ASHMOLEAN FROM HOME

ASHMOLEAN FROM HOME

Enjoy and be inspired by the Museum's collections from home.

Find jigsaws, colouring pages, stories, videos, and more, below.

ONLINE COLLECTIONS

Discover thousands of objects and artworks Take a journey through thousands of years of art and history with our online collection. There are currently more than 200,000 objects available to search and browse online.

Netsuke in the form of a rat, Kano Tomokazu, 1800-40

TREASURES

Take a look at a selection of the Ashmolean's most treasured objects, chosen by our curators.

DRAWING ACTIVITIES

Create a textured portrait, or try to keep pen to paper to create a colourful drawing

JIGSAW PUZZLES

We've turned some of our treasures into online jigsaw puzzles. How quickly can you solve them?

COLOURING SHEETS

Download printable colouring sheets from the Oxford Doodle Club, inspired by the collections at the Oxford University Museums

ANIMAL CROSSING PATTERNS

We've turned some of the Ashmolean's treasures into miniature artworks you can import into Animal Crossing.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Find sketchbook ideas, short films, downloadable PDFs, and more.

HOME LEARNING

Find ways to play and learn from home, with our new videos, quizzes, activities and games

A pair of hands hold an ancient stone Sumerian statue

A NEW ASHMOLEAN PODCAST

FINGERPRINTS

Stories of touch revealing the ways in which the forces of conflict and colonialism have shaped Britain's oldest Museum.

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THINKING WITH THINGS

A video series taking a closer look at the Ashmolean's hidden treasures from new viewpoints.

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FINGERPRINTS

A new podcast launched on 21 January 2022.

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STORIES

Enjoy our collection of videos and articles and discover more about our recent exhibitions and some hidden stories in the collections.

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MUSEUM SECRETS

Bite-sized tales of the wonderful, and sometimes unexpected, life of a museum.

Landscape painting of a woman lying down next to a red heart by Elvira Bach

DISCOVER

SHOUT OUT FOR WOMEN

Celebrating women in art and in the Ashmolean's collection and telling their stories.

No Offence Exhibition – Fragment of a tomb painting, Etruscan, about 490 BC

DISCOVER

LGBTQ+ STORIES

LGBTQ+ connections and Pride stories in our collections.

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1-MINUTE VIDEOS

Learn about the Ashmolean collections in under 1 minute! From Ganesha and cuneiform, to Samurai warriors and Pre-Raphaelite art.

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OBJECTS OUT LOUD

Join us each Friday from 5 February to learn about a piece of writing inspired by objects in our collections.

ONLINE SHOP

Explore our winter and spring ranges, books, boredom busters for kids, and new stationery.

Every purchase supports the Ashmolean.

SHOP ONLINE

Gustave Courbet 'Le bord de mer a Palavas', By The Seaside, 1853

TALK

31 Aug

THE SEA, THE SEASIDE!

Join art historian Juliet Heslewood to explore the different way artists have interpreted the sea and seaside through...

Join art historian Juliet Heslewood to explore the different way artists have interpreted the sea and seaside through the ages.

Online and at the Museum

MEMBERS ONLY TALK

15 Sep

THE ART OF MUMMIFICATION

This event, will take place both on Zoom and in the Headley Lecture Theatre at the Ashmolean Museum. Dr Bob Loynes...

This event, will take place both on Zoom and in the Headley Lecture Theatre at the Ashmolean Museum. Dr Bob Loynes describes the motivation for and the methods used for mummification,...

This event, will take place both on Zoom and in the Headley Lecture Theatre at the Ashmolean Museum. Dr Bob Loynes describes the motivation for and the methods used for mummification, throughout the long history...

This event, will take place both on Zoom and in the Headley Lecture Theatre at the Ashmolean Museum. Dr Bob Loynes describes the motivation for and the methods used for mummification, throughout the long history of ancient Egypt.

Online and at the Museum

TALK

16 Sep

THE PRE-RAPHAELITES

Delve deeper into the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood with art historian, Alice Foster, and uncover how they were pioneers...

Delve deeper into the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood with art historian, Alice Foster, and uncover how they were pioneers of new painting techniques.

Online and at the Museum

Friendship picture of the Romantic era by Phillipp Otto Runge, We Three, 1804-5, depicting the artist, his wife and brother

TALK

21 Sep

THE ART OF FRIENDSHIP

In this talk, author and art historian Juliet Heslewood discusses portraits by artists of their close friends and...

In this talk, author and art historian Juliet Heslewood discusses portraits by artists of their close friends and includes anecdotes about their friendships.

Online and at the Museum

Christopher Nevinson's atmospheric painting of The Towpath, 1912, showing Camden's Regent Canal - painted with broken brushwork in a fluent, Impressionist style.

MEMBERS ONLY TALK

4 Oct

WAR IN ART AND LITERATURE

Alice Foster discusses a selection of major First World War artists and their work, including the brothers Paul...

Alice Foster discusses a selection of major First World War artists and their work, including the brothers Paul and John Nash and Sir Stanley Spencer, with readings.

Online & at the Museum

Three different pastel cloud artworks - blue skies, golden skies, dusky skies

WORKSHOP

7 Oct

JOHN RUSKIN'S SKIES WORKSHOP

Join Sandra Orme, award-winning pastel artist, in this workshop and explore using pastels to create evocative paintings...

Join Sandra Orme, award-winning pastel artist, in this workshop and explore using pastels to create evocative paintings of skies, inspired by the techniques of John Ruskin and othe...

Join Sandra Orme, award-winning pastel artist, in this workshop and explore using pastels to create evocative paintings of skies, inspired by the techniques of John Ruskin and others.

At the Museum

A square stone plaque with an Indus Valley inscription and an engraving of a figure of a horse beneath

TALK

7 Oct

CRACKING ANCIENT CODES

An in-person and online talk with Andrew Robinson, exploring how scholars have tackled deciphering ancient scripts...

An in-person and online talk with Andrew Robinson, exploring how scholars have tackled deciphering ancient scripts like the Etruscan alphabet and early writing systems. Third in our...

An in-person and online talk with Andrew Robinson, exploring how scholars have tackled deciphering ancient scripts like the Etruscan alphabet and early writing systems. Third in our series on decipherment.

Ashmolean Museum and Online

Renaissance drawing of an apprentice at work

WORKSHOP

9 Oct

THE RENAISSANCE APPRENTICE WORKSHOP

Explore Renaissance Art Training with artist and art historian Alan Pascuzzi in this practical workshop and use...

Explore Renaissance Art Training with artist and art historian Alan Pascuzzi in this practical workshop and use the same drawing materials and make your own studies like ‘novice’...

Explore Renaissance Art Training with artist and art historian Alan Pascuzzi in this practical workshop and use the same drawing materials and make your own studies like ‘novice’ apprentices in the 1400s.

At the Museum

Henry Stacy Marks's colourful 'Studies of a white-crested laughing thrush, a cock of the rock and a yellow macaw' watercolour over graphite on paper

TALK

19 Oct

BIRDS AND THE BEES: COLOUR IN VICTORIAN NATURE

Join us in the Print Room for this online talk with Madeline Hewitson to explore the use of colour in the Victorian...

Join us in the Print Room for this online talk with Madeline Hewitson to explore the use of colour in the Victorian natural world.

Online

MEMBERS ONLY CONCERT

20 Oct

RODE 300 BIRTHDAY CONCERT

Celebrate the 300th birthday of the Rode Stradivarius violin with us, in this special Members-only concert, featuring...

Celebrate the 300th birthday of the Rode Stradivarius violin with us, in this special Members-only concert, featuring violinist Michael Foyle and pianist Martin Cousin.

At the Museum

SHOW

28 Oct

'TUTANKHAMUN'S SHOES' OPERA FOR FAMILIES

Join us for a unique evening of interactive opera and Ancient Egypt inspired activities for families marking the...

Join us for a unique evening of interactive opera and Ancient Egypt inspired activities for families marking the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 19...

Join us for a unique evening of interactive opera and Ancient Egypt inspired activities for families marking the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.

At the Museum

British painter Laura Knight at work, in a black & white newspaper clipping

COURSE

31 Oct

LAURA KNIGHT: WOMAN AND ARTIST

Join art historian Tim Wilcox in three talks uncovering the struggles and achievements of the successful British...

Join art historian Tim Wilcox in three talks uncovering the struggles and achievements of the successful British artist, Dame Laura Knight.

Online and at the Museum

Sparrow on an akebi plant, by Kunii Obun

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ONLINE EXHIBITION

YOUNG REMBRANDT

Watch a curator's introduction and explore our now-closed Young Rembrandt exhibition virtually.

Woodcut print depicting a man laying on a bed looking at a laptop

2020 ART COMPETITION

WINNING ENTRIES

View the winning and runner-up entries for each category in our 2020 Artists in Residence competition.

Colourful and detailed embroidered cushion cover

ONLINE EXHIBITION

MEDITERRANEAN THREADS

Explore our Mediterranean Threads exhibition of Greek embroideries online.

Edwina Ellis, Waterloo, wood engraving, 1996 © Tfl, detail of a poster from the collection of London Transport Museum

CURATOR TOUR

SCENE THROUGH WOOD

Enjoy a guided tour of our now-closed Scene Through Wood exhibition with curator, Anne Desmet RA.

landscape detail st jerome reading in a landscape by giovanni bellini with a tablet ashmolean museum wa1899 cdef p1

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