See also: Exhibitions, Lectures and Family Events
Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street. Tel: 01865 278000
(One of the oldest public museums in the world - big and absorbing enough to get thoroughly lost in). See also: Lunchtime Gallery Talks and a bit more on The Ashmolean.
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 6pmCast Gallery, off St John Street, back of the Ashmolean. Tel: 01865 278085
(Casts of classical statuary).
Opening Hours: Tue-Fri 10-4, Sat 10-1Christ Church Picture Gallery, Christ Church (entrance via Canterbury Gate / Oriel Square). Tel: 01865 276172
(Changing selections from the college's collection of Old Masters' drawings and paintings - see our Exhibitions page)
Opening Hours: 1 Oct - 30 Apr: Mon - Sat 10.30am-1pm & 2-4.30pm; Sun 2-4.30pm.
1 May - 30 Sep: Mon - Sat 10.30am-5pm; Sun 2-5pm.
£3/£2Science Oxford Live, 1-5 London Place (just past St Clements on the way to Headington). Tel: 01865 810000 events@oxtrust.org.uk
New (2005) science gallery with exciting interactive experiments and regular themed activities. Suitable for 5-12 year olds.
Adults £5, concs/children £3.50, family £15 (4 people, including at least one adult).
Opening Hours: Saturdays, 10am to 5pm, during Term Time; Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm, during local school holidays.
Modern Art Oxford, modernartoxford.org.uk 30 Pembroke Street. Tel: 01865 722733
Opening Hours: Tue & Wed: galleries, shop, café & bar open 10am-5pm. Thu, Fri & Sat: galleries open 10am-7pm, shop, café & bar open 10am-10pm. Sun: galleries, shop, café & bar open 12pm-5pm. Mon closed.Museum of the History of Science, Broad Street. Tel: 01865 277280
(University museum with permanent exhibits, changing special exhibits and evening events.)
Opening Hours: 12-5pm Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm Sat, 2-5pm Sun.Museum of Oxford, St Aldates. Tel: 01865 815559
(Oxford City Council's Museum of the history of Oxford)
Opening Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pmPitt Rivers Museum prm.ox.ac.uk. Through the Natural History Museum, Parks Road. Tel: 01865 270927
(Anthropological delights. Excellent website with virtual exhibits.)
Opening Hours: Mon 12-4.30pm, Tue-Sun & BH 10am-4.30pm.University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road. Tel: 01865 272950
(Dinosaur skeletons and live invertebrate exhibits: great place for children. Spectacular building.)
Opening Hours: 12 noon - 5pm daily. Free entry.Unlocked - Oxford Castle (and Key Learning Centre), 44-46 Oxford Castle, New Road. Tel: 01865 260666
Walled site used for incarceration between 1071-1996, now open to the public as an exhibition space and learning centre.
Opening Hours: 10am-5.30pm daily
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