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We had a fantastic trip to Trinity College a great opportunity to get inside a college we usually just walk past on Broad Street. It began with a fascinating tour of  the buildings with Professor Bryan Ward- Perkins. He showed … Continue reading →

We had a great time planning our collage and colouring activity for America’s Cool Modern Live Friday. Our first task was to sort coloured scraps for a huge media media collage of ‘Le Tournesol’ by Edward Steichen. We created colouring … Continue reading →

Artists Ellen Love and Lauren Baldwin ran two fantastic workshops teaching us about printmaking and bookbinding. Taking inspiration from William Dobson’s painting created during the Civil War in Oxford at the Ashmolean, we gathered textures and fabrics to make mono … Continue reading →

  Thank you to Paul Collins, curator of the Ancient Near East for a fascinating tour of the Ancient Near East gallery on Saturday. We got an insight into some of the choices and challenges curators are faced with when … Continue reading →

Following the acquisition of a painting by William Dobson set during the Civil War, The Museum is creating a new app for use by families and secondary school students. It will take people on a walking tour from the Ashmolean … Continue reading →