EVENTS
The Ashmolean Museum offers a wide range of events: from daily talks and tours to special workshops, late gallery openings and music as well as family fun and hands-on gallery activities.
TOURS
Highlights Tours take place 11am–12pm every Tuesday, Wednesday & Saturday and are FREE
Discover the treasures of the Ashmolean with this great introduction to the Museum.
Lunchtime Tours take place 1.15–2pm every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and are FREE
Join a different themed tour each lunchtime.
Meet in Gallery 21 on the Ground Floor.
TOUR TOPICS
Thur 28 |
How many stories some objects can tell |
Fri 29 |
Origins of Global Trade |
Sat 30 |
NO TOUR |
Tue 3 |
NO TOUR |
Wed 4 |
Japanese Ceramics |
Thu 5 |
Bronze in the Ancient World |
Fri 6 |
The Twentieth Century Gallery |
Sat 7 |
Angels and Heavenly Beings |
Tue 10 |
Images of the Horse |
Wed 11 |
Tea and the Slave Trade |
Thu 12 |
The English Grand Tour |
Fri 13 |
Dutch Still Life |
Sat 14 |
The Arundel Marbles |
Tue 17 |
NO TOUR |
Wed 18 |
The Christmas Story in Art |
Thu 19 |
Crossing Frontiers Crossing Time |
Fri 20 |
Early Pre-Raphaelite Paintings |
Sat 21 |
NO TOUR |
Fri 27 |
NO TOUR |
Sat 28 |
NO TOUR |
Tue 31 |
NO TOUR |
Thu 2 |
NO TOUR |
Fri 3 |
British Modern Paintings, 1910-1930 |
Sat 4 |
Necessaires and Female Beauty Aides |
Tue 7 |
Pilgrimage |
Wed 8 |
NO TOUR |
Thu 9 |
NO TOUR |
Fri 10 |
Byzantium |
Sat 11 |
The Arundel Marbles |
Tue 14 |
Saints and their Symbols |
Wed 15 |
The Wellby Silver Collection |
Thu 16 |
Chinese Bronzes |
Fri 17 |
Sickert and the London Impressionists |
Sat 18 |
Ancient Egypt Galleries |
Tue 21 |
West meets East |
Wed 22 |
Portraits - a Snapshot in Time |
Thu 23 |
Trade and Commerce in the Ancient Near East |
Fri 24 |
Origins of Global Trade |
Sat 25 |
An Ashmolean Zoo |
Tue 28 |
The Impressionists |
Wed 29 |
Ancient Jewellery |
Thur 30 |
Early Modern Paintings, 1900-1920 |
Fri 31 |
Learn how to Read Paintings |
Afternoon Tours take place 3–3.45pm every Wednesday & Thursday and are FREE
Join a different themed tour each afternoon.
Meet in Gallery 21 on the Ground Floor.
TOUR TOPICS
Wed 4 |
Picture Frames |
Thu 5 |
NO TOUR |
Wed 11 |
5, 4, 3000 Years Old |
Thu 12 |
Roman Inscriptions |
Wed 18 |
The Alfred Jewel and the England Gallery |
Thu 19 |
Camille Pissarro: his Life and Works |
Wednesday 1 January |
NO TOUR |
Thursday 2 January |
NO TOUR |
Wednesday 8 January |
Pre-Raphaelites and more |
Thursday 9 January |
NO TOUR |
Wednesday 15 January |
Money: Heads and Tales |
Thursday 16 January |
Camille Pissarro: his Life and Works |
Wedsnesday 22 January |
5, 4, 3000 Years Old |
Thursday 23 January |
NO TOUR |
Wednesday 29 January |
Renaissance Portraits |
Thursday 30 January |
TBC |
Tours of the Cast Gallery take place 2–2.45pm every Thursday and Saturday and are FREE
Learn about the great statues and friezes of ancient Greece and Rome through the collection of plaster casts.
Meet in Gallery 21 on the Ground Floor.
Access: regrettably, due to the layout of the historic building, the lower-ground floor of the Cast Gallery is only accessible by stairs.
FREE EXHIBITIONS AND DISPLAYS
FREE, no booking required.