POETRY IN THE GALLERIES DEC 2024

Drop-in, FREE activity on Saturday afternoon

Galleries 66 and 67, Pre-Raphaelites and 19th-Century Art galleries


With Oxfordshire poets

The Ashmolean welcomes back old friends, and new ones as well to our series of poetry tours..

Poets from Oxford and surrounding areas will explore and celebrate the Museum’s pieces, renowned or recherche, intriguing or glorious and newly-acquired artworks.

This December tour - a Christmas Special -  takes you round two popular galleries on the Ashmolean's third floor, Pre-Raphaelites and 19th-Century Art

Pre-Raphaelites Gallery at the Ashmolean Museum

Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Poems will be recited next to the objects and artworks that inspired the poets. If you want to talk to the poets, most of us are friendly!