| Of parasites, dinosaurs, and other model animals |
Elaine Charwat has been on a journey into the attic storerooms behind the scenes of the Museum to discover 19th-century wax models of parasites. |
Elaine Charwat, Mark Carnall, Péter Molnár |
11 November, 2020 |
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| Episode 5 – Babylon: Natural Theology versus Scientific Naturalism |
When Museum opened in 1860, a new secular approach to science was on the rise. In the final episode of Temple of Science we see how ‘natural theology’ responded to the challenges of Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection. |
John Holmes |
1 October, 2020 |
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| Episode 4 – Chambers of the Ministering Priests: Building Scientific Disciplines |
The Museum was founded on the principle that art should be used to teach science and to inspire generations of scientists. In episode 4 of Temple of Science we see how this was put into practice in some of the building’s less familiar spaces. |
John Holmes |
1 October, 2020 |
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| Episode 3 – The Sanctuary of the Temple of Science: The Central Court |
The central court of the Museum was described by one founder as ‘the sanctuary of the Temple of Science’. In this episode we see how every detail of this unique space was carefully planned and crafted to form a comprehensive model of natural science. |
John Holmes |
1 October, 2020 |
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| Episode 2 – 'God’s Own Museum': The Façade |
In episode 2 of Temple of Science, we take a closer look at the decoration on the outside of the Museum building, which captures the vitality of nature, presented in Victorian Oxford as the study of God’s creation. |
John Holmes |
1 October, 2020 |
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| Episode 1 – Oxford's Pre-Raphaelite Natural History Museum |
In the first episode of Temple of Science we find out how the Museum came to be, involving not only scientists but artists, architects and designers in one of the most original creative collaborations of the Victorian age. |
John Holmes |
29 September, 2020 |
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| When Life Got Hard |
In this podcast episode Museum research fellow Dr Duncan Murdock talks about the first animals to build skeletons, and what they did with them. |
Duncan Murdock |
13 September, 2019 |
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| The Great Debate; Should We Engineer Our Way Out of Climate Change? |
We must reduce emissions of carbon dioxide to avoid dangerous climate change, right? But can we? Is it too late? Should we focus our efforts on adapting to the coming change instead? Or should we engineer the earth system to avoid climate change? |
Gideon Henderson, Nick Eyre, Felix Heilmann, Friederike Otto, Clare Shakya |
4 July, 2019 |
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| The Gut-Brain Axis and How What We Eat Affects How We Feel |
For Brain Awareness Week, Dr Phil Burnet (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford) speaks about how the gut microbiome can affect mood and mental health. |
Phil Burnet |
19 March, 2019 |
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| Mobile in Museums |
Theodore Koterwas, Mobile Development Team Lead, IT Services, gives a short talk for Oxford University Museums Staff Conference |
Theodore Koterwas |
31 October, 2016 |
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| Celebrating Diversity: An LGBTQ+ Tour of Oxford University’s Museums and Collections |
Beth Asbury, Assistant to the Director and Administration Team, Pitt Rivers Museum, gives a short talk for Oxford University Museums Staff Conference. |
Beth Asbury |
31 October, 2016 |
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| Quantifying and Mitigating Human Generated Vibration in Museum Exhibits |
Daniel Bone, Deputy Head of Conservation, Ashmolean Museum, gives a short talk for Oxford University Museums Staff Conference. |
Daniel Bone |
31 October, 2016 |
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