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Reopening Update: We are delighted to announce that the Museum will reopen on Monday 17 May 2021. Booking will be required and tickets are now available. 

To help keep everyone safe, all visitors need to book a free timed ticket in advance. This will enable us to manage the Museum's reduced capacity due to required social distancing and help ensure a safe and enjoyable visit for everyone. Tickets are limited - if the time slot or date you are looking to book is not showing up, it is fully booked. In this case, please select an alternate time or date for your visit. 

Because of the need to manage capacity, visitors are asked to arrive on time for their booked slot - late arrival may mean that you may be refused admission. Please arrive on time to avoid disappointment. 

For group bookings, go to our Visiting as a Group page.

The safety of our visitors and staff is our highest priority. We have introduced some changes in the Museum and we ask for your cooperation to ensure that everyone has a safe and enjoyable time in the Museum.

• Entry to the Museum is free but all visitors will need to pre-book a timed ticket by following this link. Please arrive on time to avoid disappointment.
• The number of visitors to the Museum has been reduced, so that you can maintain social distancing during your visit.
• Everyone must now wear a face covering in museums and galleries in England. Any visitor not wearing a face covering will not be allowed to enter the Museum, unless exempt from this requirement.
• We have increased the frequency of our cleaning regimes and there are now hand sanitisation points throughout the Museum.
• Please note that one-way routes will be in place in certain areas of the Museum and due to reduced capacity on the upper floors, there may be a slight delay accessing these galleries as we manage the flow of visitors.
• Toilet facilities are available.

There is pay and display parking close to the Museum on Mansfield Road, Keble Road and Blackhall Road. View parking fees and locations.

There are five Park and Ride car parks (on the A40 at Headington; Redbridge, Abingdon Road, near Kennington; Pear Tree Roundabout, Woodstock Road; Water Eaton, Banbury Road, Kidlington; and Seacourt at Botley). The coach park, and main car park for the city, is on Oxpens Road (click here for more information).

Download our map of the museum and Oxford city centre (Opens PDF)

Are you a visitor with special or additional needs, or are a carer of a visitor with additional needs? Please see our access guide.

Photography, sketching and art materials

Please note, we have portable stools that you can borrow from the information desk. Many of our visitors find these useful if they are spending a number of hours in the Museum, or are intending to sketch the collections. 

Art materials

You may bring:

• graphite pencils
• coloured pencils
• fine-line pens
• biros
• collage materials such as tissue paper, fabric and string
• scissors
• water-based glue sticks
• staplers
• boards without clips

As the Museum is full of objects, some openly displayed, we do not allow the use of:

• wet materials
• charcoal
• pastels

If you decide to do a collage in the Museum, we'd greatly appreciate it if you take all your materials with you.

Photography

You may use flash photography.

Camera tripods are not allowed without written permission of the Museum.