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The neoclassical façade of the Ashmolean Museum, on Beaumont StreetJulian Herzog (Website) · CC BY 4.0

What to do · Oxford

Ashmolean Museum

Museum · 1–2 hrs · free · every day 10:00 to 17:00

InformationFree; temporary exhibitions are paid
Price
Free; temporary exhibitions are paid
Duration
1 h 30
Season
All year
Who it's for
All ages

The university's museum of art and archaeology, opposite the Randolph Hotel, open every day from 10:00 to 17:00 and free. In an hour and a half you can see the essentials: Egypt and Sudan on the ground floor (with the shrine of King Taharqa), Italian Renaissance painting on the second floor and the Pissarro room. Until 11 April 2027 there is a paid exhibition on Aphrodite.

Upstairs is the Rooftop Restaurant, with a terrace above the rooftops: afternoon tea is served from 11:30 to 16:00 and it is worth booking. If it rains, it is the best refuge in the centre.

As a familyWith teenagers

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Opening hours and prices can change: check them before you go.

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What to order: something from a stall to eat standing up or at the tables in the arcade; there are cookies, cakes, pies and coffees.

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Café · Oxford · €€€€

What to order: the hot dish of the day at midday or a cream tea with scones in the afternoon.

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Restaurant · Oxford · €€€€

What to order: the weekday set lunch or the Sunday roast; oysters and dishes from the blackboard.

Open every day from 7:00 to 23:00 · book online

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High Street · 43 rooms · Own car park

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