Museum of Oxford

Housed in the historic Town Hall, the Museum of Oxford tells the story of the city and the University using finds from local archaeological excavations including an outstanding Medieval collection.

The museum offers atmospheric room settings, replica college treasures, a rescued college barge, and the town's first charter of 1192, one the oldest in England, showing the "Ox" and the "Ford".

The exhibits range from a mammoth's tooth to a 'Morris Motor' car engine. Archaeological treasure include a preserved Roman pottery kiln and a whole pavement made of cattle bones. There are six Oxford rooms recreated inside the museum from an Elizabethan Inn to a Victorian kitchen.

Please visit our website for details of special exhibitions, events and activities.