Looking for the best museums in Oxford? These are the best ones:
Ashmolean Museum
OxfordThe Ashmolean is the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683. Our world famous collections are extraordinarily diverse, representing most of the world’s great civilisations, with objects dating from 8000 BC to the present day. Among many riches we have the world’s gr
Pitt Rivers Museum
OxfordPitt Rivers Museum is a museum in Oxford. The museum features exhibits related to: photography, world cultures, costume and textiles, music, religion, toys and hobbies, agriculture, weapons and war and archaeology. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: the museum's displays contain
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
OxfordOxford University Museum of Natural History is a museum in Oxford. The museum features exhibits related to Natural Sciences and Archaeology. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include Zoological, entomological, palaeontological, petrological and mineral specimens, Designated Collection, D
Oxford Castle Unlocked
OxfordOxford Castle Unlocked is a museum in Oxford. The museum features exhibits related to: law and order, personalities, social history, religion and architecture. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: marshall william smith, geoffrey of monmouth, crime and punishment, victorian prison,
University of Oxford Botanic Garden
OxfordUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden is a museum in Oxford. The museum features exhibits related to Natural Sciences.
Museum of the History of Science
OxfordMuseum of the History of Science is a museum in Oxford. The museum features exhibits related to: medicine, archives, maritime, world cultures, decorative and applied art, science and technology and natural sciences. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: royal microscopical society,
The Story Museum
OxfordThere are two exhibitions at The Story Museum. Tea with Alice: Contemporary illustrators reveal the new golden age of Alice illustration and how Carroll's famous stories have inspired images across the world. Rochester’s Extraordinary Story Loom: The story of Barnabas Rochester’s only surviving stor
Harcourt Arboretum
OxfordLocated just 6 miles south of Oxford in the village of Nuneham Courtenay, the Harcourt Arboretum is an integral part of the plant collection of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. With 130 acres of ornamental trees, woods and wildflower meadow, there is plenty of space to explore and a wide var
Christ Church Picture Gallery
OxfordChrist Church is unique among Oxford and Cambridge colleges in possessing an important collection of Old Master paintings and drawings, housed in a purpose-built gallery designed by architects Powell and Moya. The collection is strongest in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, including paintings by
Museum of Oxford
OxfordMuseum of Oxford is a museum in Oxford. The museum features exhibits related to: natural sciences, weapons and war, literature, personalities, archives, social history, archaeology, industry, toys and hobbies, costume and textiles, coins and medals and decorative and applied art. Key themes, people
