VIDEO: Hands on nature at the Museum of Oxford

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Museum of the Year list: Oxford University Museum of Natural History

June 24, 2015 Last updated at 16:36 BST clock

The Art Fund Prize 2015 Museum of the Year on 01 July.

The award recognizes the best museums and galleries across the UK.

BBC visited all the museums on the shortlist.

Oxford University Museum of Natural History was founded in 1860 as a center for scientific study at the University of Oxford.

More than 150 years later, now she wants, as we think about the natural world and is home to more than seven million copies challenge.

The museum after restoration of 14 months in 2014 reopened.

Video journalists: James Dowd and Matt Margrett

Ask about other nominated museums and galleries for the Art Fund Prize at the Museum of 2015

The BBC, in conjunction with the Art Fund

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