Visitors of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History

The Visitors of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History is a board of Gardens, Libraries and Museums.

Description

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

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

Name	Office or Appointing Body	Until
Principal of St Edmund Hall	a chair who shall be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor	HT 2026
Mr Richard Ovenden, Bodleian Librarian and Professorial Fellow	The Head of Gardens, Libraries and Museums	ex officio
tbc	one of the Proctors or the Assessor as may be agreed between them	ex officio
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
Professor EJ Milner-Gulland, Merton (MPLS)	As above	MT 2025
Professor Yadvinder Malhi (Social Sciences)	As above	MT 2025
Professor Kia Nobre, St Catherine’s (Medical Sciences)	As above	MT 2025
Professor Laura Van Broekhoven	the Director of the Pitt Rivers Museum	ex officio
tbc	the Head of the Department of Biology or their nominee
tbc	the Head of the Department of Earth Sciences or their nominee
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
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

Regulations for the Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Contact

Professor Paul Smith
Director of Oxford University Museum of Natural History
[email protected]

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Visitors of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Description

Membership

Membership

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

Regulations

Regulations for the Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Contact

More information

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