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The collections of the Department of Antiquities cover almost the entire span of human history from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Victorian era. They incorporate the surviving parts of the Museum's earliest collections, notably the founding collections of the Tradescants which were donated to the University by…
Distance: 14 miles away

The Museum of Oxford is the only museum that is dedicated to the history of Oxford and its University. Town Hall, Oxford The museum is located in the historic Town Hall, and the entrance is off St Aldate's on the corner of Blue Boar Street.…
Distance: 14 miles away

The Museum of the History of Science houses an unrivalled collection of historic scientific instruments in the world's oldest surviving purpose‐built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford. By virtue of the collection and the building, the Museum occupies a special position, both in the…
Distance: 14 miles away

The Pitt Rivers Museum is the University of Oxford's museum of anthropology and world archaeology. Founded in 1884 following a gift to the University from General Pitt Rivers it retains its unique period atmosphere with dense displays of artefacts, many in the original wooden display cabinets. …
Distance: 14.3 miles away

Cogges is a unique, working museum depicting Oxfordshire rural life in Victorian times set in an historic manor house and Cotswold stone farm buildings.Visitors take a step back in time when they enter the beautiful farmstead with its original Cotswold buildings and meet traditional breeds of farm animals…
Distance: 14.3 miles away

Curioxity Hands On Science Exhibition ‐ Amusement Park in Oxford, . Contact venue on telephone number 01865247004 for opening times, entrance costs, and attractionsrides available at this park.…
Distance: 13.8 miles away

At Pendon we aim to recapture, in detailed and colourful miniature, scenes showing the beauty of the English countryside as it used to be in the years around 1930. Realistically modelled cottages, farms, fields and lanes recall the peaceful country ways of that period. Cavalcades of trains, accurately…
Distance: 9.7 miles away

The museum is housed in two of Newbury's most historic buildings. The Cloth Hall was built in 1626‐1627 by Richard Emmes, a master carpenter of Speenhamland for the Newbury Corporation as a cloth factory. Originally part of a larger range of buildings with a courtyard in…
Distance: 13.1 miles away