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Ashmolean Museum

Ashmolean Museum: see under Ashmole, Elias.

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The Ashmolean transformed: on 7 November the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford unveils its new building. Designed by Rick Mather, its 39 galleries break down the curatorial boundaries in England's oldest public museum.(THE NEW ASHMOLEAN) (Apollo)

A new Ribera drawing among Michelangelos: a drawing in the Ashmolean Museum long associated with Michelangelo is here attributed by Carmen C. Bambach to Jose de Ribera. One of his rare drawings in red chalk, it can be linked to the artist's well-known interest in grotesque faces.(Critical essay) (Apollo)

When Michael Vickers received a call at the Ashmolean Museum from Scotland Yard, he little guessed that it was the start of a long investigation into the provenance of some Etruscan terracottas--a story that has finally reached a happy ending.(OXFORD NEWS) (Apollo)

Rebirth of the Ashmolean: The World's Oldest Public Museum Has Received an Architectural Makeover. Peter Furtado Takes Delight in the Accessible New Layout and the Intelligent Display of the Collection's Many Treasures (History Today)

Picture Galleries outside London: The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Contemporary Review)

Ashmolean Museum in Print (Strings)

Metaphor wins three-year job for Ashmolean Museum.(Brief Article) (Design Week)

The Ashmolean Museum: a brief history of the institution and its collections. (book review) (Antiquity)

Details of #61m Ashmolean refurb unveiled.(Ashmolean Museum contract with Whybrow Signing Consultants)(Brief article) (Design Week)

The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum.(Book review) (Renaissance Quarterly)

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