📣 NOW OPEN This Is What You Get: Stanley Donwood, Radiohead, Thom Yorke Explore the visual art of these creative forces and the iconic images of Radiohead. Book your tickets: https://t.co/Tx40NM7xsT Ashmolean Members enjoy unlimited FREE entry.

This autumnal watercolour was painter by Pre-Raphaelite artist Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale. 🍃 Autumn Fields, Condoven, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872 - 1945), c. 1897–1926. WA1988.237

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Don’t miss @DrJaninaRamirez discussing her latest book LEGENDA at the Sheldonian Theatre tomorrow evening, 2 Nov, 6-7pm. Then, plan a visit to the Museum and get lost in a maze of mythical tales with Janina Ramirez and storyteller Rithvik Andugula, with our Myths and Legends

Would you believe us if we told you this bat measured just 2.3cm in height? The inspiration behind today's magical animation by Kai Tyrer, this object is a beautiful example of an ojime, a Japanese cord fastener. This one was made in the late 19th century from sentoku, a kind of

Absolutely loved the @StanleyDonwood & @thomyorke & @Radiohead exhibition at @AshmoleanMuseum

🦇 Happy Halloween! 🦇 This brilliantly spooky take on our student animation project comes from t0bbz ( https://t.co/OcTGpdjWwA) and was inspired by a tiny bat-shaped ojime. 🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749

Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood's 30 year-long artistic collaboration stands at the centre of our current major exhibition. Together, they have created the artwork for all but the first of Radiohead's albums, as well as Yorke's other projects. For these two artists, the

⭐️ Join our FREE family workshops this half term weekend ⭐️ Create your own paper monocle, a pair of cardboard glasses, or newsprint binoculars, and use your invention to explore the Museum in a whole new way. Look closely, peek around corners of the galleries and see what

Read the room... Each item in our new permanent display, Shedding Light, tells a different layer of the intertwined histories of colonialism, enslavement, sugar production, and ceramics. From the chandelier to the china cabinet, books, records and wallpaper, each detail has a

May this be your spookiest reminder that the clocks have gone back! ⏰💀 This silver-cased verge watch in the shape of a human skull is engraved with 'memento mori' exhortations – reflections on death and the after life. The hinged lower jaw reveals the dial which is gilt and

Exit via the This Is What You Get gift shop and create your own artwork 👋 Look out for the Victorian printing press in the exhibition shop, where you can make an exhibition-inspired print using the traditional letterpress technique. The blocks were made for the exhibition by

⭐ Exhibition announcement for 2026⭐ Aphrodite: Making of a Goddess opens 8 October 2026. Step into the world of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, beauty, and desire — later worshipped by the Romans as Venus. Today she is thought of as a symbol of passion and beauty, but

Happy Diwali to all those celebrating! 🪷 Also known as the ‘festival of lights’, this Hindu festival celebrates the victory of light over darkness, of good over evil and of hope over despair. Temples, homes, shops and offices are brightly illuminated during the festival.

✨ Last chance to take 15% off our online shop ✨ Get a head start on your festive shopping with 15% off at the Ashmolean online shop - ends midnight on Sunday 19 October. Use the code 15EARLYBIRD25 at checkout. 🛒 Shop now: https://t.co/fyWplxAkiW Ts and cs apply.

Take a closer look at the artwork that inspired the iconic animation, created by @adamfitzer, that we shared earlier today. Flemish artist Jan van Kessel the Elder created this postcard-sized artwork in the early 1650s. See it on display in our Still-life Paintings gallery on

Our Christmas cards are a celebration of art and beauty, featuring stunning paintings and images gathered from around the world and spanning centuries of creativity: https://t.co/dcs5eUwP9D

Get a head start on your festive shopping with 15%* off at the Ashmolean online shop this week. Use the code 15EARLYBIRD25 at checkout (terms and conditions apply): https://t.co/RKjcXWBtm7

In Japanese culture, the egret is a symbol of tranquillity and enlightenment. These charming egrets were designed by potter Miyagawa Hanzan in Japan in the early 20th century. See them on display in Gallery 36 on Level 2. 🪿🪿 Figure of two egrets, 1910–1925, by Miyagawa

Have you booked your tickets to see This Is What You Get: Stanley Donwood, Radiohead, Thom Yorke? You’ll find including original paintings for album covers, digital compositions, etchings, unpublished drawings, and lyrics in sketchbooks, from the artists’ 30-year collaboration.

This extraordinarily vibrant green-glazed jar was made in China in the 8th century. This type of brightly glazed ceramic was made for only about fifty years, during the reign of emperor Minghuang – who ruled from 712 to 756 – when the Tang dynasty was at its height. At the time,

Crisp sunny mornings and crunchy golden leaves are here, so we’re celebrating with this wonderfully seasonal woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige. The print depicts the maple trees at Mama, to the east of Tokyo, which was famous for the beauty of its maple trees in the autumn.