ASHMOLEAN FROM HOME

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ASHMOLEAN FROM HOME

Enjoy and be inspired by the Museum's collections from home.

Find jigsaws, colouring pages, stories, videos, and more, below.

ONLINE 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.

Netsuke in the form of a rat, Kano Tomokazu, 1800-40

COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS

Take a look at a selection of highlights from the Ashmolean's collection, chosen by our curators.

EXHIBITION FILM

ASHMOLEAN NOW

Meet Ashmolean NOW artist Pio Abad in this behind-the-scenes film.

ONLINE EXHIBITION

YOUNG REMBRANDT

Watch a curator's introduction and explore our now-closed Young Rembrandt exhibition virtually.

EXHIBITION FILM

TOKYO

Enjoy a virtual behind-the-scenes tour of our Tokyo: Art & Photography exhibition.

EXHIBITION FILMS

ASHMOLEAN NOW

Meet two Ashmolean NOW artists, Flora Yukhnovich and Daniel Crews-Chubb, in these behind-the-scenes films.

ONLINE EXHIBITION

ARTISTS UNDER FIRE

An online exhibition created to mark Remembrance Day 2014 and the centenary of the First World War.

Colourful and detailed embroidered cushion cover

ONLINE EXHIBITION

MEDITERRANEAN THREADS

Explore our Mediterranean Threads exhibition of Greek embroideries online.

Woodcut print depicting a man laying on a bed looking at a laptop

2020 ART COMPETITION

WINNING ENTRIES

View the winning and runner-up entries for each category in our 2020 Artists in Residence competition.

Edwina Ellis, Waterloo, wood engraving, 1996 © Tfl, detail of a poster from the collection of London Transport Museum

CURATOR TOUR

SCENE THROUGH WOOD

Enjoy a guided tour of our now-closed Scene Through Wood exhibition with curator, Anne Desmet RA.

DRAWING ACTIVITIES

Create a textured portrait, or try to keep pen to paper to create a colourful drawing

JIGSAW PUZZLES

We've turned some of our treasures into online jigsaw puzzles. How quickly can you solve them?

COLOURING SHEETS

Download printable colouring sheets from the Oxford Doodle Club, inspired by the collections at the Oxford University museums

ANIMAL CROSSING PATTERNS

We've turned some of the Ashmolean's treasures into miniature artworks you can import into Animal Crossing.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Find sketchbook ideas, short films, downloadable PDFs, and more.

HOME LEARNING

Find ways to play and learn from home, with our new videos, quizzes, activities and games

MUSEUM SECRETS

Enjoy a series of joyful, wonderful, and sometimes bizarre tales hidden in the objects.

MUSEUM SECRETS

TALK

10 Jun

ANCIENT ROME IN FIFTY MONUMENTS

Explore ancient Rome’s story from the hilltops of huts to the most wondrous city of antiquity.

At the Museum and Online

MEMBERS ONLY

11 Jun

A SPOTLIGHT ON STANLEY SPENCER

David Boyd Haycock, lecturer, writer and curator, focuses on this leading 20th-century artist.

At the Museum and Online

FULLY BOOKED

12 Jun

MIXED MEDIA OF ANSELM KIEFER WORKSHOP JUNE

In this one-day workshop with Kieran Stiles, explore how artist Anselm Kiefer uses found objects like burnt wood,...

In this one-day workshop with Kieran Stiles, explore how artist Anselm Kiefer uses found objects like burnt wood, acrylic, charcoal, emulsion, wax, sand and gold leaf to symbolise ideas...

In this one-day workshop with Kieran Stiles, explore how artist Anselm Kiefer uses found objects like burnt wood, acrylic, charcoal, emulsion, wax, sand and gold leaf to symbolise ideas about truth,

At the Museum

TALK

13 Jun

FIGURATIVE TO ABSTRACT ART TALK 1

In the first of her series of three art history talks, Alice Foster looks at the great fresco cycles of the Medieval...

In the first of her series of three art history talks, Alice Foster looks at the great fresco cycles of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, including work by Giotto and Pinturicc...

In the first of her series of three art history talks, Alice Foster looks at the great fresco cycles of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, including work by Giotto and Pinturicchio.

At the Museum and Online

CANCELLED

13 Jun

LOVE & POETRY AT THE ASHMOLEAN TALK 2

This event has been cancelled.

At the Museum and Online

CANCELLED

14 Jun

TEXTURAL LANDSCAPES WORKSHOP

Using a combination of wet and needle felting methods, learn how to interpret textures in your landscapes like...

Using a combination of wet and needle felting methods, learn how to interpret textures in your landscapes like artist Anselm Kiefer in this one-day workshop with Helen Edwards.

At the Museum

TALK

20 Jun

FIGURATIVE TO ABSTRACT ART TALK 2

This second art history talk covers the late 19th and early 20th centuries, exploring 'psychological'...

This second art history talk covers the late 19th and early 20th centuries, exploring 'psychological' and expressive styles that Munch and Picasso started to experiment with,...

This second art history talk covers the late 19th and early 20th centuries, exploring 'psychological' and expressive styles that Munch and Picasso started to experiment with, moving away from religious...

This second art history talk covers the late 19th and early 20th centuries, exploring 'psychological' and expressive styles that Munch and Picasso started to experiment with, moving away from religious contemplation in art.

Online and at the Museum

GALLERY ACTIVITY

21 Jun

POETRY IN GALLERIES TOUR JUN 2025

Poets from Oxford and surrounding areas will explore the Pre-Raphaelites Gallery 66 on this tour in the Museum....

Poets from Oxford and surrounding areas will explore the Pre-Raphaelites Gallery 66 on this tour in the Museum. Free

At the Museum

TOUR

22 Jun

CHANGE MAKERS TOURS: 22 JUN 2025

Explore political, social and religious change across time and cultures on this Museum tour of key objects in the...

Explore political, social and religious change across time and cultures on this Museum tour of key objects in the collection, available on various dates.

At the Museum

MEMBERS ONLY

25 Jun

LOVE & POETRY AT THE ASHMOLEAN TALK 3

In the third talk in our series of love and poetry talks for members, Dr Steve Kershaw delves into the Museum's...

In the third talk in our series of love and poetry talks for members, Dr Steve Kershaw delves into the Museum's ancient Greek collection, exploring poets like Homer and Ovid alongside...

In the third talk in our series of love and poetry talks for members, Dr Steve Kershaw delves into the Museum's ancient Greek collection, exploring poets like Homer and Ovid alongside the great symbols of love...

In the third talk in our series of love and poetry talks for members, Dr Steve Kershaw delves into the Museum's ancient Greek collection, exploring poets like Homer and Ovid alongside the great symbols of love in Eros and Aphrodite.

At the Museum and Online

TALK

27 Jun

FIGURATIVE TO ABSTRACT ART TALK 3

In her final talk on figurative to abstract art, Alice reviews the turn of the 20th century, where fearless artists...

In her final talk on figurative to abstract art, Alice reviews the turn of the 20th century, where fearless artists like Kandinsky and Mondrian believed that the purest art was that...

In her final talk on figurative to abstract art, Alice reviews the turn of the 20th century, where fearless artists like Kandinsky and Mondrian believed that the purest art was that not dependent on a narrative...

In her final talk on figurative to abstract art, Alice reviews the turn of the 20th century, where fearless artists like Kandinsky and Mondrian believed that the purest art was that not dependent on a narrative.

Online and at the Museum

TALK

5 Jul

CREATION TO TRANSFORMATION TALK 1

Juliet Heslewood explores the Biblical story of The Creation and its inspiration on the imaginations of countless...

Juliet Heslewood explores the Biblical story of The Creation and its inspiration on the imaginations of countless artists through the ages. This is the first of a 2-talk series.

At the Museum and Online

A group of products from the Ashmolean shop against a red background, including a bottle of gin in the centre, biscuits in a blue patterned tin, a book with an orange spine and soaps in orange packaging.

ONLINE SHOP

Explore our seasonal ranges, books, boredom busters for kids, and new stationery.

Every purchase supports the Ashmolean.

SHOP ONLINE

The Cretan Labyrinth after Mathjis Cock, 1558

READ & WATCH

STORIES

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

WATCH

THINKING WITH THINGS

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

LISTEN

MUSEUM SECRETS

Bite-sized tales of the wonderful, and sometimes unexpected, life of a museum.

Ladies in blue fresco from the Labyrinth Knossos exhibition

DISCOVER

SHOUT OUT FOR WOMEN

Celebrating women in art and in the Ashmolean's collection and telling their stories.

A pair of hands hold an ancient stone Sumerian statue

LISTEN

FINGERPRINTS

Our podcast launched in 2022.

WATCH

1-MINUTE VIDEOS

Learn about the Ashmolean collections in under 1 minute! From Ganesha and cuneiform, to Samurai warriors and Pre-Raphaelite art.

LISTEN

OBJECTS OUT LOUD

Learn about a piece of writing inspired by objects in our collections.

Sparrow on an akebi plant, by Kunii Obun

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