The University Museum (telephone 272950), Parks Road, is housed in a purpose-built Victorian Gothic building inspired by Ruskin and recently restored (open Mon - Sat 12.00 - 17.00, admission free). The principle collections, including skeletons of dinosaurs and skulls of our ancestors, are housed in a courtyard with a glass roof supported by columns of cast iron wrought to resemble the branches of trees. A collection of rocks, selected to represent the most important in the British Isles, is also built into the fabric of the building. The museum is probably unique in being able to exhibit the complete remains of a Dodo.

The adjoining Pitt Rivers Museum (telephone 270927, open every day 12.00 - 16.30, admission free) houses an interesting collection of bizarre anthropological exhibits, includeing shrunken heads and a totem pole.

The Museum of Oxford (telephone 01865 815559, next to the Town Hall in St Aldates, open Tues - Sat 10.00 - 17.00, admission free) traces the history of the city in pictures and relics.

The Museum of Modern Art (telephone 722733, Pembroke Street) has regularly changing exhibitions, including innovative and experimental works.