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The dodo, a flight was unable to run bird, first encountered by Europeans in the late 16Th Century in Mauritius

the dinosaurs and dodos may be extinct a long time ago, but the Oxford University Museum of Natural History is what is left of her, a new life. to change

As part of the plans for The Museum , shows for the First Time in almost 20 years, the samples were temporarily removed, as new conservation cabinets are installed.

The Museum , founded in 1860, attracts More Than 750,000 visitors a Year .

mangers, said the renovation would "safeguard our Heritage ".

The old cabinets are removed to make space for new nature conservation class presents All the specimens were carefully handled and kept safe prior to the new displays

The new display, the representations of the "diversity of life and the importance and fragility of biodiversity and the human impact on The Environment ", to be built this Year .

The Museum said the Cabinet changes were part of the long-term plans to transform the displays in the main Court .

The Oxford Dodo, The Most iconic specimen in the possession of The Museum and is the only surviving dodo soft tissue remains in The World , it is quite Easy: The exhibits will be moved to the new conservation-in closets

Museum Director Professor Paul Smith is a financial said, meant to help you in the location of the cabinets, the "today's conservation and display standards were to buy,".

"these are exciting changes for The Museum , as we look to our large and diverse audience with inspiring, scientifically sound and aesthetically beautiful presentations of the Natural World ," he said.

to protect The new cases are better and preserve the samples on the display, through the creation of better environmental conditions than the current one, The new displays have given staff a chance to clean the tedious to the artifacts

Founded in 1860 as the centre for scientific study at the University of Oxford, The Museum now has the University of the internationally significant collections of entomological, geological and Zoological specimens.

It is located in a pre-Raphaelite example, inspired the neo-Gothic architecture, and made a

But, after the roof was replaced in the Year 2016 the sun started to light, to samples which can lead to "rapid and irreversible damage", which to a reflective film added to the glass Tiles .

The Museum has More Than 8,500 Victorian glass has been closed for 14 months in 2014-Tiles on the roof individually removed and re-The Museum 's main bonded-Court , pictured in 1890, 30 years after it first opened

open The Museum continue to be for visitors than normal during all the changes this Year .

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Source of news: bbc.com