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If you're a history buff, art aficionado, archaeology fiend, or dabbler in the sciences, our museum picks are perfect for a rainy day or afternoon excursion! Our selections center around notable collections of historical and cultural items. Many have excellent rotating displays in addition to exceptional permanent collections.
Category: Museums - Oxford Attractions & Activities
Address: Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2PH
No visit to Oxford is complete without a trip to its famous Ashmolean Museum, which first opened its doors in the 17th century. Its collection of European art, pottery, relics of silver and bronze, ceramics, and sculpture is awe-inspiring. Elias Ashmole's gift, the Tradescant Collection, is on display in the Founder's Room, and the university's...
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments
Category: Museums - Oxford Attractions & Activities
Address: Oxford University Faculty of Music, St. Aldates, Oxford OX1 1DB
Located on the beautiful grounds of the Faculty of Music is the awesome Bate Collection, which includes one of the most comprehensive collections of European musical instruments in the world. Antique woodwinds, brass, percussion, and keyboard instruments are all on display in this complex, which was established from a donation by Philip Bate in...
Category: Museums - Oxford Attractions & Activities
Address: Christ Church, Oxford OX1 1DP
The Christ Church Picture Gallery is home to some of the most important Old Master artwork in the United Kingdom, perhaps even the world. Among the 300 drawings and 2,000 paintings on permanent display here is an irreplaceable collection of artwork from 14th through 18th century Italy, including pieces by Tintoretto, Leonardo da Vinci, and...
Category: Museums - Oxford Attractions & Activities
Address: 30 Pembroke St, Oxford OX1 1BP
Without question, one of England's best venues for viewing contemporary art is Oxford's Museum of Modern Art. The museum receives international respect for its eclectic collection of 20th century "visual culture," which includes paintings, drawings, and sculptures. The museum also receives a fair amount of acclaim for the international scope of...
Category: Museums - Oxford Attractions & Activities
Address: St. Aldates, Oxford OX1 1DZ
If you're interested in finding out about the history of Oxford (both town and gown), then the Museum of Oxford is the place to start. The museum chronicles everything Oxford-wise from the Ice Age through the Roman occupation to the present day. Exhibits include Roman and medieval artifacts and well-done reconstructions of scenes representing...
Museum of the History of Science
Category: Museums - Oxford Attractions & Activities
Address: Broad St, Oxford OX1 3AZ
This museum, which is in the original Ashmolean building built between 1678 and 1683, houses a unique collection of optical, mathematic, and scientific equipment spanning from the medieval times to the present. Some of its prizes include John Ruskin's photographs of Venice, Einstein's Oxford blackboard, an exhibit on European and Islamic...
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Category: Museums - Oxford Attractions & Activities
Address: Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PW
The brainchild of Sir Henry Calando, the Oxford University Museum of Natural History was built in the mid-19th century to showcase the university's vast aggregation of anthropological and architectural treasures. The result was a beautiful Victorian building that stands as a testament to the university's resolve to share its resources with the...
Category: Museums - Oxford Attractions & Activities
Address: South Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PP
An extension of the University Museum, the Pitt Rivers Museum was built in 1885 to accommodate the vast collection of Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, a lieutenant general who collected these artifacts while with the Grenadier Guards. Today, the museum focuses on anthropological objects, some of which were collected by Captain Cook. The museum...
