9th December 2025: Exploring Oxford {United Kingdom, December 2025}

Nothing ever seems to go right before 4:30 in the morning, right? It turned out that when I reached my usual parking lot at the airport, I had mistakenly booked for another one! Ho boy that was str…

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#cuadrodeldía Cabeza de bacante, 1903 (Annie #LouisaSwynnerton 1844-1933) #AshmoleanMuseum Oxford #art Primera mujer elegida miembro de la Real Academia británica de Artes, en 1922. Su obra tiene tintes neoclásicos, prerrafaelitas e impresionistas #FelizSábado #SemanaDeLaMujer
Ivory seal with two bats.
In China, personal seals (yin/zhang) have long served to authenticate letters, contracts, and artworks. By the late Qing and early Republican era, small hand-held seals were widely used by scholars, merchants, and collectors. The impression is engraved on the base—often a personal or studio name—while the sides and finial provided space for decorative, auspicious imagery.
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14th century floor tiles from Godstow Nunnery in Oxfordshire - a Benedictine house founded in around 1133. The tiles are now part of the collections at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #AshmoleanMuseum
NUOVE ANALISI SULLE TRACCE DI MIELE IDENTIFICATE A PAESTUM NEL 1954 - Daniele Mancini Archeologia

Qualche decennio fa, gli archeologi identificarono una sostanza appiccicosa, forse miele, in un contenitore di bronzo a Paestum, in uno dei...

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Admission free. Discover half a million years of art and archaeology, from Egyptian mummies to modern art, at the University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum.

L’Empereur romain Hadrien (117-138) regardant les fesses de son favori et amant Antinoüs (Aντίνοoς, Antinoos). La photo a été prise lors de d’une exposition, en 2018, consacrée à ce même Antinoüs à l’Ashmolean Museum d’Oxford.

Fait intéressant, l’ami qui m’a transmis cette image me signale l’avoir trouvé sur Bluesky, où elle a été publiée par le compte « Museum Bum », que l’on pourrait traduire librement pas « Les fesses au musé », animé par Jack Shoulder et Mark Small, à l’occasion de la publication d’un ouvrage sur le sujet...

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The #AshmoleanMuseum in Oxford has done the right thing and has started #repatriation of this sculpture. More of this.

One of the items in the Ashmolean collection was a stuffed Dodo, the last ever dodo seen in Europe. However, by 1755 the stuffed dodo was so moth-eaten that it was destroyed, except for its head and one claw.
Ten things you might not know about the Ashmolean Museum.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2024/05/24-may-ashmolean-museum.html

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24 May: The Ashmolean Museum

On this date in 1683 the oldest public museum, the Ashmolean, was opened by Elias Ashmole in Oxford. 10 things you might not know about it: ...

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‘Every single work is a masterpiece’: the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of the greatest Flemish drawings https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/mar/28/flemish-drawings-ashmolean-oxford-reubens-bruegel #AshmoleanMuseum #Exhibitions #Drawing #Culture #Art
‘Every single work is a masterpiece’: the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of the greatest Flemish drawings

A new show brings together historic sketches from Bruegel to Rubens and more, capturing fleeting snapshots of everyday 16th- and 17th-century life

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