Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, one of the four museums of the University of Oxford and the oldest public museum of art, archaeology, and natural history in Great Britain.
What is the oldest museum in the UK?
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.
What is the oldest museum in the world?
Capitoline Museum The Capitoline
What is special about the Ashmolean museum?
Art and Archaeology
Do you have to book the Ashmolean?
All visitors, including Members, will need to book a ticket in advance. General Admission tickets for the Museum are FREE.
What can you see in the Ashmolean museum?
The museum's 39 galleries show how civilisations developed as part of a connected world culture where visitors can admire breathtaking objects such as Ashmolean Museum's most famous painting, The Hunt in the Forest by Paolo Uccello; the Anglo-Saxon Alfred Jewel, The Piazza del Popolo by Giovanni Paolo Panini; and A