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The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford reopened a few months ago after a year long refit. I had never visited before the refit and with me visiting family in the area,  I paid a visit not long after it reopened in November of last year and they were still clearly adding/putting exhibits in place.

It’s a very odd little place. While some museums have a very clear remit, for use of a better word, the Ashmolean feels a bit hotch-potch; a bit like the British Museum in London but not on such a massive scale. A funsized version of the British Museum, you might say.

What is there is very interesting though and well worth seeing. And for something that is a “funsized” version of the British Museum in London, it certainly manages to pack a lot in. And another wonderful thing is that photography is allowed pretty much anywhere, so you can spend a good few hours taking pictures alone, as I hope this picture set proves.

One thing I would say is that you eat before you go as the one restaurant there was was pretty packed when I visited. Very much worth a visit though.

The Ashmolean Museum, 26th November 2009 on Flickr