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Ashmolean Museum

Ashmolean Museum is a museum in Oxford. On the official register, it is a Grade I listed building. Close by, Oxford University Museum of Natural History is 500 m away, one of 76 within 15 km.

Photo: Ashmolean Museum, Lewis Clarke (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Oxford

inside the built-up area

Run by

University of Oxford

the operator on record

How well known

Top 1%

#35 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Oxford

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#35 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (46 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Oxford

Ashmolean Museum is inside Oxford’s built-up area, with 50 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Oxford has 1,168 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

May to September are the warmest in Oxford, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°60 mm

Feb8° / 2°47 mm

Mar11° / 3°44 mm

Apr14° / 5°49 mm

May17° / 8°57 mm

Jun20° / 11°50 mm

Jul23° / 13°55 mm

Aug22° / 13°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°54 mm

Oct15° / 8°74 mm

Nov11° / 5°73 mm

Dec8° / 2°67 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Oxford, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Oxford. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Oxford’s full climate →

About

Ashmolean Museum

Its operator is University of Oxford. 46 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Oxford’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: University of Oxford
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 46 languages
Town: in Oxford
Official site: ashmolean.org

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Getting in

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Ashmolean Museum at a glance

The orange dot is Ashmolean Museum; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Staying near Ashmolean Museum

Oxford, with 170,799 people, is the largest of the 8. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Oxford

170,799 people · 55 places to visit

2 · 3.3 km south of it

Kennington

4,595 people · 53 places to visit

3 · 3.7 km northwest of it

Wolvercote

1,328 people · 49 places to visit

4 · 4 km south of it

Boars Hill

540 people · 52 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Ashmolean Museum is	People	Places to visit
Oxford	It’s in town	170,799	55
Kennington	3.3 km south of it	4,595	53
Wolvercote	3.7 km northwest of it	1,328	49
Boars Hill	4 km south of it	540	52
Chawley	4.2 km southwest of it	1,127	49
Sandford-on-Thames	5.5 km southeast of it	500	40
Cumnor	5.5 km southwest of it	829	7
Farmoor	6.4 km west of it	518	2

Make a day of it

More near Ashmolean Museum

Of the 76 within 15 km, look for 3 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle.

MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History500 m away 2

CastleOxford Castle Motte400 m away 3

Historic houseBeaumont Palace200 m away 4

MuseumPitt Rivers Museum500 m away 5

GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden1 km away 6

Historic houseBlenheim Palace12 km away 7

MuseumMuseum of the History of Science400 m away 8

Art galleryChrist Church700 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to Ashmolean Museum

Where is Ashmolean Museum?

Ashmolean Museum is in Oxford, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Ashmolean Museum?

Museum in Oxford, England, UK.

Who runs Ashmolean Museum?

University of Oxford.

When is the best time to visit Ashmolean Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Oxford, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Ashmolean Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Ashmolean Museum?

Within 15 km: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (500 m), Oxford Castle Motte (400 m), Beaumont Palace (200 m) and Pitt Rivers Museum (500 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Blenheim Palace: Jvhertum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of the History of Science: Wiki alf at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Christ Church: sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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