Built in 1845 as the university Galleries, this Museum became home to the Ashmolean collection in 1894. The museums present collection of art and antiquities is based on a 17th century collection made by John Tradescant, the royal gardener who aquired his collection while travelling Europe in search of plants. The collection was passed to Elias Ashmole who donated it to the University of Oxford in 1683. One of the museum's most treasured posessions is the Alfred Jewel which is made of gold, enamel and rock crystal for the Anglo Saxon king.
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a Historic City in the county of Oxfordshire
(0.3 miles, 0.5 km)Oxford's fame is perhaps second only to Windsor, it is an acclaimed seat of learning with a University whose first college was founded in 1249, almost half a century after the first charter granted to the town by Henry II...
a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire
(5.9 miles, 9.5 km, direction S)Interesting town, developed around the gates of an abbey founded in 675...
a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire
(7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction S)This is a popular Thames side village which was the choice of Jerome K. Jerome for a setting for one of the riotous scenes of his "Three Men in a Boat" and it is easy to see just.....
a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire
(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction NW)Woodstock will be forever inextricably linked with the great Palace of Blenheim and as birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, one of the greatest Englishmen ever...
a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire
(11.5 miles, 18.6 km, direction S)East Hendred is one of the spring line villages nestling just below the Downs in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire...
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An impressive storehouse filled with the richest examples of human creativity and imagination. Masks peer down from the high.....
Opened in 1860 as a home for the teaching of natural science in Oxford. The Museum, with its glass-roofed court, naturalistic.....
Situated on the banks of the River Cherwell is the peaceful settings of the beautiful Botanic Gardens of Oxford. The gardens are.....
C S Lewis' former home known today throughout the world as the Kilns was built in 1922. The area surrounding it was in fact a.....
Shotover Country Park covers 117 hectares on the southern slopes of Shotover Hill, and is very popular with walkers, joggers, dog.....
