SPOTLIGHT TRAIL

The Spotlight trail guides you through the Museum, stopping off at 12 highlight objects.

You can explore the trail on your phone or device by clicking on the object icons below, by downloading the Spotlight Trail PDF before your visit.

The trail takes about an hour (or a bit longer if you pause to look at lots of other objects along the way).

Egyptian Mummy

 

Egyptian Mummy
Journeying to an afterlife
Level G: Gallery 24

Storage Jar with Octopus Design

 

Knossos Octopus Pot
An octopus at home in a palace
Level G: Gallery 20

Guy Fawkes' Lantern

 

Guy Fawkes’ Lantern
Remember, remember
Level -1: Gallery 2

Powhatan's Mantle

 

Powhatan’s Mantle
First encounters in North America
Level -1: Gallery 2

Indian Bronze Figure

 

Indian Bronze
Wielding an axe with grace and elegance
Level1: Gallery 32

Gold and blue Islamic hanging Mosque lamp

 

Islamic Lamp
The light of the heavens
Level 1: Gallery 31

Samurai Armour

 

Samurai
Armour for a period of peace
Level 2 : Gallery 37

Alfred Jewel

 

Alfred Jewel
Made for King Alfred the Great
Level 2: Gallery 41

The Hunt in the Forest

 

Hunt in the Forest
Perspective Masterpiece
Level 2: Gallery 43

Great Bookcase

 

The Great Bookcase
Creating a medieval world that never was
Level 3M: Gallery 66

Turner's High Street

 

Turner’s High Street
A view of Oxford’s High Street
Level 3M: Gallery 67

Spotlight trail icon for Manet's portrait of Mademoiselle Claus

 

Manet's Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus
Portrait of violinist Fanny Claus
Level 3M: Gallery 65