Galleries · West Midlands
Ashmolean Museum
Also known as: Amgueddfa'r Ashmolean, Músaem Ashmole
Ashmolean Museum — museum in Oxford, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Oxford · 0.7 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Ashmolean Museum is an art gallery in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1683. Designed by Charles Robert Cockerell. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Named after Elias Ashmole. Part of University of Oxford. Address: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4877597. Wikidata describes it as: "museum in Oxford, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.7556°, -1.2606°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology () 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 establishment of the Kunstmuseum Basel in 1661 by the University of Basel. The present building was built between 1841 and 1845. The museum reopened in 2009 after a major redevelopment, and in November 2011, new galleries focusing on Egypt and Nubia were unveiled. In May 2016, the museum redisplayed galleries of 19th-century art.
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Background
Description
by Paul Cézanne]] On 31 December 1999, during the fireworks that accompanied the celebration of the millennium, thieves used scaffolding on an adjoining building to climb onto the roof of the museum and stole Cézanne's landscape painting View of Auvers-sur-Oise. Valued at £3 million, the painting has been described as an important work illustrating the transition from early to mature Cézanne painting. As the thieves ignored other works in the same room, and the stolen Cézanne has not been offered for sale, it is speculated that this was a case of an artwork stolen to order. The Cézanne has not been recovered and is one of the FBI's Top Ten Art Crimes. In 2010 several of the Egypt…
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- Coordinates
- 51.7556, -1.2606
- County
- Oxfordshire
- District
- Oxford
- Parish
- Oxford, unparished area
- Postcode
- OX1 2PH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon
- Established
- 1683
- Nearest railway station
- Oxford — 0.7 km
- Opening
- Sep-Jul: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00, Aug: Mo-Sa 09:00-17:00, Sa 22:00-16:00
- Official site
- www.ashmolean.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q636400 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ashmolean Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Ashmolean Museum in July 2014.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ashmolean Museum?
- Ashmolean Museum is in Oxfordshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode OX1 2PH), in the parish of Oxford, unparished area.
- When was Ashmolean Museum built?
- Built or established in 1683. Designed by Charles Robert Cockerell.
- Is Ashmolean Museum a listed building?
- Ashmolean Museum is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.
- How do I get to Ashmolean Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Oxford, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode OX1 2PH.
- How busy is Ashmolean Museum?
- Ashmolean Museum draws around 1,072,267 visitors a year.