The Oxfordshire Museum

The museum is situated in a beautiful 18th century house in the heart of Woodstock. Our permanent free galleries tell the story of Oxfordshire and contain artefacts, 3D displays, dinosaur fossils, paintings and more.

 

The Galleries

Victorian Oxfordshire

Introducing Oxfordshire

Dinosaur Gallery

Woodlands

Changing Countryside

Roman Gallery

Picture Gallery

Innovation

The County Collection

 

Museum garden cafe

Call in and enjoy a refreshing drink, delicious sandwiches, home-made cakes or a light snack.

 

Reception and museum gift shop

Our museum shop sells a great selection of dinosaur toys, educational games, books, gifts, greetings cards, handmade jewellery and exhibition-related items.

 

Museum garden

The museum’s attractively landscaped gardens are the ideal location for morning coffee, a light lunch or afternoon tea on the terrace or for just relaxing with children and friends.

There is always something to delight from our carpet of early spring bulbs round the ancient chestnut tree in February to our annual summer exhibition of sculpture by local artists.

 

In the garden:

Meet our life-size megalosaur - as big as a bus!

Explore our new garden with its Jurassic plants

See the 168 million-year-old dinosaur footprints excavated from Ardley Quarry in Oxfordshire

Follow dinosaur activity trails

 

In the Interactive Gallery you can:

Feed the dinosaurs

Dress-up

Enjoy the puppet theatre

Discover fossils, facts and quizzes

Learn about The Shire of the dinosaur.

Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm

Sunday 2pm - 5pm

Last admission 4.45pm