A family engage with the Museum's archaeological dig pit interactive, excavating archaeological items hidden beneath imitation dirt with plastic trowels.

Welcome to our Learning Resources page, where you’ll find materials to support the workshops at the Museum of Oxford, as well as resources for exploring local history and planning your visit.

Resources are split into categories: general museum visits, specific workshops, and other helpful materials to support both your visit and local history-focused lessons.

General Museum Visit Resources

To help plan a group visit to the Museum of Oxford, please download our Group Booking Briefing Pack. It contains FAQs, risk assessments for group visits and maps.

Romans in Oxford

These resources will help you plan a Romans in Oxford workshop at the Museum of Oxford.

Stories from the Grave: Anglo-Saxon Oxford

These resources will help you plan a Stories from the Grave: Anglo-Saxon Oxford workshop at the Museum of Oxford. They include an optional worksheet that you can download, print, and bring along to enhance your pupils’ visit.

Home Front Oxford

This resource will help you plan a Home Front Oxford workshop at the Museum of Oxford.

Made in Oxford

This resource will help you plan a Made in Oxford workshop at the Museum of Oxford.

Moving Oxford

These resources will help you plan a Moving Oxford workshop at the Museum of Oxford.

The Dark Side of the Victorians: Children on Trial

These resources will help you plan a The Dark Side of the Victorians: Children on Trial workshop at the Museum of Oxford.

From Bikes to BMW

These resources will help you plan a From Bikes to BMW workshop at the Museum of Oxford.

Unearthed

These resources will help you plan a Unearthed workshop at the Museum of Oxford.

These resources help you plan a self-guided gallery visit to the Museum of Oxford, including group visit guidelines, trails, and downloadable worksheets.

Local History Resources

The following resources will help with research on Oxford based local history topics.

MOX Blog – Our blog offers stories from Museum of Oxford volunteers, uncovering the city’s history, exploring our collection, and sharing behind-the-scenes insights from staff and volunteers.
Oxford City Stories – City Stories is our platform for collecting and sharing stories about Oxford. It showcases images and and memories from the whole community.

Please note that the following links lead to external local history sites that are not part of the Museum of Oxford.
Oxfordshire History Centre – The Oxfordshire History Centre is the archive and local studies hub for Oxfordshire.
Oxford History – A website dedicated to the history of Oxford’s buildings, streets, and people.
Headington History – A website dedicated to the history of Headington and Marston.
Local History in South Oxford – A website dedicated to the history of the buildings and people of Grandpont and South Oxford.
Cowley Road History – A community project creating an open wiki archive on the social and architectural history of Cowley Road.
Queer Oxford – A website dedicated to 600 years of LGBTQ+ history and heritage in Oxford city.
Oxford Jewish History – The history of Jews in Oxford, from the earliest records to the present day.