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Hospital Faringdon’s Pump House in World War I
Faringdon Information CentreA new exhibition ‘Hospital: Faringdon’s Pump House in WWI’ will be opening in the Pump House in Faringdon, from Saturday August 18th 2018, and will run for six months. The exhibition will feature original items from the Red Cross’s historical collections and items from Oxfordshire Museums’ Service collections as well as previously unseen items from Lord Faringdon’s personal collection at Buscot Park. Lord Faringdon’s grandmother, Lady Violet Henderson, became a registered Red Cross member in 1907 while nursing her husband,…
Spellbound: Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft
Ashmolean MuseumThis is the Ashmolean's first exhibition to examine how magical thinking has been practised over the centuries. With exquisitely engraved rings to bind a lover, enchanted animal hearts pierced with nails, mummified cats concealed in walls and many other intriguing objects, this exhibition shows that our use of magic is driven by our strongest emotions: the need to be loved, our fear of evil and the desire to protect our homes. While belief in magic and rituals can be comforting,…
A Medieval Mosaic – Guinness World Record Winning Bayeux Tapestry Re-creation
Soldiers of Oxfordshire MuseumThe Medieval Mosaic is a re-recreation of the Bayeux Tapestry handcrafted from 3 million pieces of spring steel. The mosaic, created by Michael A. Linton, is 64 metres long, weighs 350kg and took 33 years to complete. It is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest steel mosaic. In 2005 Michael added an 8 metre 'Finale Section' which depicts events leading up to the crowning of William the Conqueror on Christmas Day 1066. In 2012,…
Illuminated Evenings
Fairytale FarmDon't miss our Illuminated Evenings on Saturdays and Sundays from 13th October to 23rd December, and Monday 24th December. The park will be open all day as normal, but when daylight fades the entire Enchanted Walk will become a magical wonderland of fairy lights, which will delight children and adults. The Mermaid Garden, Giant's Camera, The Extinct Band, Giant Party Poppers, and Light Fountains will be a blaze of colour and the Dancing Water Fountains will be illuminated. We also…
Illuminated Evenings 2018
Fairytale FarmDon't miss our Illuminated Evenings on Saturdays and Sundays from 13th October to 23rd December, and Monday 24th December. The park will be open all day as normal, but when daylight fades the entire Enchanted Walk will become a magical wonderland of fairy lights, which will delight children and adults. The Mermaid Garden, Giant's Camera, The Extinct Band, Giant Party Poppers, and Light Fountains will be a blaze of colour and the Dancing Water Fountains will be illuminated. We also…
Jenny Pickford Sculpture: Autumn Show
Waterperry GardensWaterperry Gardens provides the ideal backdrop for a solo show, and this Autumn Jenny will be showing more than two dozen recent sculptures there at SuperNature III. Jenny’s sculptures are intended to grab the attention, to make you really see and feel the swirls and swoops of nature. The sheer scale draws attention to the delicacy and sensitivity of the sinuous shapes – but you also know the strength of the piece, because it’s made of metal and glass. Jenny…
The Windrush Years – Next Generations
Museum of OxfordVisit our first community exhibition in the Micro-Museum. See our West-Indian living room exhibition and find out about the experiences of the Windrush with the voices of local people and costumes from BK LUWO. Created in partnership with ACHKI (Afrikan Caribbean Kultural Heritage Initiative) and BK LUWO. This exhibition will be available Mondays to Saturdays. Key facts about the HMT Empire Windrush: British troopship anchored at Tilbury Docks in Essex on 21 June 1948 It was 500ft and 3inches long…
Antinous: Boy made God
Ashmolean MuseumGallery 8 Antinous was a boy-favourite of the Emperor Hadrian. He drowned in the Nile in A.D. 130, and the emperor founded a city in middle Egypt in his honour called Antinoopolis or ‘Antinous City’. A striking portrait of the boy was created by a great court sculptor, and this image was widely reproduced around the empire. More than eighty busts and statues survive. This exhibition explores the spread of Antinous’ image and his empire-wide cult as a hero and…
Lui Shou-kwan Centenary Exhibition: Abstraction, Ink and Enlightenment
Ashmolean MuseumGallery 11 27 Oct 2018 - 7 Apr 2019 Lui Shou-kwan (1919–1975) was one of the most significant artists in Hong Kong during the mid-twentieth century. The paintings in this exhibition marking the anniversary of his birth are from the Ashmolean’s own collection. Two themes in particular dominate the output of the painter Lui Shou-kwan: landscapes and spirituality. It is his Chan (Japanese: “Zen”) paintings for which he became most famous. During the 1960s and 1970s these caught the imagination…
Plum Blossom and Green Willow: Surimono Poetry Prints
Ashmolean MuseumGallery 11 2 Oct 2018 - 17 Mar 2019 Some of the finest examples of Japanese printmaking in the early nineteenth century were the exquisitely printed woodblock prints called surimono (‘printed objects’). These privately published prints combined witty poems with elegant images by leading designers. This exhibition highlights rarely shown surimono from the Ashmolean’s collections, including a number of new acquisitions, offering a rare insight into Japanese literati culture and customs of the early nineteenth century.
Guiding Stars | Sarah Wiseman Gallery Christmas Exhibition
Sara Wiseman GalleryFor the 2018 festive season, Sarah Wiseman Gallery has focussed their annual Christmas exhibition on smaller scale art-works. ‘The jewel-like quality of the show of these special pieces means that there will be something for everyone, and a place for inspirational gift giving that will stand the test of time,’ says gallery director Sarah Wiseman. ‘Small artworks have a special appeal, drawing the eye and capturing hearts. We have invited our gallery artists to create for us exclusive collections of…
Christmas At Blenheim
Blenheim PalaceChristmas at Blenheim Palace returns from 23 November 2018 – 1 January 2019, illuminating England's finest view with a bigger, brighter and more spectacular evening trail than ever before. New for 2018, visitors can expect over a million pea-lights, lasers and projections. Wander beneath unique tree canopies drenched in seasonal colour and dripping with silvery shards of light, frosty snowflakes, stars and baubles. From the delicate and twinkling to the grand and spectacular, follow the lakeside path past the Gingerbread…
