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Meet contemporary artist Pio Abad in this behind-the-scenes film with curator Lena Fritsch.

Learn the essential techniques needed to create successful watercolour paintings on this six-week course with artist John Somerscales.

Discover the collections and explore the Museum on one of our guided or self-guided tours and trails.

Please donate to this year's appeal and help bring history to life at the Ashmolean.

This jug is an exceptional example of a type of pottery vessel decorated in black and red paint known from ancient Cyprus.

Ashmolean staff are involved in research spanning archaeology, history, classics and art history. The biographies below provide details of staff who conduct,...

In this gallery you can find information about the Bronze Age (3200 to 1100 BC) around the Aegean Sea, especially the early Cyclades, Minoan Crete and...

An Ashmolean Membership is the perfect gift for art and history lovers. Treat your friends and family to a year of exciting discoveries, learning and...

Admission free. Plan your visit and discover half a million years of art and archaeology, from Egyptian mummies to modern art.

To launch her new Ashmolean book on May Morris, Dr Lynn Hulse will give an illustrated talk on the life and work of this pioneering Arts and Crafts designer...

The heads of kings and queens, and the figures of gods and goddesses have graced our coins and currency since coinage was invented, from Ancient Greece and...

Admission free. Discover half a million years of art and archaeology, from Egyptian mummies to modern art, at the University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum.

In this spotlight talk for members, Dr Jeremy Warren explores depictions of love in our Renaissance bronze collection.

The first Olympic Games were documented almost 3,000 years ago in ancient Greece. A visit to the Ashmolean Museum provides a fascinating glimpse into Olympic...

The Ashmolean Museum will be purchasing a treasure hoard dating back to time of King Alfred the Great. The museum, which is located in Oxford, has raised the...

This gallery focuses on the Italian peninsula before its domination by Romans when it was a mixture of cultures, including Latin, Samnite and Etruscan.

This imposing and stoic statue was built by King Taharqa, conqueror of Egypt. The Ram represents the powerful god of sun and air Amun-Re, with Taharqa standing...

An inscription on the front of this coffin tells us her name is Meresamun and her title is Singer in the Interior of the Temple of Amun. She was an elite...

Download the PDF of May Morris embroidery design patterns from Lynn Hulse's recent book.

The relationship between humanity and the animal world has been imagined differently by world cultures, past and present. This day of lectures and tours at the...

Read about current and upcoming exhibitions at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Mar 6, 2019 - Muchas veces se ha hablado de Jeff Koons como el artista vivo más famoso y controvertido que existe. También como uno de los mas caros.

A special weekend for all the family, celebrating the communities and faiths of Oxfordshire through a dazzling array of activities, performances, talks and...

Featured Ashmolean research publications, including forthcoming publications.

These two innovative galleries deal with the historical and contemporary aspects of conservation and are one of the few public spaces devoted to museum...