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The Ashmolean is the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683. Our world famous collections range from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art, telling human stories across cultures and across time. Admission is free. PLAN YOUR VISIT.
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The Ashmolean is the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683. Our world famous collections range from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art, telling human stories across cultures and across time.
Book your free tickets to visit the Museum, cafe and shop. Booking is recommended to guarantee entry, but walk-up tickets are available at the Museum.
Search more than 300,00 objects from the Ashmolean Museum’s world-famous collection, from Egyptian mummies and classical scupture to Pre-Raphaelite paintings and contemporary art.
Museum admission is free and no booking is required. To guarantee entry at busy times, and to avoid waiting, booking tickets in advance is recommended. Plan our Visit and book tickets
HISTORY OF THE ASHMOLEAN. The Ashmolean came into existence in 1682, when the wealthy antiquary Elias Ashmole gifted his collection to the University. It opened as Britain’s first public museum, and the world’s first university museum, in 1683.
A selection of the Ashmolean Museum's highlight objects, selected by our curators. There are also more than 120,000 object records available to browse in our online collections.
Explore political, social and religious change across time and cultures on this Museum tour of key objects in the collection, available on various dates. At the Museum. FULLY BOOKED. Sun 10 Nov 2024, Sun 26 Jan 2025 & Sun 16 Mar 2025, 10.30am–4pm.
In his Christmas talk, Xa Sturgis, Director of the Ashmolean Museum, will talk about the year ahead and look back on 2024. At the Museum and Online SILK SCREEN PRINTING WORKSHOP
