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Britain’s First Museum: Ashmolean Museum @ashmoleanmuseum

mardixon December 30, 2011, 9:45 pm Culture3 Comments

Ashmolean Museum‘s history is as interesting as the items and artifacts it holds. It lays claim to Britain’s First Museum and was named after Elias Ashmole, an aficionado of antiquities who studied at the University of Oxford while posted to the military The collection began modestly in the 1620s with a handful of …

Pitt Rivers and Oxford University Museum of Natural History @pitt_rivers

mardixon December 30, 2011, 9:44 pm CultureLeave a comment

My family went to Oxford to visit Pitt Rivers Museums and Oxford University Museum of Natural History. While there, and as it was so close, we also went to Britain’s First Museum Ashmolean Museum (next blog).