POETRY IN THE GALLERIES JUL 2026
In Soma Surovi Jannat's exhibition, Gallery 8
Drop-in, FREE activity on Saturday afternoon
Gallery 8, Lower Ground Floor
With Oxfordshire poets
Poets from Oxford and surrounding areas will explore and celebrate the Museum’s pieces, renowned or recherche, intriguing or glorious and newly-acquired artworks.
Poems will be recited next to the objects and artworks that inspired the poets. If you want to talk to the poets, most of us are friendly!
The July tour will be inside our free exhibition of Soma Surovi Jannat's remarkable drawings, paintings and murals, in Gallery 8 on the lower ground floor.
Surovi's 'Where every leaf holds a tale' painting in the exhibition
Inside Surovi's exhibition in Gallery 8
Bangladeshi artist Surovi draws inspiration from the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, and the Ashmolean collections to address the climate crisis in her remarkable drawings and murals.
