STORIES

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

CELEBRATING SPRING

May is the month for enjoying beautiful blooms and gardens. Join us in sharing the joys of the bountiful spring season through our collections.

semi circular tile showing scene from the quran ashmolean

VIEWING ART MINDFULLY

Take time to relax and reflect on an object or artwork in detail with our series of eight Viewing Art Mindfully videos.

Each video starts with a 9-minute mindfulness exercise from Dr Ruth Collins followed by a curator's talk.

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THINKING WITH THINGS

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

A pair of hands hold an ancient stone Sumerian statue

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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

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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

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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.

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VOICES IN THE GALLERY

Students from Oxford Spires Academy visited the Ashmolean and explored the Ancient Near East Gallery. Listen to...

Students from Oxford Spires Academy visited the Ashmolean and explored the Ancient Near East Gallery. Listen to their interpretations of the objects they chose.

OUT IN OXFORD

Explore LGBTQ+ history with these carefully selected objects in the museum

Ovid, from the Variorum Classics edition, engraved by Robert Cooper

OVID 2000 TRAIL

Explore Ovid's legacy through objects from the Ashmolean's diverse collections

Oxford Crown minted in Oxford during the Civil War, 1644

CIVIL WAR TOUR

Discover the extraordinary role that Oxford played during the early 1640s when it briefly became England’s c...

Discover the extraordinary role that Oxford played during the early 1640s when it briefly became England’s capital.

ASHMOLEAN FROM HOME

Enjoy the Museum and be inspired by our collections, from home. Download colouring pages, try out our online jigsaw puzzles, explore our Treasures, and enjoy stories about the collections.

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