Plan Your Visit

Visitors in the atrium looking down at the galleries from the central walkway

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PLAN YOUR VISIT

MONEY TALKS: ART, SOCIETY & POWER

A major exhibition
9 Aug 2024 – 5 Jan 2025

From Rembrandt to Warhol, explore the place of money in our world through different artistic lenses.

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GROUP VISITS

If you're a tour operator, language school or other commercial group, you can now book your self-guided visit online. In the busy summer holidays, booking is essential.

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ASHMOLEAN ADVENTURE

A fun interactive multimedia guide for families. Play games and quizzes, enjoy sounds and stories, design and draw as you explore the Museum.

MYTHS & REALITY AUDIO TOUR

Download our new Smartify audio tour on your phone to enjoy tales of myths and legends with Dr Janina Ramirez. Suitable for ages 12+. £5

Children looking at a mummy in Egypt galleries

FAMILY TOURS

Join us this spring for FREE volunteer-led family tours around the Egypt and the Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece galleries. Find details at the Welcome Desk.

FAMILY MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS

Find out about our monthly activities for babies and our Toddler Time sessions. There are 3, 6 or 9-month subscriptions families can choose from.

Runners on an attic black-figure amphora from ancient Greece

Runners on an attic black-figure pottery Panathenaic amphora

540–530 BCE. AN1965.117

Plaster cast of a sculpture of a discus thrower from ancient Greece

Plaster cast of a discus thrower (the Discobolos of Myron)

1871–1930 (2nd century AD Roman copy of lost Greek original of 460–450 BCE). CG.C.25

Plaster cast of a victory stele, from Sounion, Greece

1901–1930 (original statue c. 470 BCE). CG.D.41

Attic black-figure pottery from ancient Greece depicting two wrestlers

Attic black-figure pottery depicting wrestlers and their trainer

510–500 BCE. AN1965.97

Ancient Greek silver coin with a discus thrower

Ancient Greek silver coin with a Discobolos (discus thrower)

c. 450 BCE. HCR6773

Plaster cast of an ancient Greek relief showing two men wresling

Plaster cast of relief showing two naked wrestlers

From the front side of the 'ball-player base' from Athens, c. 510 BCE. CG.D.7.b

Ancient Greek attic red-figure amphora depicting a discus thrower

Attic red-figure pottery krater depicting a discus thrower

c. 500 BCE. AN1896–1908.G.297

Bronze strigil, used by ancient Greek athletes to used to scrape the skin clean

Bronze strigil, used by athletes to scrape the skin clean

500–400 BCE, Greece. AN1948.75

Painted plaster cast of an ancient Greek sculpture of a robed charioteer

Plaster cast of the Delphi Charioteer

1851–1900 (original statue 478–470 BCE). CG.B.70

Ancient Greek attic red-figure cup depicting wrestlers

Attic red-figure pottery cup depicting wrestlers

440–430 BCE. AN1890.35.a

Plaster cast of an ancient Greek sculpture of an athlete

Plaster cast of an athlete (the Diadoumenos of Polykleitos)

1851–1900 (original statue 100 BCE). CG.C.36

Three athletes on an ancient Greek attic black-figure pottery amphora

Three athletes on an attic black-figure pottery amphora

500–490 BCE, Greece. AN1884.708

Ancient Greek silver coin depicting two wrestlers

430–350 BCE. HCR6778

MUSEUM SHOP

The Museum shop is open from 10am to 5pm daily. There's something for everyone, from cards and jewellery to exhibition catalogues.

Every purchase supports the Ashmolean.

BROWSE GIFTS ONLINE

Sitting in the Rooftop Restaurant in the summer

EATING & DRINKING

Enjoy the Rooftop Restaurant for coffee & snacks, lunch or afternoon tea, open daily until 5pm. Note, the downstairs café is closed for refurbishment currently until Sun 7 Jul.

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