The Oxfordshire Museum

The Oxfordshire Museum
	The entrance to the museum
	Shown within Oxfordshire
Location	Fletcher's House, Park Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
Coordinates	51°50′54″N 1°21′26″W / 51.8483°N 1.3572°W
Website	www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/the_oxfordshire_museum

The Oxfordshire Museum (also known as Oxfordshire County Museum) is in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, located in Fletcher's House, Park Street, opposite the Bear Hotel.^[1] It is a regional museum covering the county of Oxfordshire. The museum is located on the edge of the Cotswolds.^[2]^[3]

The museum features collections of local history, art, archaeology, the landscape and wildlife relating to the county of Oxfordshire, and to the town of Woodstock in particular. The museum is run by Oxfordshire County Council and is located in a large historic house, Fletcher's House, in the centre of Woodstock. The museum has 11 galleries.^[4] There is also a coffee shop and a large garden behind the museum, which includes a Dinosaur Garden, displaying megalosaur footprints found in a limestone quarry near Ardley .^[5]

Admission is free.

In 2014, the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (SOFO) was opened in the grounds of the museum.^[3] In 2021, SOFO launched a crowdfunding campaign for seven weeks to build a life-size WW2 Anderson Shelter.^[6]

References

^ "The Oxfordshire Museum". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^ "The Oxfordshire Museum". OxfordshireCotswolds.org. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock" (PDF). Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^ "The Oxfordshire Museum". The Art Fund. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^ Dinosaurs in Oxfordshire (DVD by Oxfordshire County Council and Viridor)
^ "A museum launches a fundraiser to build a life-size WW2 shelter". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

External links

The Oxfordshire Museum website from Oxfordshire County Council

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[1] "The Oxfordshire Museum". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

[2] "The Oxfordshire Museum". OxfordshireCotswolds.org. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

[leaflet-3] "The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock" (PDF). Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

[4] "The Oxfordshire Museum". The Art Fund. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

[5] Dinosaurs in Oxfordshire (DVD by Oxfordshire County Council and Viridor)

[6] "A museum launches a fundraiser to build a life-size WW2 shelter". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

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v t e Museums and galleries in Oxfordshire
City of Oxford	Ashmolean Museum Bate Collection of Musical Instruments Christ Church Picture Gallery Modern Art Oxford Museum of the History of Science Museum of Oxford Oxford University Press Museum University of Oxford Botanic Garden Oxford Castle Oxford University Museum of Natural History Pitt Rivers Museum Science Oxford The Story Museum
Region	Abingdon County Hall Museum Ashdown House Aston Martin Heritage Trust Museum Banbury Museum Benson Veteran Cycle Museum Blenheim Palace Bloxham Village Museum Broughton Castle Burford Tolsey Museum Buscot Park Bygones Museum Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred Charlbury Museum Chastleton House Chipping Norton Museum Churchill and Sarsden Heritage Centre Cogges Manor Farm Combe Mill Didcot Railway Centre Dorchester Abbey Museum Greys Court Hook Norton Brewery Museum Hook Norton Village Museum Kelmscott Manor Mapledurham House Mapledurham Watermill Oxford Bus Museum Oxfordshire Museums Resource Centre The Oxfordshire Museum Pendon Museum Project Timescape River and Rowing Museum Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum Stonor Park Swalcliffe Barn Swinford Museum Thame Museum Tom Brown's School Museum Vale and Downland Museum Wallingford Museum Waterperry Museum of Rural Life Witney and District Museum
Organisations	Oxfordshire Museums Council

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