ASHMOLEAN FROM HOME

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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

COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS

Take a look at a selection of highlights from the Ashmolean's collection, chosen by our curators.

ONLINE EXHIBITION

YOUNG REMBRANDT

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

EXHIBITION FILM

TOKYO

Enjoy a virtual behind-the-scenes tour of our Tokyo: Art & Photography exhibition.

EXHIBITION FILMS

ASHMOLEAN NOW

Meet two Ashmolean NOW artists, Flora Yukhnovich and Daniel Crews-Chubb, in these behind-the-scenes films.

ONLINE EXHIBITION

ARTISTS UNDER FIRE

An online exhibition created to mark Remembrance Day 2014 and the centenary of the First World War.

Colourful and detailed embroidered cushion cover

ONLINE EXHIBITION

MEDITERRANEAN THREADS

Explore our Mediterranean Threads exhibition of Greek embroideries online.

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.

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.

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

MUSEUM SECRETS

Enjoy a series of joyful, wonderful, and sometimes bizarre tales hidden in the objects.

MUSEUM SECRETS

SELF-GUIDED TOUR

24 Mar

HIGHLIGHTS AUDIO TOUR

Discover the highlights of the Ashmolean on the Smartify audio tour.

At the Museum and Online

BABY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES

6 Sep

BABY BUNDLE

A subscription programme for new parents or carers. Aimed at those with babies under 12 months, families will receive...

A subscription programme for new parents or carers. Aimed at those with babies under 12 months, families will receive three programmes a month.

At the Museum

SUBSCRIBE FOR MONTHLY EVENTS

14 Oct

TODDLER TIME

Join us for play and exploration at Toddler Time, a monthly season of events in the Museum to help children develop...

Join us for play and exploration at Toddler Time, a monthly season of events in the Museum to help children develop their vocabulary and experiences. Choose a 3, 6 or 9 month subsc...

Join us for play and exploration at Toddler Time, a monthly season of events in the Museum to help children develop their vocabulary and experiences. Choose a 3, 6 or 9 month subscription.

At the Museum

MEMBERS ONLY

4 Dec

THE MAP OF KNOWLEDGE

Join author Violet Moller as she discusses the science of antiquity in this exclusive Members talk.

In-person and online

MEMBERS ONLY

8 Dec

CHRISTMAS TALK FROM XA STURGIS, ASHMOLEAN DIRECTOR

Join Xa Sturgis, Director of the Ashmolean Museum, for our final Members' event of the year.

Online only

FULLY BOOKED

9 Dec

INTO THE BLUE TOUR

Explore some of the bluest objects in our collections and galleries, from Western paintings to Japanese prints...

Explore some of the bluest objects in our collections and galleries, from Western paintings to Japanese prints and Islamic ceramics and learn about the colour blue and the pigment ...

Explore some of the bluest objects in our collections and galleries, from Western paintings to Japanese prints and Islamic ceramics and learn about the colour blue and the pigment itself.

Exhibition Galleries

MEMBERS ONLY

10 Jan

CONSERVATION TEAM'S TOUR OF COLOUR REVOLUTION

Join the Ashmolean's Conservation Team to go behind the scenes for an after-hours tour of our Colour Revolution:...

Join the Ashmolean's Conservation Team to go behind the scenes for an after-hours tour of our Colour Revolution: Victorian, Art & Fashion exhibition.

Exhibition Galleries

GALLERIES TOUR

18 Jan

INTO THE BLUE TOUR

Explore some of the bluest objects in our collections and galleries, from Western paintings to Japanese prints...

Explore some of the bluest objects in our collections and galleries, from Western paintings to Japanese prints and Islamic ceramics and learn about the colour blue and the pigment ...

Explore some of the bluest objects in our collections and galleries, from Western paintings to Japanese prints and Islamic ceramics and learn about the colour blue and the pigment itself.

Exhibition Galleries

FULLY BOOKED

26 Jan

MAY MORRIS EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP

In this one-day workshop, you'll embroider one of May Morris’s botanical designs from the Ashmolean collection,...

In this one-day workshop, you'll embroider one of May Morris’s botanical designs from the Ashmolean collection, and be able to study original examples of 19th-century needle...

In this one-day workshop, you'll embroider one of May Morris’s botanical designs from the Ashmolean collection, and be able to study original examples of 19th-century needlework.

At the Museum

COURSE

28 Jan

GREEN MEN AND WILD WOMEN MEDIEVAL EMBROIDERY COURSE

Join this three-day course to recreate medieval embroidery techniques and reproduce images of the Green Man and...

Join this three-day course to recreate medieval embroidery techniques and reproduce images of the Green Man and traditional Wild Women.

At the Museum

COURSE

30 Jan

SHORT HISTORY OF COLOUR IN WESTERN ART

Join Juliet Heslewood for this three-day course of short talks on the shifts in the use of colour through different...

Join Juliet Heslewood for this three-day course of short talks on the shifts in the use of colour through different periods in Western Art history, from medieval to modern.

At the Museum and Online

FULLY BOOKED

1 Feb

MAY MORRIS EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP - 1 FEB 2024

In this one-day workshop, you'll embroider one of May Morris’s botanical designs from the Ashmolean collection,...

In this one-day workshop, you'll embroider one of May Morris’s botanical designs from the Ashmolean collection, and be able to study original examples of 19th-century needle...

In this one-day workshop, you'll embroider one of May Morris’s botanical designs from the Ashmolean collection, and be able to study original examples of 19th-century needlework.

At the Museum

A group of products from the Ashmolean shop against a red background, including a bottle of gin in the centre, biscuits in a blue patterned tin, a book with an orange spine and soaps in orange packaging.

ONLINE SHOP

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

Every purchase supports the Ashmolean.

SHOP ONLINE

The Cretan Labyrinth after Mathjis Cock, 1558

READ & WATCH

STORIES

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

WATCH

THINKING WITH THINGS

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

LISTEN

MUSEUM SECRETS

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

Ladies in blue fresco from the Labyrinth Knossos exhibition

DISCOVER

SHOUT OUT FOR WOMEN

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

$50 US banknote countermarked with the words ‘Lesbian Money’

DISCOVER

LGBTQ+ STORIES

LGBTQ+ connections and Pride stories in our collections.

A pair of hands hold an ancient stone Sumerian statue

LISTEN

FINGERPRINTS

Our podcast launched in 2022.

WATCH

1-MINUTE VIDEOS

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

LISTEN

OBJECTS OUT LOUD

Learn about a piece of writing inspired by objects in our collections.

Sparrow on an akebi plant, by Kunii Obun

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