Ashmolean Museum

The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology on Beaumont Street in , England, is Britain's first public museum. Its first building was erected in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities that Elias Ashmole gave to the University of Oxford in 1677.
  • Museum
  • …lies at an elevation of 230 feet (70 metres)
  • Description: museum in Oxford, England, UK
  • Also known as
    “Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology”
    “Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology”
    “Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Balliol College and Trinity College.
is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. is situated 530 feet east of Ashmolean Museum.
is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. is situated 740 feet east of Ashmolean Museum.

Places in the Area

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Ashmolean Museum

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Latitude
51.75529° or 51° 45′ 19″ north
Longitude
-1.26019° or 1° 15′ 37″ west
Open location code
9C3WQP4Q+4W
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Ashmolean Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف أشموليان”
  • Armenian: “Էշմոլի թանգարան”
  • Basque: “Ashmolean Museoa”
  • Belarusian: “Музей Эшмала”
  • Belarusian: “музэй Эшмала”
  • Catalan: “Ashmolean Museum”
  • Catalan: “Museu Ashmolean”
  • Chinese: “艾什摩林博物馆”
  • Chinese: “阿什莫林博物館”
  • Chinese: “阿什莫林博物馆”
  • Chinese: “阿須摩林博物館”
  • Chinese: “阿须摩林博物馆”
  • Chinese: “雅殊慕連博物館”
  • Czech: “Ashmoleovo muzeum”
  • Danish: “Ashmolean Museum”
  • Dutch: “Ashmolean Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف اشمول”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف اشموليان”
  • Esperanto: “muzeo Ashmolean”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo Ashmolean”
  • Finnish: “Ashmolean Museum”
  • French: “Ashmolean Museum”
  • Galician: “Museo Ashmolean”
  • Georgian: “აშმოლის მუზეუმი”
  • Georgian: “აშმოლისეული მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Ashmolean Museum”
  • Greek: “Ασμόλειο Μουσείο”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון אשמוליאן”
  • Hindi: “एश्मोलियन संग्रहालय”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Ashmolean”
  • Irish: “Músaem Ashmole”
  • Irish: “Músaem Ashmolean”
  • Italian: “Ashmolean Museum”
  • Japanese: “アシュモレアン博物館”
  • Korean: “애슈몰린 박물관”
  • Latin: “Museum Ashmoleanum”
  • Lithuanian: “Ešmolio muziejus”
  • Macedonian: “Ешмолов музеј”
  • Malayalam: “ആഷ്‌മോലിയൻ മ്യൂസിയം”
  • Mazanderani: “اشمولین موزه”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ashmolean Museum”
  • Persian: “موزه اشمولین”
  • Polish: “Ashmolean Museum”
  • Portuguese: “museu Ashmolean”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Ashmolean”
  • Russian: “Музей Ашмола”
  • Russian: “Музей Эшмола”
  • Serbian: “Ešmolijen muzej”
  • Slovenian: “Ashmolov muzej”
  • Spanish: “Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology”
  • Spanish: “museo Ashmolean”
  • Spanish: “Museo Ashmolean”
  • Swedish: “Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology”
  • Swedish: “Ashmolean Museum”
  • Swedish: “Ashmoleanska museet”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์แอชโมเลียน”
  • Turkish: “Ashmolean Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ашмолеан музей”
  • Ukrainian: “Ешмолівський музей”
  • Urdu: “اشمولین عجائب گھر”
  • Urdu: “اشمولین میوزیم”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa’r Ashmolean”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایشمولین میوزیم”
  • Yue Chinese: “雅殊慕連博物館”

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