JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY MAY 2026

Fri 15 May 2026, 1pm & 3pm
At the Museum

With Dr Clare Pollard, Curator of Japanese Art

This event takes place in-person only, in Gallery 36, Japan from 1850

At 1pm OR 3pm. Each session lasts one hour

Tickets are £12. Booking is essential

Tickets coming soon

This is an opportunity to learn about the art of tea in Japan. Enjoy a bowl of matcha tea and watch a demonstration in the Ashmolean’s Japanese tea house.

Experience a moment of mindfulness and appreciate a gesture of hospitality while drinking a carefully prepared bowl of tea from a beautiful tea bowl in the calm environment of the tea house.
  

Traditional wooden Japanese Tea House, built within a gallery at the Ashmolean Museum

Japanese tea house at the Ashmolean

BOOKING

Tickets are £12 for this onsite gallery event

Tickets coming soon

If you have any questions, please email us at publicprogrammes@ashmus.ox.ac.uk