Visitors of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History

The purpose of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History is to assemble, preserve, and exhibit the University’s natural history collections and to promote research, teaching, and public education in the natural sciences based on the museum’s collections.

Membership of the Board of Visitors as at MT23 shall be as follows

 

Name

Office or Appointing Body

Until

[1]

Principal of St Edmund Hall

a chair who shall be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor

HT 2026

[2]

Mr Richard Ovenden, Bodleian Librarian and Professorial Fellow

The Head of Gardens, Libraries and Museums

ex officio

 [3]

tbc

one of the Proctors or the Assessor as may be agreed between them

ex officio

 [4]

Professor William Whyte, St John’s (Humanities)

up to four persons appointed by Council, ensuring a balance of representation from across the four academic divisions

MT 2025

 [5]

Professor EJ Milner-Gulland, Merton (MPLS)

As above

MT 2025

 [6]

Professor Yadvinder Malhi (Social Sciences)

As above

MT 2025

 [7]

Professor Kia Nobre, St Catherine’s (Medical Sciences)

As above

MT 2025

[8]

Professor Laura Van Broekhoven

the Director of the Pitt Rivers Museum

ex officio

[9]

tbc

the Head of the Department of Biology or their nominee

 

[10]

tbc

the Head of the Department of Earth Sciences or their nominee

 

[11]

tbc

a faculty member of Biology, appointed by the Head of the Department of Biology, in consultation with the Chair of the Visitors and the Director of the Museum

 

[12]

tbc

a faculty member of Earth Sciences, appointed by the Head of the Department of Earth Sciences, in consultation with the Chair of the Visitors and the Director of the Museum

 

Co-opted (Ensuring that the number of external Visitors is not greater than the number of internal Visitors, the Visitors may co-opt up to six additional members, who may be internal or external, and who need not be members of Congregation to provide specific skills not covered by existing appointments)

Secretary:  Professor Paul Smith, Director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Regulations


For the regulations of the Visitors of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History please click here:

REGULATIONS

Contact us


Professor Paul Smith

Director of Oxford University Museum of Natural History

paul.smith@oum.ox.ac.uk