EVENTS

The Ashmolean Museum offers a wide range of events: from daily talks and tours to special workshops, late gallery openings and music as well as family fun and hands-on gallery activities.

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Talks and tours at the Ashmolean Museum – Egypt Galleries
Fri 15 Mar, 10.30am–12pm

INTERPRETED TOUR: BSL

A themed tour with a BSL Interpreter.
Meet in Gallery 21
surinomo free display
Fri 15 Mar, 11am–12pm

PLUM BLOSSOM AND GREEN WILLOW: CURATOR'S TOUR

Join curators Dr Clare Pollard and Kiyoko Hanaoka for a tour of the Plum Blossom and Green Willow: Surimono Poetry Prints display and a behind-the-scenes viewing of Japanese surimono prints.
Gallery 29
Christopher Nevinson, Acetylene Welders, 1917 © Ashmolean Museum, Presented by the Ministry of Information, WA1919.31.39
Fri 15 Mar, 1–2pm

FROM MARYLEBONE TOW PATH TO JAZZ AGE NEW YORK: THE ODYSSEY OF A WAR ARTIST, C.R.W. NEVINSON

Learn about Nevinson’s adventures from 1912 when he left the Slade School of Art and painted ‘On The Tow Path’, through being an ambulance driver, medical orderly and official war artist in WWI.
Lecture Theatre
Lunchtime Tours at the Ashmolean Museum
Fri 15 Mar, 1.15–2pm

LUNCHTIME TOUR

A different themed tour each lunchtime
Meet in Gallery 21
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16 March – 9 June 2019

DIMENSIONS: THE MATHEMATICS OF SYMMETRY AND SPACE

Developed in collaboration with Oxford’s world-renowned Mathematical Institute, this exhibition invites visitors to explore what it means to move in one, two, three and more dimensions.
Gallery 8
hands-on coins ashmolean anglo-saxon andvikings big weekend by ian wallman
Sat 16 Mar, 11.30am–3.30pm

HANDS-ON COINS

Handle historical coins from different times and places, with the help of our volunteer team. Everyone is welcome, but more suitable for ages 7+. Free, no booking required.
Gallery 7
Lunchtime Tours at the Ashmolean Museum
Sat 16 Mar, 1.15–2pm

LUNCHTIME TOUR

A different themed tour each lunchtime
Meet in Gallery 21
The Cast Gallery at the Ashmolean Museum
Sat 16 Mar, 2–2.45pm

DOWNSTAIRS IN THE CAST GALLERY TOUR

Explore our study collection of Ancient Greek and Roman casts.
Meet in Gallery 21
The Greek and Roman Sculpture Gallery at the Ashmolean Museum
Sat 16 Mar, 2–3pm

POETRY IN THE GALLERIES

Oxfordshire poets share new work written in response to the Ashmolean’s collections.
Meet in Gallery 21
The Alfred Jewel
Tue 19 Mar, 11am–12pm

HIGHLIGHTS TOUR

Discover the treasures of the Ashmolean with this great introduction to the Museum
Meet in Gallery 21
Lunchtime Tours at the Ashmolean Museum
Tue 19 Mar, 1.15–2pm

LUNCHTIME TOUR

A different themed tour each lunchtime
Meet in Gallery 21
ashmolean taught sessions
Wed 20 March, 10.30am–3.30pm

CHAUCER'S WORLD

A-Level Study Day. An opportunity to experience Oxford University's teaching and explore Chaucer and his world across two Oxford University venues: the Ashmolean Museum and the Bodleian Library.
Ashmolean Museum and Bodleian Library
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