Museums in Oxfordshire, England

The oldest museum in Britain, dating back to 1683. Exhibits from Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Asia, focussing on ceramics, paintings, and silver. The prize exhibit, without a doubt, is the magnificent gold-encrusted "Alfred Jewel", a Saxon relic possibly made for Alfred the Great. more...
Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, OX1 2PH

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: Closed until November 2009 for redevelopment.
Website: Ashmolean Museum
Phone: 01865 278000
Fax: 01865 278018
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OS Grid SP512 066
Photo Credit: David Ross and Britain Express
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Tucked away in the basement of the Faculty of Music, this wonderful museum has 300 year old keyboards, harpsichords, woodwinds, brass, and percussion instruments on display.
Oxford University Faculty of Music, St. Aldate's Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, OX1 1DB

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: near the Cathedral on A420
Website: Bate Collection of Musical Instruments
Email: bate.collection@music.ox.ac.uk
Phone: 01865 276139
Fax: 01865 276128
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OS Grid SP515 058
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A museum of local interest, maintained by The Charlbury Society. On display are 19th century farm tools, historic photographs, an Oxfordshire wagon, a pennyfarthing bicycle and other artefacts depicting the heritage of the ancient glove-making market town of Charlbury.
Corner House, Market Street Charlbury, Oxfordshire, England, OX7 3PN

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: On the B4437 5 miles west of Woodstock
Phone: +44 01608 810060
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OS Grid SP357195
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An important collection of Old Master paintings and drawings, originating with the 1765 bequest of General John Guise, and since expanded to its current total of 300 paintings and some 2000 drawings.
Christ Church, St Aldates Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, OX1 1DP

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: within the walls of Christ Church
Website: Christ Church Picture Gallery
Email: picturegallery@chch.ox.ac.uk
Phone: 01865 276172
Fax: 01865 202429
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OS Grid SP5144005960
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A working time capsule of Oxfordshire rural life, Cogges Hall is housed in a Cotswold stone farm buildings surrounding a Victorian manor. Traditional breeds of animals include sheep, cows, chickens, and pigs. Thee are regular demonstrations of farm crafts such as butter-making and milking. Costumed farm workers and Victorian maids in the farmhouse go through their range of daily activities for visitors.
Church Lane, Witney, Oxfordshire, England, OX28 3LA

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: off A40; access by footbridge from centre of Witney
Website: Cogges Manor Farm Museum
Phone: 01993 772 602
Fax: 01993 703 056
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OS Grid SP361 096
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Didcot houses the steam engine collection from the old Great Western Railway in the original engine shed. Check ahead for the dates of their Steamdays, when the old warhorses come out of the shed and take you for a ride.
Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, England, OX11 7NJ

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: off A4310
Website: Didcot Railway Centre
Email: info@didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk
Phone: 01235 817 200
Fax: 01235 510 621
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OS Grid SU526 905
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Museum features temporary exhibits of innovative contemporary art from all over the world.
30 Pembroke Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, OX1 1BP

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: Oxford city centre next to Marks and Spencer's food hall
Website: Museum of Modern Art Oxford
Email: info@modernartoxford.org.uk
Phone: 01865 813 830
Fax: 01865 722 573
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OS Grid SP513 061
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Covers 2000 years of Oxford history, archaeology, and architecture, including extensive exhibits on the University.
St Aldates, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, OX1 1DZ

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: 10 minute walk from the train station
Website: Museum of Oxford
Email: museum@oxford.gov.uk
Phone: 01865 252 761
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OS Grid SP513061
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Scientific instruments and devices through the ages, including clocks, cameras, and medical equipment.
Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, OX1 3AZ

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: in city centre, next to the Sheldonian Theatre and across from Blackwell's
Website: Museum of the History of Science
Phone: 01865 277 280
Fax: 01865 277 288
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OS Grid SP515064
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Next door neighbor to Pitt Rivers, this collection covers natural history, including gemstones, dinosaurs, and other fossils.
Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, OX1 3PW

Attraction Type: Museum
Website: Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Phone: 01865 272 950
Fax: 01865 272 970
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OS Grid SP514069
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