The Oxford University Museum of Natural History is home to the world’s only soft tissue dodo remains. This public event in collaboration between TORCH and the Museum celebrates the life and legacy of the famous creature, as well as providing an opportunity to view the dodo. This event is part of Being Human 2015, the UK’s only national festival of the humanities.

‘The dodo: an icon of extinction, and a powerful symbol of humanity’s impact on the environment. It crosses disciplinary lines, encompassing literature, science, the arts, geography. It haunts our imagination, from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland to David Quammen’s The Song of the Dodo to the Natural History Museum’s very own exhibit on this extraordinary and elusive creative. What did it sound like? How did it really look? Why are we left to reconstruct, from a few bones, this creature that seems so real and touches us so immediately?’ – Kirsten Shepherd-Barr

Free and all welcome, booking is recommended to guarantee a seat, please visit www.torch.ox.ac.uk/dodo for more information.

TORCH will be providing a ‘pop-up creche’ facility for this event at the Oxford University Natural History Museum, in the Education Centre. There is a limited number of spaces available for up to 12 year olds and this is booked on a first come, first served basis. The facility will be managed by an external crèche company who are trained and certified to provide this service.