This blog will explore the stories of objects and themes in the collection, give you behind-the-scenes insights into what staff and volunteers get up to, and delve into the lesser-known parts of the city’s history.
Museum of Oxford funds upcoming biography for local Black British hero Charlie Hutchison (1918-1993)
🕑 8 min read The Peter McQuitty Bursary, a research bursary awarded by the Museum of Oxford to fund local heritage projects led by young people in Oxford, has chosen to award local historian Dan Poole with funding for the research and creation of a biography of Charlie Hutchison.
How Oxford became the home of the oldest surviving English newspaper
🕑 7 min read Even though the printing press was introduced to England in 1476, it was only in the 16th century that printed news took off, and even then, at a very slow pace, due to the necessity of town criers to provide them, stemming from the illiteracy of the general population.
How the Jewish community of Oxford brought coffee to England
🕑 12 min read The first Jewish settlements in the United Kingdom
Ghost signs
🕑 4 min read Tracing Oxford’s history in its buildings
Oxford asserts its civic identity in 1191
🕑 8 min read England’s oldest surviving municipal seal
Plant Oxford: from Bullnose to BMW
🕑 4 min read Morris' manufacturing legacy continues
Hewitt Huggard: WW1 solider and student
🕑 4 min read Connections to the past from volunteer Olivia
Dreaming spires
🕑 6 min read Oxford’s architectural styles through time
Is it worth the risk?
🕑 9 min read A brief overview of the history of vaccination in Oxford
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
Why is May Day so important in Oxford?
🕑 9 min read The origins of the folk traditions of May Day