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Ashmolean Museum

@AshmoleanMuseum

🖼 🏺🏛 World famous collections, from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art. 🕙 Open every day 10am–5pm.

Oxford, UK

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Mar 19
📣 In Bloom: How Plants Change Our World is now open. ★ ★ ★ ★ The Guardian "There's much to savour" The Telegraph 🏦 Ashmolean Members go for free with no need to book. 🌱ashmolean.org/exhibition/in-… 🎵Eric Sutherland
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IN BLOOM EXHIBITION
The stories behind some of Britain’s most beloved blooms – from roses and tulips to camellias and peonies.
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Jan 29, 2021
Which medieval embroidered lion are you today?
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Oct 27, 2019
It's #BlackCatDay! Folklore surrounding black cats varies, with some cultures believing they are good luck and others perceiving them as bad omens of misfortune and even death. Do you believe that black cats are good or bad luck? 🐾
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Apr 14, 2020
Today's #IsolationCreations inspiration is one of the world's earliest piggy banks! This small terracotta sculpture of a pig is from 15th-century Java, and objects of its kind are extremely rare as they normally would have been smashed in order to access the savings
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Feb 10, 2021
"I'm here live, I'm not a cat"
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Jun 21, 2018
Today is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere! This painting by William Turner of Oxford features Stone Henge, where the summer solstice has been celebrated for thousands of years #SummerSolstice ☀️
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May 20, 2023
The ancient city of Ephesus adopted the bee as one of its coin designs. 🐝⁠ It was home to the temple of Artemis, goddess of hunting, wilderness & wild animals. The temple's high priest was known as the ‘king bee’ & priestesses as ‘melissae’ (honey bees). #WorldBeeDay 🐝⁠
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Apr 22, 2018
Little Egyptian faience model of a hedgehog from a tomb at Abydos, made around 1,500–1,300 BC #EarthDay
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Mar 17, 2023
Today is #WorldSleepDay. This sleeping cat was painted by Hara Zaimei (1778 - 1884) between 1800 and 1844. 🐈💤
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Feb 18, 2021
"I hope this email finds you well." How the email found me:
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Jan 14, 2021
Replying to @TheMERL
If we may, MERL, here is an exceedingly round pig to accompany your fine, oblong pig.
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Feb 3, 2019
Happy #SuperBowlSunday! While we don't have any American footballs in our collection, we do have plenty of #SuperBowls for you to feast your eyes on 🥣 👀 These bowls are from 11th-14th century Iran #Superbowl
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Feb 15, 2023
This crouching cat dates back to c.1667 and was produced by Cornelis II Visscher (1628 - 1658). Looking closely at the bottom left corner and you'll spot a terrified mouse trying to sneak past... 🐱 🐭 🔎 WA1925.345.143 @CatsOfYore
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Jul 21, 2023
This tiny mouse is a netsuke. Until the 19th century Japanese citizens wore a kimono, fastened by an obi sash. Small items were hung from the sash by a silk cord. The cord was threaded through a bead, then tucked behind the kimono sash and secured with a toggle called a netsuke.
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