Sunday 1 December 2019

Ashmolean Museum - Advent Calendar, Christmas Shopping and a New Free Exhibition

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Ashmolean Advent Calendar

Advent Calendar

Visit online this December
Visit our online Advent Calendar for a new Ashmolean object every day until 25 December.
You can also follow the Museum on FacebookTwitter and Instagram to see a new post each morning.
Open today's door

Christmas Shopping

Visit our shop to find a beautiful range of Christmas cards, books, fashion, games, art supplies and gifts all inspired by the Ashmolean's collections.
All purchases support the Museum.
Our Museum shop is open every day until 23 December, or visit us online.
Shop Christmas Cards
Browse our full Christmas range

Give the Gift of Membership

A year of exhibitions, discounts and events
Ashmolean Membership is a fantastic present for art lovers, the inquisitive or curious, or someone who just loves the Ashmolean.
Enjoy unlimited exhibition entry, a programme of exclusive events and many more benefits.
Find out more about Membership
La toilette (Celle qui se peigne), a painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)

Prints & Canvases

Ashmolean Fine Art Prints
Framed and unframed fine art paper or canvas print reproductions make a unique and personal gift.
Choose from more than 3,000 stunning Ashmolean images.
Browse Prints
Ashmolean Christmas Menu

Rooftop Restaurant

Christmas Menu
Get together with friends this Christmas at the Ashmolean Rooftop Restaurant and enjoy our new, special Christmas Menu.
View the menu and book your table online today.
Book your table
Snow – a painting by William Bell Scott

Christmas & New Year Opening

This festive period the Ashmolean will be open up until 23 December. The Museum will only be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day (24, 25 and 26 December), and on New Year's Day (1 January).
Visiting over Christmas & New Year
Free family trails and activities this winter at the Ashmolean

FREE Festive Family Fun

Pick up our Winter Adventure Trail at the Welcome Desk for a festive journey around the Museum. And discover Christmas Story Paintings through storytelling, games, crafts and gallery hunts, at our FREE December Ashventures on 7 and 14 December.
Plan Your Visit

NEW FREE EXHIBITION

Philip Guston, Window, 1969–70 © The Estate of Philip Guston

Philip Guston

Locating the Image
Until 8 Mar 2020
Discover the work of internationally acclaimed American artist Philip Guston (1913–80) in the first solo exhibition of his work in Oxford, and explore the inspiration he drew from historical art and literature.
Find out more