I’ve always loved the openness of the Ashmolean. It’s my favourite museum out of all.

"Not so that we live in the past, but so that we can learn from it" -Bettany Hughes,. Hitorian and Writer...

Must have been to the Ashmolean over 30 times but still not tired of it!

I have a little museum in my garage, I call it the Trashmolean.

@thesilkpainter

2 ай бұрын

I checked everywhere, but I couldn't find the opening times.

Planning our visit

Wish I was closer..

very good!

@ashmoleanmuseum

Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

is vicki butler henderson the woman behind the microphone?

My God, back when we did not have to step back and wear mask

What does "Ashmolean" mean?

@orglancs

2 жыл бұрын

What a pity that no-one who knows has bothered to reply! I've looked this up to check the facts. The museum opened in 1683, was based on the vast collection of Elias Ashmole, (1617-1692) and another collection donated by his friend, John Tradescant (1608-1662), after whose father John (1570-1638) a plant is named, tradescantia. The father was gardener to Charles I. (All facts gleaned from The Oxford Reference Dictionary.) They're both very uncommon names, aren't they? I haven't heard of any other Ashmoles or Tradescants.

@billroberts9182

2 жыл бұрын

@@orglancs Well, thank you! I intend to visit the museum when the CCP virus risk recedes. From Alaska.

@kevinchambers1101

Жыл бұрын

It's named after an attorney who donated it. He purchased it from the son of the man that originally assembled it.

Plunder

Bettany Hughes is painfully gorgeous

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇦🇱👍

Bettany, you're hot! What do you think of Egypt / Dr Hawas almost demanding their antiquities be returned to them?🤔 Have other countries requested their "property" be returned? Thanks 😉

@christianfrommuslim

Жыл бұрын

Paradoxically, a region is more renown if its artefacts are spread around the world, rather than kept in one place. It is also a safety factor against regional conflicts and terror attacks.

@j.lietka9406

Жыл бұрын

@@christianfrommuslim that is true my friend! 🤓 Thank you for the reply!

Ms Hughes says,,,the Countess of Carnarvon is giving a talk on her ancestors role in the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, I presume the ancestor was her grandfather The talk would be short,,,four words,,,he provided the money, What about Howard Carter,,a two day talk would be too short, As Kenneth Clark said,,,the English aristocracy were as ignorant as swans What an insult to swans, How the English love a Lord

@michaelboylan5308

5 жыл бұрын

Ashmolean, It shows a fine tolerance on your part not to have wiped my acerbic note, My admiration for The Ashmolean Ms Hughes and H, Carter is boundless, I lived in Oxford once,,I miss the High St, toffee shop, I failed to meet Olga Pasternak, Are there any Ashmolean anecdotes about her?, My love is archaic Attic red figure vases, Are all Beazleys notes at the O,C,R,C,,,or do you have some? God,,I miss the toffee and the pubs

Oxford is soooloo expensive