents of the Pitt rivers museum which is accessed through the University Museum persuaded me that I would risk the passage through the scary monster bit to discover the millions of more interesting exhibits in the Pitt Rivers collection. On reflection it seems strange to think ...