Ashmolean Museum
Guide
Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeMuseumAllow 1.5–2.5 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
Art and archaeology from across the world on four bright floors: Egyptian mummies, Greek pottery, Anglo-Saxon gold, and paintings by Uccello and Turner, plus a rooftop café.
A brief history
Opened in 1683, it's Britain's oldest public museum, started with the collection Elias Ashmole gave the university.
Tips
- Best time
- A rainy morning
- Cost
- Free; donations welcome
- Allow
- 1.5–2.5 h
- Free days
- Always free
- Hours
- Usually daily 10:00–17:00 (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- The museums and the Parks: North of the centre: the Ashmolean, the natural history and Pitt Rivers museums, and the University Parks.
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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