FAQ Search Contact Museums Oxford's museums are world renowned. They provide an important resource for scholars internationally, and welcome visits from members of the public.
Admission is free.
Opening times can be found on the websites below on on the ' About Oxford ' webpages. Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology Founded in 1683, the Ashmolean is one of the oldest museums in the world and was the first museum in Britain to be open to the public. The Museum of the History of Science houses an unrivalled collection of historic scientific instruments. The University Museum of Natural History houses the University's scientific collections of zoological, entomological, paleontological and mineral deposits. The Pitt Rivers Museum is a world famous ethnographic museum, celebrating human cultural creativity.