Welcome to the new Museum of Oxford
Watch to find out how we’re using our brand new space to work with Oxford’s people.
A museum all about Oxford
The Museum of Oxford is the only museum dedicated to telling the story of Oxford and its people.
Visiting
Find us
Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate’s, Oxford, OX1 1BX.
Travelling here
By bus: Via Gloucester Green bus station. Many local buses stop on St Aldate’s road.
By bike: There are plenty of racks in front of the town hall.
By car: If you need to take the car we recommend using the Park and Ride.
Opening times
- Monday
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Tuesday
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Wednesday
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Thursday
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Friday
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Saturday
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Sunday
- Closed
Contact us
Visiting
Find us
Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate’s, Oxford, OX1 1BX.
Travelling here
By bus: Via Gloucester Green bus station. Many local buses stop on St Aldate’s road.
By bike: There are plenty of racks in front of the town hall.
By car: If you need to take the car we recommend using the Park and Ride.
Opening times
- Monday
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Tuesday
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Wednesday
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Thursday
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Friday
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Saturday
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Sunday
- Closed
Contact us
Museum blog
Delve into Oxford’s lesser known histories with our in-house blog.
A royal flush
🕑 3 min read The smellier side of the Stuarts in Oxford
Charlie Hutchison: Oxford’s anti-fascist hero & liberator of Belsen
🕑 14 min read The only known Black British man to have fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War
A Saint in Littlemore
🕑 5 min read John Henry Newman in Littlemore
John Henry Newman: Theologian and Saint
🕑 4 min read Co-creator of the Oxford Movement
St. Giles’ Fair: a brief history
🕑 3 min read How long has this beloved custom been happening?
Collection
The Museum of Oxford’s collection hosts an exciting range of archaeological and social history objects ranging from Roman pottery to marmalade jars.
Florence Park rent book
With industry booming in east Oxford, necessary expansion led to an area of farm and marsh land being developed into the Florence Park Estate in 1933.
Tintin comic
1958 edition featuring TE Lawrence carrying out archaeological work.
Recycled MINI trowels
Trowels cast using metal from old MINI engines.
Collection
The Museum of Oxford’s collection hosts an exciting range of archaeological and social history objects ranging from Roman pottery to marmalade jars.
Cutteslowe Walls spikes
From on top of a wall that divided estates.
