6 Dec 2025 - 29 Nov 2026  Gallery 7 Admission is FREE Coinage remains one of the best represented and most recognisable elements of Roman material culture. This display will showcase a selection of Roman coins in the Ashmolean collection that were found in Oxfordshire and tell the story of the region from the Roman […]

Song of Myself, 1995, Tom Phillips RA (1937–2022), wire, 360 x 180 cm. Credit: Estate of Tom Phillips CBE RA Tom Phillips described Song of Myself as “an attempt to list the various identities that go to make a single artistic life”. The work borrows its title from a poem in Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Its beginning […]

★ ★ ★ ★ "This rip-roaring history of botanical adventurers disturbs and delights" The Guardian "Consistently illuminating" The Observer "There's much to savour" The Telegraph   In Bloom exhibition – open until 16 Aug 2026 What do we really know about the plants and flowers in our gardens and window boxes? Beyond their beauty, many […]

CLIMATE CULTURE CARE FREE EXHIBITION –  opens 28 Mar 2026 Gallery 8 This is the fifth in the Ashmolean NOW exhibition series, where contemporary artists are invited to create new work inspired by the Ashmolean’s historical collections. This exhibition showcases the work of Bangladeshi artist Soma Surovi Jannat, who draws inspiration from the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove […]

FREE EXHIBITION Opens 11 Apr 2026 Gallery 29 Admission is FREE This is the first exhibtion to focus on photographs and negatives in the Ashmolean, and as such features previously unseen photographs of India by Colonel Eugene Clutterbuck Impey (1830–1904). A member of the East India Company, Impey arrived in India in 1851 and took […]

Join us for a fun and creative workshop where you create your own car freshener! Elevate your senses one scent at a time :) Welcome to Making your own Reed Diffuser workshop! […]

The Phantom of the Opera (1925) Silent Film with live improvised organ accompaniment by David Bednall The Phantom of the Opera (1925) follows Christine Daaé, a young singer at the Paris […]

Get ready to be transported back to the 90s! We bring you the best fo 90s music, retro gaming, rides, food, and fun for all the family! We bring you […]

Get ready to dance the night away with Moonaroon at the Festival Cèilidh - it's going to be a wild ride!