# 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.
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## Museums

| Name | 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