The Ashmolean is the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683. Our world famous collections range from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art, telling human stories across cultures and across time.
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To mark our Money Talks exhibition, you could win a city break for two in Oxford at the Old Bank Hotel and enjoy dinner at one of The Oxford Collection's restaurants.
Meet the women who've designed money, and subverted and featured it in their artwork, alongside representations of women on coins and currency through history.
The heads of kings and queens and the figures of gods and goddesses have graced our coins and currency since ancient times. Delve into this fascinating aspect of money.
Uncover the invisible fingerprints left behind by makers, looters, archaeologists, soldiers, rulers, curators, and more. These stories of touch also reveal how forces of conflict and colonialism have shaped the Museum.
Our curators have been recording bite-sized tales of the wonderful, and sometimes unexpected, life of a museum. Explore time & asparagus, symbols of hope in challenging times, Ancient Greek manscaping, and more!
From Uccello’s spine-tingling painting The Hunt in the Forest to poems woven into Japanese prints, this short series delves into the poetry and literature hidden in the 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.
