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Sunlight damages artefacts at Oxford's Natural History Museum
Restored glass roof causes “irreversible” damage to museum specimens.
Authorities at Oxford University's Natural History Museum have admitted that a recent £2-million project to restore the Victori...
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Oxford Open Doors weekend, organised by the Oxford Preservation Trust takes place on the weekend 14-15 September. The public will be able to visit locations that are not usually open to visitors such...
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Pitt Rivers Museum gets lottery grant
The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford has won a £1.05 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to continue its £1.6 million VERVE (Visitors, Engagement, Renewal, Visibility and Enrichment)...
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Oxford bids for Unesco World Book Capital
Oxford has launched its bid to become the Unesco World Book capital for 2014. The incumbent city is Yerevan in Armenia and Bangkok will be the capital in 2013.
The World Book Capital concept was fi...
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Oxford bids for Unesco World Book Capital
Oxford has launched its bid to become the Unesco World Book capital for 2014. The incumbent city is Yerevan in Armenia and Bangkok will be the capital in 2013.
The World Book Capital concept was fi...
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The Ashmolean Museum has received a large grant from the Leon Levy Foundation for its Restoring the Past Gallery, now to be named after its benefactor.
The Leon Levy Gallery is one of two at the m...
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The Bodleian completes book relocation
The Bodleian Library has now completed the transfer of the majority of its books to its new storage facility in Swindon. Seven million books have been transferred from a number of storage areas to the...
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Oxford Brookes University is hosting the annual PBFA Oxford Book Fair on 24 and 25 January, with over 75 booksellers offering more than 50,000 antiquarian and second-hand books, antique prints, maps a...
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New talent sought for Oxford gallery.
A newly inaugurated art gallery in Iffley Road is appealing for up-and-coming local talent to take part in future exhibitions. East Oxford artist James Pudey and designer Ann Kathrin Zieger from Berli...
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The Oxford city council's strategic development control committee has approved the construction of a
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Documentary film festival in Oxford.
One hundred top international documentaries plus a simultaneous screening event involving 1,000 cinemas in major cities around the world are on offer as part of the fourth edition of Oxford
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Graffiti arts project in Oxford.
Heritage Lottery Funds are to be used to finance a three-month project for budding young graffiti artists at the Courtyard Youth Arts Centre in Bicester. Offering workshops and events as well as an i...
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Oxford Universitys black heritage.
A programme of walking tours of Oxford university celebrating its famous African and Afro-Caribbean ex-alumni has been set up using a 45,900 Lottery grant. The black heritage tours are the brainchild...
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Oxford Naturist Club is booming.
The Oxford Naturist Club (Oxnat), located just outside the city centre, is thriving, with an increase in activities and in the association itself. There are now a total of 200 members. According to Br...
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Muslims in Oxford are planning to open the doors of local mosques to the public. A group of Muslim men who recently set up an Islamic educational stand in Oxford city centre are planning a series of o...
