New LED lamps have been installed to illuminate rare collections at Oxford University's Pitt Rivers Museum.

The museum chose Soraa’s LED lamps to save energy and focus on its rare collections of anthropology and archaeology artifacts.

Oxford University's electrical team selected the Pitt Rivers Museum as a key space for an energy-efficient lighting upgrade.

The university installed 500 Soraa VIVID MR16 LED lamps that are estimated to save the museum £45,000 over the next five years and will reduce its carbon emissions by 44 tonnes each year.

More than 400,000 people who visit the museum every year will now get a clearer look at the exhibits, including the museum's collection of shrunken heads.

The new LED lighting also makes the museum more energy efficient and the displays easier to see, they also emit no harmful ultra-violet light, protecting the artifacts from UV light damage.

Robert Gregg, of Oxford University, said: "The Soraa LED lamp produces colour rendition that is comparable to a halogen light source.

“Utilising the Soraa SNAP system, we now have the flexibility to adjust the beam angles for our many displays.”

Founded in 2008, Soraa is located in Fremont California.