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The Oxfordshire Museum

Telling the story of Oxfordshire through collections, events, activities, galleries and exhibitions.

We’re part of the Oxfordshire County Council Museum Service and you can find us in the heart of historic Woodstock. Getting here is easy:
• Catch the:
- S3 or S7 from Oxford to Woodstock
- S3 from Chipping Norton or Charlbury to Woodstock
- S7 from Witney, Long Hanborough and Hanborough train station
• Parking in Woodstock is free

We welcome discussion about Oxfordshire’s Museum Service

and will always seek to answer your queries and pass your feedback to the relevant person. However, we may remove postings that do not observe the following:

• Be civil, tasteful and relevant
• Do not post messages that are unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, obscene, profane, sexually oriented or racially offensive
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We will block users who are unable to abide by these conditions.

14/06/2026

Would you like to see behind the scenes at our Museum Resource Centre?

Located in Standlake near Witney it's a purpose built facility used to house our vast county collection.

Tours are free and last around 45 minutes. Spaces are limited for each tour so book online to guarantee your place.

Our next tour takes place on Friday 19 June but we only have a couple of spaces remaining!

Friday 19 June - 10am
Tuesday 28 July - 10.30am
Monday 17 August - 10.30am
Thursday 3 September - 11am
Monday 12 October - 11am

For latest availability and booking information please visit our website: https://brnw.ch/21x3kPm

13/06/2026

There's still time to visit our Big Green Week plant sale🪴

The plants have been lovingly nurtured by our team of museum volunteer gardeners and are now looking for a new home.

The stall is located on our rear café terrace until Sunday 14 June.

All proceeds will help support the museum.

For more information please visit our website: https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/events/workshops-oxfordshire-museum/plant-sale-part-big-green-week

12/06/2026

This coin looks a little bit like a Penny of Edward but you'll notice two big differences firstly the head looks really different being side on and then on the reverse it has stars in its angles. Its actually a Medieval Scottish penny of Alexander III!

11/06/2026

We've got an insect themed craft session taking place tomorrow 🐞

Taking inspiration from Great Big Green Week, little ones can get crafty making animals and bugs from dried flowers, felt, card and other materials.

There will also be the opportunity to take part in a garden themed i-spy trail!

This drop-in session will be taking place in the countryside gallery between 11am-3pm and all are welcome.

For more information please visit our what's on page: https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/museums-and-history/oxfordshire-museum/whats-oxfordshire-museum/children-and-family-activities

10/06/2026

We are delighted to welcome back Vikki Lafford Garside to the museum shop.

Local maker Vikki creates beautiful embroidered and hand painted textile accessories and wearable art.

The new collection is in our Oxfordshire Craft Guild cabinet and features the most adorable animal and bird brooches 🐞🦊

The shop is open during normal museum opening hours. For more information please call 01865 897519.

09/06/2026

This twin tub washing machine belonged to Sylvia Stokeld, an artist from Church Hanborough who founded the Inky Parrot Press – publishers of beautiful, limited-edition books specialising in illustration – with her husband. She hand-painted this washing machine with a wonderful image of a mermaid with a green and gold tail. The machine, an Aquamatic-Nymph model mounted on a set of four wheels, was still plumbed in and in full working order upon collection from the owners in 2021.

08/06/2026

We wanted to share this wonderful picture of the lawn at Swalcliffe Barn.

The grass areas around the barn were left to grow wild during No Mow May and resulted in a wave of wildflowers for the bees to enjoy 💮🐝

Thanks to Cllr Nicola Borkmann for this great photo!

Swalcliffe Barn is one of the finest half-cruck barns in the country and was acquired by the Oxfordshire Buildings Trust in 1990.

It's currently used by the Oxfordshire Museum Service to exhibit a collection of agricultural and trade vehicles from the county.

The barn is open between May and September on Sundays and Bank Holidays 2-5pm.

For more information please visit our website: https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/museums-and-history/swalcliffe-barn

07/06/2026

The Warneford 200 project is offering the opportunity to take part in a creative health activity workshop.

This is an artist led workshop using inspiration from old documents and historical photographs from the W200 exhibition to create individual collages and manipulated paper pieces.

This is a free activity, but booking is required. Children are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult.

Wednesday 17 June, 10.30am-1.30pm

For more information please visit our website: https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/events/workshops-oxfordshire-museum/w200-workshop

06/06/2026

The OM plant sale opens today 🪴

Why not pop along to the museum during Great Big Green Week and see what treasures you can find at our plant stall.

An assortment of cuttings and seedlings produced by our gardeners will be available in return for a small donation.

Come and see if any of your favourite museum plants such as the perfumed sarcococcas or winter flowering hellebores will be available!

The stall is located on our rear café terrace until Sunday 14 June during normal opening hours.

For more information please see our website: https://brnw.ch/21x38sK

05/06/2026

We still have spaces available on our upcoming outdoor yoga sessions at the OM.

Join yoga teacher Jacqui for a nourishing evening of gentle yoga, breathwork and guided meditation.

These relaxed sessions are suitable for all levels and will take place in the beautiful setting of the museum garden.

Monday 15 June 6.30-7.30pm
Monday 29 June 6.30-7.30pm
Monday 13 July 6.30-7.30pm

The sessions can be booked individually or together. For more information please visit our website: https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/events/workshops-oxfordshire-museum/outdoor-yoga-jacqui

Address

Fletchers House, 14 Park Street
Woodstock
OX201SN

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+441865897519

Website

http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshiremuseum

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