Row erupts over Plans to replace wooden display units Oxford Museum

Row erupts over Plans to replace wooden display units Oxford Museum

Historians have condemned “utterly absurd” plans to replace ornate wooden display cases at a museum which houses the most complete remains of a Dodo in the world. The 19th century Oxford University Museum of Natural History is a Grade I listed building visited by more than 750,000 per year. Plans have been submitted to replace 24 wooden display cases with modern glass cabinets - angering architects, historians and heritage campaigners. The cases house a large proportion of the museum's millions of specimens, valued at around £7 million, and includes dinosaur vertebrates, fossils, and the most complete remains of a dodo in the world.


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