Where: Beaumont Street, OX1 2PH When: 10:00–17:00 The Ashmolean Museum is home to the University’s collection of art and archaeology. Founded in 1683, it was the first public museum in the UK and is one of the oldest in the world. Highlights include mummies from Ancient Egypt; classical sculpture from Greece and Rome; paintings by the masters of European art; and the greatest collection of Chinese art in the Western world.