{"id":701976,"date":"2026-07-20T18:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/701976\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:17:09","slug":"oxfords-museum-of-natural-history-completes-biggest-redisplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/701976\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford&#8217;s Museum of Natural History completes biggest redisplay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The project has seen the installation of 48 new displays in 24 state-of-the-art showcases themed around biodiversity, ecosystems, evolution, and Earth. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The museum said that together, the exhibits &#8220;encompass the intricate relationships between our planet and life&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Thousands of specimens have been staged &#8220;in a fresh, bold design&#8221; within the main court and unique Victorian building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Megalosaurus, whose name means &#8220;great lizard&#8221;, is recognised as kick-starting the study of what would collectively become known as dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">University of Oxford Prof William Buckland presented its fossilised remains to the Geological Society of London in 1824.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The remains, which measure nine metres in length and weigh about a tonne, will form part of the new prehistoric ecosystems displays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The project has seen the installation of 48 new displays in 24 state-of-the-art showcases themed around biodiversity, ecosystems,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[59,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-701976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-gb","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}