List of museums in Oxfordshire

This list of museums in Oxfordshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries with permanent collections. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Museums

Name Image Town/City Region Type Summary Abingdon County Hall Museum Abingdon Vale of White Horse Local Local history, archaeology, contemporary crafts Ashdown House Ashbury Vale of White Horse Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 17th-century country house Ashmolean Museum Oxford Oxford Multiple Oxford University museum, art, antiquities, archaeology, artifacts from Ancient Egypt, the Mediterranean and Near East, coins Aston Martin Heritage Trust Museum Drayton St. Leonard South Oxfordshire Automobile Aston Martin cars and history Banbury Museum Banbury Cherwell Local History of Banbury Bate Collection of Musical Instruments Oxford Oxford Music Oxford University museum, historic musical instruments, mainly for Western classical music, from the medieval period onwards Benson Veteran Cycle Museum Benson South Oxfordshire Transport Veteran and vintage cycles dating from 1818 to 1930, open by appointment Blenheim Palace Woodstock West Oxfordshire Historic house 17th century opulent country house, collections of fine and decorative art, birthplace of Winston Churchill Bloxham Village Museum Bloxham Cherwell Local Local history, culture Broughton Castle Broughton Cherwell Historic house Medieval manor house Burford Tolsey Museum Burford West Oxfordshire Local Local history, culture, industry Buscot Park Faringdon Vale of White Horse Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 18th-century country house with ornate interior, art collection Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred East Hendred Vale of White Horse Local History of East Hendred Charlbury Museum Charlbury West Oxfordshire Local Local history, industry, trades and tools, costumes, household items Chastleton House Chastleton West Oxfordshire Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 17th century Jacobean country house Chipping Norton Museum Chipping Norton West Oxfordshire Local Local history, archaeology, agriculture, industry Christ Church Picture Gallery Oxford Oxford Art Art museum at Christ Church, features Old Master paintings and drawings Churchill & Sarsden Heritage Centre Churchill West Oxfordshire Local Local history Cogges Manor Farm Museum Witney West Oxfordshire Farm Victorian era farm and historic house Combe Mill Combe West Oxfordshire Technology Preserved beam engine and timber mill Didcot Railway Centre Didcot South Oxfordshire Railway Railway engines with outdoor track Dorchester Abbey Museum Dorchester South Oxfordshire Religious History of Dorchester Abbey and local history Earth Trust Centre Little Wittenham South Oxfordshire Natural history Area landscape ecology and conservation Greys Court Rotherfield Greys South Oxfordshire Historic house Operated by the National Trust, Tudor country house and gardens Hook Norton Brewery Hook Norton Cherwell Food Brewery tours and museum Kelmscott Manor Kelmscott West Oxfordshire Historic house Late 16th-century country house, interior designed by owner William Morris Mapledurham House Mapledurham South Oxfordshire Historic house Elizabethan stately home, grounds include Mapledurham Watermill Mapledurham Watermill Mapledurham South Oxfordshire Mill 18th century watermill, located on the grounds of Mapledurham House Modern Art Oxford Oxford Oxford Art Modern art exhibitions, formerly known as The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford Museum of the History of Science Oxford Oxford Science Oxford University museum in the Old Ashmolean building, collection of historic scientific instruments Museum of Oxford Oxford Oxford Local History of the city of Oxford and the University of Oxford, geology, natural history, archaeology, Nuffield Place Nuffield South Oxfordshire Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 20th-century home of Lord Nuffield, founder of the Morris Motor Company, and his wife Oxford Bus Museum Long Hanborough West Oxfordshire Transport Bus and road transport, Morris Motors Limited automobiles Oxford Castle – Unlocked Oxford Oxford Prison Costumed guided tours of the crypt, castle, 18th-century debtors tower and prison D-wing, prison artifacts The Oxfordshire Museum Woodstock West Oxfordshire Multiple Local history, popular culture, contemporary arts and crafts, archaeology, natural history, garden with life-size Megalosaurus and dinosaur footprints Oxford University Museum of Natural History Oxford Oxford Natural history Oxford University museum, displays of animals, insects, fossils, dinosaurs, rocks and minerals Oxford University Press Museum Oxford Oxford Multiple Oxford University museum, art, antiquities, archaeology, artifacts from Ancient Egypt, the Mediterranean and Near East, coins Pendon Museum Long Wittenham South Oxfordshire Railway Model railways showing typical scenes on the Great Western Railway of the 1920s Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford Oxford Anthropology Oxford University museum, based on the collection of General Augustus Pitt Rivers, archaeological and ethnographic objects from all parts of the world, includes musical instruments, weapons, masks, textiles, jewellery, tools, armour, ceramics River and Rowing Museum Henley-on-Thames South Oxfordshire Sport, local Covers the River Thames, the sport of rowing, and the town of Henley Science Oxford Oxford Oxford Science Connections between science, enterprise, and society Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum Woodstock West Oxfordshire Military How conflict affected the county, including WWII airfields, home life Stonor Park Stonor South Oxfordshire Historic house Country house and gardens, features family portraits, stained glass, old Master Drawings, European bronzes, contemporary ceramics The Story Museum Oxford Oxford Literary Children's literature Swalcliffe Barn Swalcliffe Cherwell Agriculture 15th century tithe barn with collection of local agricultural and trade vehicles Swinford Museum Filkins West Oxfordshire Local Local domestic, agricultural, trade and craft tools Thame Museum Thame South Oxfordshire Local Local history, Tudor wall paintings Tom Brown's School Museum Uffington Vale of White Horse Local Local history, archaeology, author Thomas Hughes, poet Sir John Betjeman, Uffington White Horse Vale and Downland Museum Wantage Vale of White Horse Local History of the Vale of White Horse area around the town of Wantage, art exhibits, 7.9m long model railway, Victorian country kitchen Wallingford Museum Wallingford South Oxfordshire Local Local history, archaeology, Wallingford Castle, medieval life, Victorian street scene Waterperry Gardens Waterperry South Oxfordshire History Gardens, country life museum, and Saxon church West Oxfordshire Arts Bampton West Oxfordshire Art website, an association of artists and art enthusiasts, gallery in Bampton Town Hall Williams F1 Grand Prix Collection Grove Vale of White Horse Automotive website, part of the RBS Williams F1 Conference Centre, Formula One racing cars and history of WilliamsF1 racing team, open for tours on select dates Witney and District Museum Witney West Oxfordshire Local Local history, industry, transport, education and religion

Defunct museums Bygones Museum, Claydon

See also :Category:Tourist attractions in Oxfordshire List of museums in Oxford Oxfordshire Museums Council Virtual Library museums pages, started at Oxford University

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External links

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