DEPARTMENTS

NEW DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS APPOINTED

Frédérique Duyrat became our new Director of Collections in September 2023

LIFE AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT at the Ashmolean

ANTIQUITIES

Internationally renowned archaeological collections from Prehistoric Europe, the Ancient Near East, Ancient Egypt and Sudan, Minoan Aegean, Mycenaean and Classical Greece, Ancient Cyprus, the Roman world, Medieval and later Europe, as well as the museum's Founding Collection and historic archives

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WESTERN ART

Outstanding collections of European fine and decorative arts from the Renaissance to the present day. They include Old Master and later paintings, drawings, watercolours, and prints; English and continental ceramics, sculpture, silver, watches, rings and musical instruments

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The India from AD 600 Gallery at the Ashmolean Museum

EASTERN ART

Sculpture, textiles, ceramics and paintings from the Islamic Middle East, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India and the Himalayas

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HEBERDEN COIN ROOM

The Heberden Coin Room is one of the leading international coin cabinets with particular strengths in the fields of Greek, Roman, Celtic, Byzantine, Medieval, Islamic and Chinese coinages. It also holds collections of paper money, tokens, jetons and commemorative art medals

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CAST GALLERY

The Ashmolean Cast Gallery is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved collections of casts of Greek and Roman sculpture in the UK, containing some 900 plaster casts of statues, reliefs and architectural sculptures

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Find out more about the Ashmolean: who we are, our history, administration and policies

ABOUT THE ASHMOLEAN

DEPARTMENTS

NEW DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS APPOINTED

ANTIQUITIES

WESTERN ART

EASTERN ART

HEBERDEN COIN ROOM

CAST GALLERY

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