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.
We are open every day, 10am–5pm. Admission is free.
Membership gives you unlimited access to exhibitions, members-only previews and curator-led talks and tours, a members’ magazine and events handbook sent to your door, as well as discounts across our shop, restaurant and café.
Join us today – your support helps keep our permanent collections free.
We still do not know why these stone balls were created. They date to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, between 3200 and 1500 BC. They are made of various types of rock, such as sandstone or granite. Could they have been made by ancient mathematicians? Featured in our new FREE exhibition Dimensions: The Mathematics of Symmetry and Space, now open until 9 June.
Watch our Thinking with Things podcast with Professor Marcus Du Sautoy to learn more about these intriguing objects.
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Jeff Koons Catalogue
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Alfred Jewel Brooch
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William Blake Apprentice & Master
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Tree of Life Scarf
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Peacock Journal
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Use our interactive floor guide to browse the galleries of the Ashmolean floor by floor and images of the objects they contain
