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^[1]

References

^ "The Bygones Museum, Claydon". Stationery Steam Engines. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015. This little village museum which has now closed contained a vast collection of artefacts representing all aspects of rural life in the twentieth century.

External links

[1] "The Bygones Museum, Claydon". Stationery Steam Engines. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015. This little village museum which has now closed contained a vast collection of artefacts representing all aspects of rural life in the twentieth century.

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City of Oxford	Ashmolean Museum Bate Collection of Musical Instruments Christ Church Picture Gallery Modern Art Oxford Museum of the History of Science Museum of Oxford Oxford University Press Museum University of Oxford Botanic Garden Oxford Castle Oxford University Museum of Natural History Pitt Rivers Museum Science Oxford The Story Museum
Region	Abingdon County Hall Museum Ashdown House Aston Martin Heritage Trust Museum Banbury Museum Benson Veteran Cycle Museum Blenheim Palace Bloxham Village Museum Broughton Castle Burford Tolsey Museum Buscot Park Bygones Museum Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred Charlbury Museum Chastleton House Chipping Norton Museum Churchill and Sarsden Heritage Centre Cogges Manor Farm Combe Mill Didcot Railway Centre Dorchester Abbey Museum Greys Court Hook Norton Brewery Museum Hook Norton Village Museum Kelmscott Manor Mapledurham House Mapledurham Watermill Oxford Bus Museum Oxfordshire Museums Resource Centre The Oxfordshire Museum Pendon Museum Project Timescape River and Rowing Museum Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum Stonor Park Swalcliffe Barn Swinford Museum Thame Museum Tom Brown's School Museum Vale and Downland Museum Wallingford Museum Waterperry Museum of Rural Life Witney and District Museum
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Defunct museums

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