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Museum · Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Ashmolean Museum

The Ashmolean Museum is the University of Oxford's museum of art and archaeology, on Beaumont Street, Oxford.

Why go

The Ashmolean is the University of Oxford's museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683 according to its own About page, and one of the four University museums in the University's Gardens, Libraries and Museums group. Its departments include Antiquities, Eastern Art, Western Art, Coins and the Cast Gallery. The museum's Plan Your Visit page says no booking is required for general admission, that booking a general admission ticket is recommended to guarantee entry and walk-up tickets are available, and that booking is essential for all groups; pre-booking is also required for its ticketed exhibitions. The same page lists gallery, lift and café closures, so check it before going.