The Oxfordshire Museum
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The Oxfordshire Museum | |
Oxfordshire | |
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The entrance to the museum | |
Type: | museum |
Location | |
Grid reference: | SP44371683 |
Location: | 51°50’54"N, 1°21’26"W |
Village: | Woodstock |
History | |
Address: | Fletcher's House, Park Street |
museum | |
Information |
The Oxfordshire Museum (also known as Oxfordshire County Museum) is in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, in Fletcher's House on Park Street, opposite the Bear Hotel, at the edge of the Cotswolds.[1]
The museum features collections of local history, art, archaeology, the landscape and wildlife relating to the county, and to the town of Woodstock in particular. The museum is run by the local council and is located in a large historic house, Fletcher's House, in the centre of Woodstock. The museum has 11 galleries.[2] There is also a coffee shop and a large garden behind the museum, which includes a Dinosaur Garden, displaying Megalosauroidea|megalosaur footprints found in a limestone quarry near Ardley .[3]
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References
- ↑ "The Oxfordshire Museum". http://www.oxfordshirecotswolds.org/attractionsdetail.asp?attractionid=14. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ↑ "The Oxfordshire Museum". The Art Fund. http://www.artfund.org/what-to-see/museums-and-galleries/the-oxfordshire-museum.
- ↑ Dinosaurs in Oxfordshire (DVD)