CONTACT US

For General Enquiries please contact +44 (0)1865 278000

Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PH

If you have any feedback about your visit to the Ashmolean (physical and virtual) please use our Feedback Form.

OPERATIONS

Operations Director – Rachel Davies

Visitor Experience
(0)1865 278012
visitorexperience@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Head of Visitor Experience - Emma Hermon
Deputy Visitor Experience Manager – Phil Smith
Visitor Experience Supervisor – Sarah Weaver
Visitor Experience Supervisor – Simon Curtis

Health, Safety & Security
Head of Safety and Security – Mike Finneran
Deputy Security Manager – Helder Sousa

Galleries, Projects and Facilities
Head of Galleries, Projects and Facilities – Harry Phythian-Adams
Deputy Facilities Manager – Daniel Trudgen
Facilities Co-ordinator – Deborah Wallis

COMMERCIAL

Commercial Director – Shirley Jackson

Publications & Licensing
Publications – +44 (0)1865 278010
Picture Library – +44 (0)1865 278040
Publications – publications@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Picture Library – picture.library@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Head of Publishing & Licensing – Declan McCarthy
Brand Licensing Manager – Marie Hale
Picture Library Manager – Amy Taylor
Picture Library Assistant – Alice Howard

Retail – Buying, Shop & Ecommerce
+44 (0)1865 288185 / 288189
onlineshop@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Buying & Visual Manager – Katherine Merrony
Retail & Ticketing Manager - Anna Vrij-Totteys
Merchandising & Online Manager – Richard Mullen

What’s On Box Office – Online Tickets & Phone Bookings
+44 (0)1865 278112
onlinetickets@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Senior Booking Office Assistant – Freya-Maria Klinger

Photography
+44 (0)1865 278011
photo.studio@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Photography Manager – David Gowers
Assistant Photographer – Anne Holly

Venue Hire, Weddings, Corporate Membership & Filming
+44 (0)1865 610406
events@ashmolean.org
For other Events & Filming enquiries please contact:
Head of Events, Corporate Membership & Filming – Wendy Ball
Corporate Relationships Manager – Paul Jeffery
Commercial Events Manager – Marie Giraud
Social & Wedding Events Manager – Stacey Puffer

Friends of the Ashmolean Museum
Membership Team – +44 (0)1865 278016
Activities Team – +44 (0)1865 278172
membership@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Membership Manager – Anne Marie Lo

SUPPORT SERVICES

Human Resources
+44 (0)1865 278008
human.resources@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
HR Shared Services Administration Team Leader– Sarah Mann
HR Employee Relations Manager - Gemma Bradley

Recruitment
+44 (0)1865 277132
recruitment@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

Finance Office
+44 (0)1865 278009
finance.office@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Head of Finance – Karen Thorne
Management Accountant – Balwinder Meyrick
Trading & Exhibition Accountant – Sean Liu
Finance Officer (p/t) – Nicole Cunningham
Finance Officer (p/t) – Radka Mecheri
Finance Apprentice – Liam Nash

COLLECTIONS

Department of Antiquities
+44 (0)1865 278020
antiquities@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Sackler Keeper of Antiquities – Paul Roberts – Roman Collections
Jaleh Hearn Curator of Ancient Near East – Paul Collins
Curator – Eleanor Standley – Anglo-Saxon and Medieval collections; European material from the Tradescant collection
Curator – Liam McNamara – Lisa and Bernard Selz Curator for Ancient Egypt and Sudan
Curator – Alison Roberts – European and Early Prehistoric collections; African, American and Asian material from the Tradescant collection
Curator – Anja Ulbrich – A.G. Leventis Curator of the Cypriot Collection
Curator – A ndrew Shapland – Sir Arthur Evans Curator of Bronze Age and Classical Greece
Administrator – Ilaria Perzia
Documentation Officer – Helen Hovey
Museum Assistant – Claire Burton

Museum Assistant - Bryony Smerdon

Collections Assistant - Dana Macmillan
UEP Admin Assistant - Gemma Plumpton

Department of Western Art
+44 (0)1865 278042
General Enquiries – western.art@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Print Room Appointments – waprintroom@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Collections information – catherine.casley@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Administrator – christopher.doogue@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Keeper – Catherine Whistler – Italian and Spanish paintings and French (before 1800), drawings and prints. Responsible for Russian art and the textile collection.
Senior Curator – Colin Harrison – British paintings, drawings and prints to 1900; French paintings, drawing and prints 1815–1900; Pissarro Collections; miniatures and musical instruments.
Curator – Matthew Winterbottom – Late-19th-century British sculpture and decorative arts, ceramics, furniture, glass, silver and also of the Sculpture and Decorative Arts collection generally.
Curator – An Van Camp – Christopher Brown Curator of Northern European Art - Paintings, Prints and Drawings.
Curator – Lena Fritsch – Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Collections Manager – Catherine Casley
Teaching Curator – Jim Harris
Research Assistant (Italian Drawings Project) – AngelaMaria Aceto
Print Room Supervisor – Caroline Palmer
Print Room Supervisor – Katherine Wodehouse
Administrator – Christopher Doogue
Collections Assistant - Dana Macmillan

Heberden Coin Room
+44 (0)1865 278058
coin-room@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Curator, Medieval and Modern – Julian Baker
Curator, South Asia and Banknotes, also Exhibitions – Shailendra Bhandare
Curator, Greek and Roman Provincial, also Education – Volker Heuchert
Keeper – Chris Howgego
Curator, Digital Collections and Roman Coins – Jerome Mairat
Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Adviser, Medieval and Post-Medieval – John Naylor
Senior Curator Islamic – Luke Treadwell
Research Fellow, Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Project – Marguerite Spoerri

Department of Eastern Art
+44 (0)1865 278067
eastern-art@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art – eastudycentre@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Keeper & Curator of Indian Art – Mallica Kumbera Landrus
Curator of Chinese Art – Shelagh Vainker
Curator of Japanese Art – Clare Pollard
Curator of Islamic Art and Assistant Kepper – Francesca Leoni
Christensen Fellow in Chinese Painting – Paul Bevan
Chinese Paintings Programme Co-ordinator – Felicitas von Droste zu Hülshoff
Museum Assistant – Ben Skarrat
Administrator – Sarah Thorn
Study Room and Collections Manager (p/t) – Alessandra Cereda
Study Room and Collections Manager (p/t) – Unity Coombes
Study Room and Collections Manager (p/t) – Sarah Mitchell
Volunteer – Kiyoko Hanaoka – Japanese Art
Volunteer – Joyce Seaman – Japanese Art
Volunteer – Mitsuko Watanabe – Japanese Art

Cast Gallery
+44 (0)1865 278079
cast-gallery@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Keeper – Bert Smith – Greek and Roman art and archaeology
Assistant Curator – Milena Melfi

Conservation
+44 (0)1865 278024
conservation@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Head of Conservation – Daniel Bone
Conservation Manager (Preventative, Science and Technical) – Kelly Domoney
Conservation Manager, Objects – Alexandra Baldwin
Objects Conservator – Paulina 'Nicky' Lobaton
Objects Conservator – Stephanie Ward
Paintings Conservator – Jevon Thistlewood
Senior Paper Conservator – Alexandra Greathead
Paper Conservator – Lara Daniels
Textile Conservator – Sue Stanton
Collections and Exhibitions Technician – Timothy Crowley
Collections and Exhibitions Technician – Kevin Jacques
Administrator – Andrea Diss
Sackler Research Fellow – Morwenna Blewett
Mountmaker – David Orwell

Digital Collections
+44 (0)1865 278283
Manager of Digital Collections – Aruna Bhaugeerutty
Data Architect – Chris Powell
Collections Management System Administrator – Chris Osman

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

+44 (0)1865 278017
public.engagement@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Director of Public Engagement – Susan McCormack

Learning Department
+44 (0)1865 278015
learning@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Head of Learning – Jo Rice
Deputy Head of Learning – Helen Ward
Learning Officer: Adults & Young People – Jude Barrett
Learning Officer: Families (p/t) – Jane Cockcroft
Learning Officer: Families (p/t) – Rowan Guthrie
Sackler Learning Officer: Early Years to Key Stage 2 – Clare Coleman
Learning Officer: Secondary & Young People – Clare Cory
Learning Department Administrator – Sian Finn
Bookings and Learning Assistant – Asia Yaqub-Khokhar

Press Office
+44 (0)1865 278178
press.office@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Press Officer – Claire Parris
Press Assistant – Sarah Holland
Follow this link to visit our Press Office page

Marketing
+44 (0)1865 288019
marketing@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Marketing Manager – Theresa Nicolson
Digital Communications Officer – Sarah Casey
Marketing and Digital Communications Assistant – Emily Jarrett
Web Content Editor – Ellie Field

Registrar's Office
+44 (0)1865 288074 / 288197
registrar@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Registrar – Aisha Burtenshaw
Assistant Registrar – Christina Gernon
Assistant Registrar (Touring Exhibitions) – Hannah Manson

Exhibitions Office
Ticket office: +44 (0)1865 278112
exhibitions.officer@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Exhibitions Manager – Agnes Valencak
Exhibitions Co-ordinator – Catriona Pearson
Interpretation Manager - Natasha Podro

Design Department
+44 (0)1865 278034
Head of Design – Graeme Campbell
Senior Designer – Greg Jones
Exhibition Designer – Clare Flynn

MUSEUM PARTNERS

GLAM Museums IT Group
+44 (0)1865 288188
it@museums.ox.ac.uk

Joint Museums Education Team
+44 (0)1865 282456
Oxford University Museums, Head of Volunteering and Community Outreach – Joy Todd
Oxford University Museums, Community Education Officer (0.6) – Susan Griffiths
Oxford University Museums, Community Education Officer (0.4) – Nicola Bird
Oxford University Museums, Volunteers and Outreach Officer – Caroline Moreau
Oxford University Museums, Secondary Art Education Officer – Adrian Brooks