This video takes you on an immersive journey through the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the world's first university museum and a treasure trove for any ancient history lover. The highlights feature an ...

A painting once rejected as a lowly copy of the work of Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn may be the real thing after all, announced the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford on Friday. New scientific research has ...

Jeff Koons’s big, shiny sculptures have the wow factor, but borrowing them for a museum comes at an eye-watering cost. Oxford’s Ashmolean spent just over $1 million transporting and installing 17 of ...

Reporting from Oxford, England — The words “musty” and “fusty” are often trotted out to describe much about Oxford, and not always derogatorily. Visitors who flock to this college town often come in ...

The Ashmolean Museum has tapped the award-winning licensing agency, Start Licensing, to represent the brand across all categories as it looks to build out an extensive licensing programme. Based on ...

LONDON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, the oldest public museum in England, has reopened after a $102 million renovation that doubles its gallery space. The Oxford ...

In a major first, the University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum has returned a 16th century bronze idol to India for its journey back to the temple in Tamil Nadu where it belongs. The sacred icon of ...

Zendaya wore Dior - inspired by glass grapes on a hooked stem of bronze and wood from Egypt (c. 1353-1336 BCE) perhaps? A museum has playfully compared a selection of its exhibits to the eye-catching ...

The gardens, museums and libraries belonging to the University of Oxford hosted a record number of visitors last year, new ...

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The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford singled out stunning outfits from Zendaya and Kim Kardashian among others. It is the third year the museum has highlighted an array of surprising similarities between ...