EXHIBITIONS

The Day Dream, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti WA1939.6

COMING SOON

THE PRE-RAPHAELITES

DRAWINGS & WATERCOLOURS

Spring 2021

From sketches on the back of envelopes to grand, elaborate chalk drawings, our upcoming exhibition offers an opportunity to view our internationally-renowned collection of Pre-Raphaelite works on paper. Explore the enormous range of techniques and media used by the artists that made up this movement – as well as the intimate and often complex friendships and love affairs between them.

Opens spring 2021.

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Open until June 2021

A NICE CUP OF TEA?

Gallery 40

Colourful and detailed embroidered cushion cover

Open until 19 Sep 2021

MEDITERRANEAN THREADS: 18TH- AND 19TH- CENTURY GREEK EMBROIDERIES

Gallery 29

A black and white etching of an open glass door onto a balcony

Open until 31 March 2021

VIEW FROM MY WINDOW

Gallery 51

Open until 22 Aug 2021

OWNING THE PAST

Gallery 8

decorative dog breeds design on vase amherst hydria made by Allison Ksiazkiewicz

Open until 31 Oct 2021

CULTURED CANINES

Greek Gallery

king feisal coronation baghdad august 1921

2 Mar

OWNING THE PAST

A talk exploring the complex history binding Iraq and the UK, from the First World War through the mandate and...

A talk exploring the complex history binding Iraq and the UK, from the First World War through the mandate and creation of the Hashemite monarchy

Online

FULLY BOOKED

4 Mar

PRE-RAPHAELITE PORTRAITURE

A workshop exploring the methods behind the delicate and exquisite drawings of Rossetti, with Artist, Kieran S...

A workshop exploring the methods behind the delicate and exquisite drawings of Rossetti, with Artist, Kieran Stiles.

Online

FULLY BOOKED

5 Mar

BABY ASHMOLES ONLINE

Singing and sensory play for babies. For parents/caregivers of babies under 1.

Online

7 Mar

SPRING FUSION

Multi-faith storytelling, performance & craft as part of our One World Festival series. Watch for FREE onl...

Multi-faith storytelling, performance & craft as part of our One World Festival series. Watch for FREE online.

Online

Landscape watercolour of two woman praying with a gold background

8 Mar

WOMEN'S WORK

In this online talk Alice Foster will unveil images of women at work throughout the ages.

Online

Brighton Pierrots (1915) by Walter Sickert at the Ashmolean Museum

11 Mar

20TH CENTURY BRITISH ART

A 3-week course looking at the important changes in British 20th Century Art, with Alice Foster, Art Historian...

A 3-week course looking at the important changes in British 20th Century Art, with Alice Foster, Art Historian.

Online

FULLY BOOKED

12 Mar

BABY ASHMOLES ONLINE

Singing and sensory play for babies. For parents/caregivers of babies under 1.

Online

Landscape painting of a woman lying down next to a red heart by Elvira Bach

MEMBERS ONLY

16 Mar

YOUNG & WILD? NEO-EXPRESSIONIST WORKS ON PAPER

An Exclusive Online Talk for Members of the Ashmolean Museum

Online

FULLY BOOKED

19 Mar

BABY ASHMOLES ONLINE

Singing and sensory play for babies. For parents/caregivers of babies under 1.

Online

An Eastern Muslim (Indian) ship plying the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean, Ms Ar 5847 f.119v, Abu Zayd and Al-Harith sailing from Basra to Oman, miniature from Maqamat of al-Hariri (The Meetings), c.1240 by Yahya ibn Mahmud Al Wasiti, Gouache on Paper

19 Mar

KNOWLEDGE, NETWORKS AND NARRATIVES: THE INTERCONNECTED WORLDS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN

The book, the Archaeology of Knowledge Traditions of the Indian Ocean World historicises the shared heritage of...

The book, the Archaeology of Knowledge Traditions of the Indian Ocean World historicises the shared heritage of the pre-modern Indian Ocean region. A free online book discussion event...

The book, the Archaeology of Knowledge Traditions of the Indian Ocean World historicises the shared heritage of the pre-modern Indian Ocean region. A free online book discussion event with Dr Shailendra Bhandare,...

The book, the Archaeology of Knowledge Traditions of the Indian Ocean World historicises the shared heritage of the pre-modern Indian Ocean region. A free online book discussion event with Dr Shailendra Bhandare, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.

Online

Ancient Greek inscriptions on stone plaque

22 Mar

ANCIENT ATHENIAN INSCRIPTIONS IN THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM

This talk draws on the work of the AIUK project to explore the insights they offer about life and death in ancient...

This talk draws on the work of the AIUK project to explore the insights they offer about life and death in ancient Athens, and about early British engagement with ancient Greek material...

This talk draws on the work of the AIUK project to explore the insights they offer about life and death in ancient Athens, and about early British engagement with ancient Greek material culture in the 17th and 18th...

This talk draws on the work of the AIUK project to explore the insights they offer about life and death in ancient Athens, and about early British engagement with ancient Greek material culture in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Online

24 Mar

INTERPRETING THE ANCIENT ATHENIAN INSCRIPTIONS IN THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM

In this small workshop we examine ancient Athenian texts and iconography, thinking about their ancient readers...

In this small workshop we examine ancient Athenian texts and iconography, thinking about their ancient readers and audiences.

Online

Edward Coley Burne-Jones, The Knight's Farewell

24 Mar

THE QUEST FOR PERFECTION

A talk with Dr Fiona Mann exploring the complexities faced by Burne-Jones in working with traditional material...

A talk with Dr Fiona Mann exploring the complexities faced by Burne-Jones in working with traditional materials.

Online

FULLY BOOKED

26 Mar

BABY ASHMOLES ONLINE

Singing and sensory play for babies. For parents/caregivers of babies under 1.

Online

28 Mar

SPRING CELEBRATIONS

Multi-faith storytelling, performance & craft as part of our One World Festival series. Watch for FREE onl...

Multi-faith storytelling, performance & craft as part of our One World Festival series. Watch for FREE online.

Online

11 Apr

LIGHT AHEAD

Multi-faith storytelling, performance & craft as part of our One World Festival series. Watch for FREE onl...

Multi-faith storytelling, performance & craft as part of our One World Festival series. Watch for FREE online.

Online

A colourful stylised embroidered cockerel

15 Apr

CONNECTING THE COLLECTORS OF GREEK EMBROIDERIES

A talk with Ann French Collections Care Manager and Conservator, Textiles, at the University of Manchester

Online

20 Apr

ELIZABETH SIDDAL AND ENGLISH LITERATURE

A talk with Dr Robert Wilkes, Independent Scholar and former Oxford Brookes Research Affiliate

Online

PRE-RAPHAELITES: DRAWINGS & WATERCOLOURS

A major exhibition offering an opportunity to view our internationally-renowned collection of Pre-Raphaelite works...

A major exhibition offering an opportunity to view our internationally-renowned collection of Pre-Raphaelite works on paper.

Dates to be confirmed

Exhibition Galleries

Detail from Onchi Koshiro – Tokyo Station, Scenes of Last Tokyo, 1945

TOKYO: ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

From Tokyo's beginnings as the headquarters of the Tokugawa shoguns in the early 1600s to the sprawling modern...

From Tokyo's beginnings as the headquarters of the Tokugawa shoguns in the early 1600s to the sprawling modern metropolis and dynamic centre of art, photography and design it is...

From Tokyo's beginnings as the headquarters of the Tokugawa shoguns in the early 1600s to the sprawling modern metropolis and dynamic centre of art, photography and design it is today.

Open later in 2021

Exhibition Galleries