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Ashmolean Museum

The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology (/æʃˈmoʊliən, ˌæʃməˈliːən/) on Beaumont Street in Oxford, England, is Britain's first public museum. Its first building was erected in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities that Elias Ashmole gave to the University of Oxford in 1677. It is also the world's second university museum, after the…

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Location
Beaumont Street, Oxford, England
Director
Alexander Sturgis
Established
1683; 343 years ago (1683)
Type
University Museum of Art and Archaeology
Visitors
1,072,267 in 2025

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related to Beaumont Street · 23
Ashmolean Museum → Archaeology, Art, Ashmole, Ashmolean, Beaumont Street, Benjamin Jowett, Charles Cockerell, Charles Drury Edward Fortnum, Crete, Evans, Examination Rooms, Fortnum, Greek, In, Ionic, It, One, Sir Arthur Evans, St Giles' Street, Taylor Institution
related to Former staff · 16
Ashmolean Museum → Antiquities, Arthur Evans ArchiveAndrew Sherratt, Ashmolean MuseumCatherine Whistler, Assistant Curator, Assistant Keeper, Cataloguer, Egyptian, Heberden Coin RoomJoan Crowfoot, Honorary Research Assistant, Jon Whiteley, Keeper, Michael Metcalf, Nubian, Payne, Western Art, Western ArtSusan Sherratt
related to Broadway Museum and Art Gallery · 11
Ashmolean Museum → Art Gallery, Broadway, Broadway Museum, Cotswolds, Elias Ashmole, In, Oxford, The, Tudor House, University, Worcestershire
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Ashmolean Museum → Ancient World LibraryThe Griffith, Archaeology, Archived, August, Cuneiform Digital Library InitiativeCollection, Eastern, InstituteVirtual Tour, Museum Data Service, Official, Powhatan's Mantle, Wayback Machine
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Ashmolean Museum → Babel, Necessity, The Ashmolean Museum, Violence
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Ashmolean Museum → Alexander Sturgis
Established · 1
Ashmolean Museum → 1683; 343 years ago (1683)
Location · 1
Ashmolean Museum → Beaumont Street, Oxford, England
Type · 1
Ashmolean Museum → University Museum of Art and Archaeology

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