What is the Ashmolean Museum?
Q: What is the Ashmolean Museum?
A: The Ashmolean Museum is the world's first university museum that contains art and archaeological exhibits.
Q: Who donated the collection that the Ashmolean Museum is based on?
A: The collection that the Ashmolean Museum is based on was donated by Elias Ashmole to the University of Oxford.
Q: When was the first building of the Ashmolean Museum built?
A: The first building of the Ashmolean Museum was built from 1678 to 1683.
Q: Who was the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum?
A: The first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum was Robert Plot, a naturalist.
Q: What is now housed in the original building of the Ashmolean Museum in Broad Street?
A: The original building of the Ashmolean Museum in Broad Street is now the Oxford Museum of the History of Science.
Q: When did the Ashmolean Museum reopen after a major redevelopment?
A: The Ashmolean Museum reopened after a major redevelopment in 2009.
Q: What were the new galleries unveiled in the Ashmolean Museum in November 2011?
A: In November 2011, new galleries focusing on Egypt and Nubia were unveiled in the Ashmolean Museum.
