Abingdon Museum (Local) Abingdon http://www.abingdon.gov.uk/abtourism1.htm
	Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology (International) Oxford Collections include antiquities, eastern art, western art, casts (primarily Greek and Roman), and coins - spanning every historical period and world region. http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/ http://www.timetravel-britain.com/articles/museums/ashmolean.shtml
	Ashorne Hall (Special Collection) Warwick Ashorne Hall houses the Mighty Cinema Organ Show and the world famous Nickelodeon Collection of Mechanical Music which includes musical boxes, magic pictures, fairground organs, lifesized automated figures and a visit to the cinema in its heyday. Outside are the Victorian gardens and the narrow gauge system railway. Twice monthly are Sunday concerts with easy listening music evocative of the 1920's era http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/culture/venues/a_f/ashorne-hall.shtml
	Banbury Museum/Tooley's Boatyard (Local) Banbury Collections are being displayed for the first time, including examples of costume and textiles, and natural history specimens. A waterways discovery gallery offers an exciting "hands-on" space enabling visitors to find out in a fun way, about the scientific principles that govern both waterborne transport and the canal infrastructure. There is access to an historic working boatyard where the visitor will be able to see traditional and modern skills and machinery in use. The temporary exhibition gallery will be used to display touring exhibitions and important works of art borrowed from national collections. In addition there will be an exhibition space available for local artists to display their work. http://www.banburytown.co.uk/museum/
	Bate Collection of Musical Instruments (Special Collection) Oxford In 1963 Philip Bate generously gave to the University of Oxford his extensive and systematic collection of European orchestral woodwind instruments. Since then he has continued to augment the Collection with gifts and loans, both of woodwind and brass. As a result of his original conditional of gift, that students should be able to play these historic instruments, the Bate Collection is unique in that many of its instruments are used. Philip Bate's friend and colleague Reginald Morley-Pegge both gave and also permitted instruments to be bought from his collection. After his death in 1972, his extensive library (which is especially important for its French material and for its unrivalled collection of early instrumental tutors) and all his remaining instruments were given by his son William Morley-Pegge as a memorial. http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/BCMIPage.html
	Benson Veteran Cycle Museum (Transportation) Wallingford Veteran and vintage cycles dating from 1818 to 1925. http://www.visitbritain.com
	Bloxham Village Museum (Local) Bloxham Exhibits reflecting past village life with a different exhibition every six months. http://www.banburytown.co.uk/guide/
	Buscot Park (Art) Faringdon Buscot Park was built by Edward Loveden Loveden between 1779 and 1783. The house is a dignified example of the late eighteenth-century taste for Italianate country houses, inspired by the architecture of the great Renaissance architect, Andrea Palladio. It now houses the Faringdon Art Collection. The Faringdon Collection, which can be viewed at Buscot Park in Oxfordshire and our London property, is the result of a century of collecting works of art by the Lords Faringdon. It includes paintings by Rembrandt, Reynolds, Rubens, van Dyck and Murillo, and there is a small but important collection of drawings. British art, especially of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, is particularly well represented in the Collection, with some outstanding works by the Pre-Raphaelite artists Burne-Jones and Rossetti, and the present Lord Faringdon continues to acquire new works by contemporary artists. http://www.buscot-park.com
	Champs Chapel Museum (Local) Wantage Besides the village war memorial stands a medieval building adjoining a half timbered priest's house. It was built in the 15th Century by the Carthusian monks of Sheen (who owned Kings Manor) and is now often called Champs Chapel after the family who owned it once. The Grade I listed building is rented by East Hendred Heritage Trust and is used as a village memorabilia museum. Regular opening hours are limited to Sunday afternoons in the summer season. Viewing is best arranged by special appointment to suit your needs. We can combine a museum visit with a village tour and information on East Hendred History. http://www.hendred.org/champs.htm
	Charlbury Museum (Local) Charlbury The collection was started in 1949, and in 1962 the Museum opened in this building, which was extended in 2002. Most of the exhibits were either given or lent by residents of Charlbury and the surrounding area. Now the Museum entrance, the wagon room was built in 2002 to house a Farm Wagon, made in about 1880 at the cost of £22 10s. The Wagon, built in the traditional Oxfordshire style, is currently being restored. There is a collection of 19th Century farming tools on the walls, and there are also machines for sowing seeds and an unusual breast plough. The Victorian Post Box was taken from the Toll Gate Cottage in Enstone Road. Photograph albums showing Charlbury past and present are available for visitors to browse through. http://www.charlbury.info/museum.html
	Chipping Norton Local History Museum (Local) Chipping Norton The museum is now in the Victorian "Co-op Hall" opposite the Town Hall, with exhibits of agricultural equipment, Bliss Tweed Mill and Hitchman's Brewery. There is a 'thirties' kitchen, a reminder of wartime life 'on the home front' and a history of the local Co-op. There is also a display of postcards produced by the late Frank Packer during seventy years as a photographer in Chipping Norton. Reference books and copies of parish records are available for family history research in the reference library and archives department. http://www.oxtowns.co.uk/chipping_norton/todo.html
	Christ Church Gallery (Art) Oxford Christ Church is unique among the Oxford or Cambridge colleges in possessing an important collection of Old Master paintings and drawings - some 300 paintings and almost 2000 drawings in all. The collection is strong in Italian art, from the 14th century to the 18th century: there are some good panel paintings by early, often anonymous masters, and examples of the art of Sano di Pietro, Filippino Lippi, Tintoretto, Veronese, Annibale Carracci and Salvator Rosa. However, there are also some fine works by notable northern painters such as Van Dyck, Frans Hals and Hugo van der Goes. The Picture Gallery at Christ Church represents one of the most important private collections in the country and includes work by many renowned masters including Leonardo, Michelangelo, DŸrer, Raphael and Rubens. Naturally, for reasons of space and conservation, the entire drawings collection cannot be shown. However, a selection of drawings is always on view, and this is changed every two to three months. http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/gallery/index.html
	Churchill & Sarsden Heritage Centre (Local) Oxon The Centre overlooks the site of the 'lost' medieval village of Churchill. It contains maps and historical records of the village from 1600 to the present. Churchill was the birthplace of Warren Hastings, the first Governor General of India, and William Smith, the 'Father of British Geology' (1769 - 1839). http://www.oxtowns.co.uk/chipping_norton/todo.html
	Cogges Manor Farm Museum (Victorian/Farm) Witney Cogges is a unique working museum depicting Oxfordshire rural life in Victorian times set in an historic manor house and Cotswold stone farm buildings. Parts of the Manor House are over 700 years old and visitors can find out more about the history of the house by exploring the different rooms and talking to the Victorian maids. If you are lucky, you might be able to sample home baking fresh from the range. In the activity room children can try on Victorian clothes and play with the Victorian toys and games. http://www.westoxon.gov.uk/culture/cogges.cfm
	Cotswold Countryside Collection (Farm) Burford Display of rural life in the Cotswolds housed in an 18th century House of Correction. http://www.oxtowns.co.uk/burford/todo.html
	CuRioXiTy (Science) Oxford CuRioXiTy contains two rooms of hands-on experiments for children and adults alike. A visit lasts about an hour. Touch, explore and experiment with hands-on exhibits which allow you to make your own discoveries. If you get stuck there is always a friendly guide to help you. http://www.oxtrust.org.uk/curioxity/
	Didcot Railway Centre (Rail) Didcot Welcome to Didcot Railway Centre, home of the Great Western Society and its unique collection of Great Western Railway steam engines, coaches, wagons, buildings and small relics. Join us in our rural setting based around the original engine shed. http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/
	Dorchester Abbey Museum (Local) Dorchester-on-Thames Dorchester-on-Thames has been the site of virtually continuous human occupation for the last 6000 years, from the time of the Old Stone Age. Prehistoric man (Bronze Age and Iron Age), Romans, Saxons and Normans, all have left traces of their dwellings and culture. One of the attractive features of the village is the number of buildings dating back to the Middle Ages: these include the George Hotel, one of the grandest medieval buildings in the village, and no.37 High Street which was one of the smallest. Although small, the Dorchester Museum has an interesting display of artefacts, illustrations and charts to show how Dorchester has developed through the ages. It also acts as the repository for archive material relating to Dorchester's history. http://www.dorchester-abbey.org.uk/
	Fawley Court Historic House and Museum (Religious) Henley-on-Thames This stately home, apart from its other functions, has also become a repository for many private collections of Polish families and clergy, and today thanks to the care shown by the Marian Fathers and many volunteers, Fawley Court has a museum and library that boast unique examples of the achievements of a great European civilisation. These contain many exhibits from various periods, starting from a collection of religious paintings, through valuable manuscripts, parchments and incunabula, old writings, Papal and Polish historical documents, rare old maps, pictures and prints from 19th and 20th centuries, portraits of Polish Kings and heroes. Among them is the original Laski's Code of Laws dating back to 1506, several documents bearing royal seals and a 16th century Bible printed for Prince Radziwill. http://www.marians-uk.org/museum.html
	Granary Museum of Bygones (Farm) Butlin Farm Former granary and cowshed now houses material from homes, farms, offices, shops and craftsmens workshops in North Oxfordshire. Steam engines on the first Thursday of each month during the summer. http://www.banburytown.co.uk/guide/
	Heritage Motor Centre (Auto) Warwick The Heritage Motor Centre is home to the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, which maintains the largest collection of classic, vintage and veteran British cars in the world. With 200 classic vehicles on display in the Centre's museum, the collection charts the history of the British car industry from the turn of the century to the present day. http://www.heritage.org.uk/
	Hook Norton Brewery Visitor Center (Industrial) Hook Norton Hook Norton remains one of only 32 independent family-run breweries and you won't find a finer example of a Victorian tower brewery anywhere, it's also the only brewery still driven by steam. On the ground floor is a fine 25 horsepower steam engine, supplying motive power to the brewery through a series of belts, cogs and shafts. Traditional methods make traditional beers, and that's what counts. http://www.hooknortonbrewery.co.uk/
	Modern Art Oxford (Art) Oxford Since it launched in 1965, the Gallery has established an international reputation for the high quality of its pioneering programme of exhibitions and education and community events. Artists who have had major presentations at the Gallery include Joseph Beuys, Marina Abramovic, Yoko Ono, Ed Ruscha, Louise Bourgeois, Carl Andre, and more recently Tracey Emin, David Goldblatt, Jake and Dinos Chapman and Jim Lambie. http://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/
	Museum of the History of Science (Science) Oxford The Museum of the History of Science houses an unrivalled collection of historic scientific instruments in the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford. By virtue of the collection and the building, the Museum occupies a special position, both in the study of the history of science and in the development of western culture and collecting. The present collection of the Museum preserves the material relics of past science. As a department of the University of Oxford, the Museum has a role both in making these relics available for study by historians who are willing to look beyond the traditional confines of books and manuscripts as well as presenting them to the visiting public. The objects represented - of which there are approximately 10,000 - cover almost all aspects of the history of science, from antiquity to the early twentieth century. Particular strengths include the collections of astrolabes, sundials, quadrants, early mathematical instruments generally (including those used for surveying, drawing, calculating, astronomy and navigation) and optical instruments (including microscopes, telescopes and cameras), together with apparatus associated with chemistry, natural philosophy and medicine. In addition, the Museum possesses a unique reference library for the study of the history of scientific instruments that includes manuscripts, incunabula, prints, printed ephemera and early photographic material. http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ http://www.timetravel-britain.com/articles/museums/science.shtml
	Museum of Oxford (Local) Oxford The Museum of Oxford is the only museum that is dedicated to the history of the City and University. The museum houses many fine paintings, and furniture salvaged from old Oxford buildings. Visitors can also see atmospheric room settings which include an Elizabethan Inn, a college room, a Victorian kitchen on wash day and a 1930s living room. Other displays include replica college treasures, a rescued college barge, and the town's first charter of 1192, one of the oldest in England, showing the 'Ox' and the 'Ford'. http://www.visitoxford.org/oxford/tourism.nsf/pages/Museumof105622.html
	Oxford Bus Museum (Auto) Long Hanborough Over 40 vehicles are on display. Most are buses in the ownership of the Museum. Some are privately owned buses on long-term loan for display to the public. In addition there are various other exhibits on loan, from a fire engine to a collection of bicycles, to add a period feel to the core collection. There are extensive displays of photographs, tickets, uniforms and other memorabilia. As a special attraction, the Museum offers a free bus ride on a bus from the collection on the first Sunday of the month from April to October inclusive. http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Lane/5050/obm/index.htm
	Oxford Story (Local) Oxford The ideal first stop for visitors to Oxford, The Oxford Story offers the very best insight into the city's world-famous University, its famous faces and its history. Located within an extensive and historic three-storey former book warehouse, here you can climb aboard one of Europe's longest indoor Ôdark' rides to explore the University's early beginnings and fascinating facts behind its record-breaking discoveries. http://www.oxfordstory.co.uk/Templates/Oxford_Default.asp
	Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Natural History) Oxford The Oxford University Museum of Natural History houses the University's scientific collections of zoological, entomological, geological, palaeontological and mineralogical specimens, accumulated in the course of the last three centuries. http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/
	Pendon Indoor Model Village and Railways (Miniatures) Pendon At Pendon we aim to recapture, in detailed and colourful miniature, scenes showing the beauty of the English countryside as it used to be in the years around 1930. Realistically modelled cottages like the one pictured, farms, fields and lanes recall the peaceful country ways of that period. Cavalcades of trains, accurately represented, provide a fascinating record of the railways of the time. Pendon is being created entirely by volunteer modellers who work to the most exacting standards. http://www.pendonmuseum.com/
	Pitt Rivers Museum (Archaeology/Anthropology) Oxford The Museum displays archaeological and ethnographic objects from all parts of the world. It was founded in 1884 when General Pitt Rivers, an influential figure in the development of archaeology and evolutionary anthropology, gave his collection to the University. The General's founding gift contained more than 18,000 objects but there are now over half a million. Many were donated by early anthropologists and explorers. The collection includes extensive photographic and sound archives which contain early records of great importance. http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/
	River and Rowing Museum (Boat/Maritime) Henley-on-Thames The new River and Rowing Museum in its award-winning building is proving to be a magnet for those who want to learn about the history of rowing, the mighty Thames and, of course, the town. Throughout the year, those out for a stroll along the towpath can enjoy watching crews in training from both local clubs and the world famous Leander Club which has its headquarters just downstream of the bridge. The River & Rowing Museum celebrates the traditions and environment of the River Thames, the excitement and thrills of the sport of Rowing and the historic riverside community of Henley. http://www.rrm.co.uk/
	Swalcliffe Barn Museum (Farm Museum) Swalcliffe Constructed 1400-1409, it is one of the best tithe barns in the country with an almost intact medieval timber half-cruck roof. Swalcliffe was the site of an Iron Age fort and a large Roman settlement, both of which have been subject to archaeological digs. The Swalcliffe Society has mounted a series of exhibits illustrating 2,500 years of Swalcliffe history. The current display highlights a Roman mosaic and other artefacts from the recent dig on a large Roman villa. http://www.oxfordshire360.co.uk/newsite/tour.asp?ID=41&c=visit
	Tolsey Museum (Local) Burford Where traders in Tudor times used to pay their tolls, there is now a wide-ranging collection illustrating Burford's social and industrial past, including the town maces, seals and charters, exhibits recalling the trades that flourished here - quarrying, bell-founding, rope-making, brewing and others - and an unusual doll's house. http://ox18.myhosting.net/burfordtolsy.htm
	Tom Brown's School Museum (Local) Uffington Standing on a corner of old sunken roads close by the churchyard in the village of Uffington this tiny and unusual museum has an interesting history. It is housed in the 380 year-old schoolroom which was featured in "Tom Brown's School Days" published in 1857. Thomas Hughes, author of the book, was born in Uffington, and the village still retains much of the atmosphere of the last century, with many of the places described in the book still visible today. http://www.uffington.net/museum
	Vale and Downland Museum (Local) Wantage The Vale and Downland Museum and Visitor Centre is located in the busy market town of Wantage in Oxfordshire, UK. The museum has been nationally acclaimed as an outstanding example of community partnership. The range of services is very broad ranging, from galleries interpreting the cultural heritage Vale of the White Horse region, to a cafe with a delightful terrace and garden. It also acts as a springboard for residents and visitors to enjoy and appreciate the countryside around Wantage. http://www.wantage.com/museum/
	Wallingford Museum (Local) Wallingford Listen to the story of Wallingford and the siege in 1646. http://www.galatham.demon.co.uk/
	X-Change Gallery (Art) Oxford The X-change Gallery is provided by Oxford City Council in partnership with Clear Channel Entertainment. It exists primarily to exhibit the work of Oxfordshire's contemporary artists. There are also exhibitions of local contemporary craft, exhibitions of artwork from local community and education projects, and occasional visiting exhibitions from outside the region. The gallery has a clear commitment to supporting and developing the work of Oxford's artists, and providing opportunities for the city's emerging artists. http://www.oxford.gov.uk/oxford/leisurelist.nsf/