Welcome to the official OOKL page for Oxford's ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM. The transformed Ashmolean reopened on 7 November 2009.

The Pitt Rivers Museum (Anthropology and World Archaeology) cares for one of the world's great collections. It is equally famous for its celebrated displays and its leading role in contemporary research and museum curatorship.

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History houses the University's scientific collections of zoological, entomological and geological specimens. The Museum itself is a Grade 1 listed building, renowned for its spectacular neo-Gothic architecture. Among its most...

The Museum of the History of Science houses an unrivalled collection of historic scientific instruments in the world’s oldest surviving purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford. By virtue of the collection and the building, the...

Founded in 1965, Modern Art Oxford is a visual art gallery devoted to presenting exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. We have a national and international reputation for the quality of our exhibitions and accompanying community and education programme.

Oxford Castle – Unlocked reveals Oxford’s less well known history, one that’s rich with tales of great escapes, betrayal and even romance – all within the walls of this ancient castle and prison.The site has been used as a place of incarceration since 1071,...

An extensive and systematic collection of European orchestral woodwind instruments donated to the University of Oxford by Philip Bate.

Explore the wonders of Oxford’s long history at the Museum of Oxford. Before the first student took his first lesson at the University, saints walked here, kings were crowned here and parliaments debated here. Discover the city’s earliest residents, medieval...

This museum covers the history of the Boy Scout movement in Oxfordshire. The movement has a long and illustrious story to be told across the nation, and was led with particular vigour by locally-based man Len Launchbury. There are a great many fine artefacts and...

One of Abingdon’s oldest and most beautiful buildings, the County Hall was built between 1678 and 1684 by Christopher Kempster, a protege of Sir Christopher Wren. In 1919, on 17th February, three local men offered their collections of local objects on loan to...