ASHMOLEAN FROM HOME

ASHMOLEAN FROM HOME

Enjoy and be inspired by the Museum's collections from home.

Find jigsaws, colouring pages, stories, videos, and more, below.

ONLINE COLLECTIONS

Discover thousands of objects and artworks Take a journey through thousands of years of art and history with our online collection. There are currently more than 200,000 objects available to search and browse online.

Netsuke in the form of a rat, Kano Tomokazu, 1800-40

TREASURES

Take a look at a selection of the Ashmolean's most treasured objects, chosen by our curators.

DRAWING ACTIVITIES

Create a textured portrait, or try to keep pen to paper to create a colourful drawing

JIGSAW PUZZLES

We've turned some of our treasures into online jigsaw puzzles. How quickly can you solve them?

COLOURING SHEETS

Download printable colouring sheets from the Oxford Doodle Club, inspired by the collections at the Oxford University Museums

ANIMAL CROSSING PATTERNS

We've turned some of the Ashmolean's treasures into miniature artworks you can import into Animal Crossing.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Find sketchbook ideas, short films, downloadable PDFs, and more.

HOME LEARNING

Find ways to play and learn from home, with our new videos, quizzes, activities and games

A pair of hands hold an ancient stone Sumerian statue

A NEW ASHMOLEAN PODCAST

FINGERPRINTS

Stories of touch revealing the ways in which the forces of conflict and colonialism have shaped Britain's oldest Museum.

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THINKING WITH THINGS

A video series taking a closer look at the Ashmolean's hidden treasures from new viewpoints.

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FINGERPRINTS

A new podcast launched on 21 January 2022.

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STORIES

Enjoy our collection of videos and articles and discover more about our recent exhibitions and some hidden stories in the collections.

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MUSEUM SECRETS

Bite-sized tales of the wonderful, and sometimes unexpected, life of a museum.

Landscape painting of a woman lying down next to a red heart by Elvira Bach

DISCOVER

SHOUT OUT FOR WOMEN

Celebrating women in art and in the Ashmolean's collection and telling their stories.

No Offence Exhibition – Fragment of a tomb painting, Etruscan, about 490 BC

DISCOVER

LGBTQ+ STORIES

LGBTQ+ connections and Pride stories in our collections.

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1-MINUTE VIDEOS

Learn about the Ashmolean collections in under 1 minute! From Ganesha and cuneiform, to Samurai warriors and Pre-Raphaelite art.

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OBJECTS OUT LOUD

Join us each Friday from 5 February to learn about a piece of writing inspired by objects in our collections.

ONLINE SHOP

Explore our winter and spring ranges, books, boredom busters for kids, and new stationery.

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The Museum lit up at night for one of our after hours events

20 May

AVANT GARDE! AFTER HOURS

Get ready for our May TORCH after hours event at the Ashmolean, with an evening full of activity and performance...

Get ready for our May TORCH after hours event at the Ashmolean, with an evening full of activity and performance inspired by the Avant-Garde.

At the Museum

17th-century model of Church of Holy Sepulchre souvenir

26 May

TALKING MEMORY WORKSHOP 26 MAY

Explore the world of a 17th-century Holy Land souvenir in the second of our free Talking Memory workshops led by...

Explore the world of a 17th-century Holy Land souvenir in the second of our free Talking Memory workshops led by Dr Jim Harris, for the over 65s.

At the Museum

Children enjoying activities at Windrush day in 2019 by Ian Wallman

28 May

ALI KAZIM FAMILY FESTIVAL

Join us for an afternoon of free family activities inspired by the Ali Kazim exhibition at the Museum.

At the Museum

2 Jun

TALKING MEMORY WORKSHOP 2 JUNE

Explore the world of a colossal medieval rune stone in the third of our free Talking Memory workshops led by Dr...

Explore the world of a colossal medieval rune stone in the third of our free Talking Memory workshops led by Dr Jim Harris, for the over 65s.

At the Museum

9 Jun

TALKING MEMORY WORKSHOP 9 JUNE

Explore the intimate space of an 18th-century portrait miniature in the fourth of our free Talking Memory workshops...

Explore the intimate space of an 18th-century portrait miniature in the fourth of our free Talking Memory workshops led by Dr Jim Harris, for the over 65s.

At the Museum

Earthenware with painting in lustre of a cockerel on saucer, Iraq, 10th century

MEMBERS ONLY

13 Jun

THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF LUSTREWARE

In this special online and in-person talk for Members, Dr Francesca Leoni take us on a journey from 10th-century...

In this special online and in-person talk for Members, Dr Francesca Leoni take us on a journey from 10th-century Baghdad to reveal the story and nature of the ceramic lustreware te...

In this special online and in-person talk for Members, Dr Francesca Leoni take us on a journey from 10th-century Baghdad to reveal the story and nature of the ceramic lustreware technique.

Online & at the Museum

16 Jun

TALKING MEMORY WORKSHOP 16 JUNE

Step into the world of the iremarkable octopus jar of Knossos in the fifth of our free Talking Memory workshops...

Step into the world of the iremarkable octopus jar of Knossos in the fifth of our free Talking Memory workshops led by Dr Jim Harris, for the over 65s.

At the Museum

23 Jun

TALKING MEMORY WORKSHOP 23 JUNE

Explore a hoard of buried Roman treasure and an emperor's coin in the sixth and final of our Talking Memory...

Explore a hoard of buried Roman treasure and an emperor's coin in the sixth and final of our Talking Memory workshops led by Dr Jim Harris, for the over 65s.

At the Museum

A black and white photograph of gentleman in a suit and tie analysing scripture on a plaque

12 Jul

CRACKING ANCIENT CODES

An in-person and online talk with Andrew Robinson, uncovering the deciphering of the mysterious Minoan script 'Linear...

An in-person and online talk with Andrew Robinson, uncovering the deciphering of the mysterious Minoan script 'Linear B' by architect Michael Ventris, marking his centenary....

An in-person and online talk with Andrew Robinson, uncovering the deciphering of the mysterious Minoan script 'Linear B' by architect Michael Ventris, marking his centenary. The second lecture in a mini-series...

An in-person and online talk with Andrew Robinson, uncovering the deciphering of the mysterious Minoan script 'Linear B' by architect Michael Ventris, marking his centenary. The second lecture in a mini-series about decipherment.

Ashmolean Museum and Online

Adoration of the Shepherds illustration by an anonymous Italian in pen and brown ink with brown wash, c.1570

MEMBERS ONLY

13 Jul

DETECTIVE WORK AND DISCOVERIES

In this talk we look at the collection of Italian drawings from Leonardo to Piranesi, giving insights into recent...

In this talk we look at the collection of Italian drawings from Leonardo to Piranesi, giving insights into recent research, highlighting the questions, the challenges, the detective...

In this talk we look at the collection of Italian drawings from Leonardo to Piranesi, giving insights into recent research, highlighting the questions, the challenges, the detective work involved and some of the...

In this talk we look at the collection of Italian drawings from Leonardo to Piranesi, giving insights into recent research, highlighting the questions, the challenges, the detective work involved and some of the discoveries we have made.

Online & at the Museum

A painting of a woman with red hair, in a purple dress, holding white flowers and resting on an open book

MEMBERS ONLY

14 Jul

PRE-RAPHAELITES MEMBERS' PREVIEW

An exclusive, Members-only preview of our Pre-Raphaelites 2022 exhibition.

Exhibition Galleries

Bath Road by Camille Pissarro 1897, oil on canvas

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27 Jul

THE PISSARROS IN ENGLAND

Join art historian Kathleen Adler to explore the period the Pissarro family and Lucien, Camille's eldest son,...

Join art historian Kathleen Adler to explore the period the Pissarro family and Lucien, Camille's eldest son, spent in England.

Online and at the Museum

Sparrow on an akebi plant, by Kunii Obun

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ONLINE EXHIBITION

YOUNG REMBRANDT

Watch a curator's introduction and explore our now-closed Young Rembrandt exhibition virtually.

Woodcut print depicting a man laying on a bed looking at a laptop

2020 ART COMPETITION

WINNING ENTRIES

View the winning and runner-up entries for each category in our 2020 Artists in Residence competition.

Colourful and detailed embroidered cushion cover

ONLINE EXHIBITION

MEDITERRANEAN THREADS

Explore our Mediterranean Threads exhibition of Greek embroideries online.

Edwina Ellis, Waterloo, wood engraving, 1996 © Tfl, detail of a poster from the collection of London Transport Museum

CURATOR TOUR

SCENE THROUGH WOOD

Enjoy a guided tour of our now-closed Scene Through Wood exhibition with curator, Anne Desmet RA.

landscape detail st jerome reading in a landscape by giovanni bellini with a tablet ashmolean museum wa1899 cdef p1

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