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This small button brooch, with its friendly face, dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period.
Button brooches are a type of early Anglo-Saxon brooch commonly found in the south east of England. Objects like this are typically decorated with an anthropomorphic, or human-style face.
😊 AN1988.47
Button brooches are a type of early Anglo-Saxon brooch commonly found in the south east of England. Objects like this are typically decorated with an anthropomorphic, or human-style face.
😊 AN1988.47
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This small button brooch, with its friendly face, dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period.
Button brooches are a type of early Anglo-Saxon brooch commonly found in the south east of England. Objects like this are typically decorated with an anthropomorphic, or human-style face.
😊 AN1988.47
Button brooches are a type of early Anglo-Saxon brooch commonly found in the south east of England. Objects like this are typically decorated with an anthropomorphic, or human-style face.
😊 AN1988.47
Autumn and winter flowers are painted across this screen by the samurai artist Watanabe Shikō.
This screen shows the artist's mastery of tarashikomi, the dripping of ink or paint onto areas of wet colour to produce an effect of diffusion – ideal for depicting leaves or petals.
This screen shows the artist's mastery of tarashikomi, the dripping of ink or paint onto areas of wet colour to produce an effect of diffusion – ideal for depicting leaves or petals.
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Autumn and winter flowers are painted across this screen by the samurai artist Watanabe Shikō.
This screen shows the artist's mastery of tarashikomi, the dripping of ink or paint onto areas of wet colour to produce an effect of diffusion – ideal for depicting leaves or petals.
This screen shows the artist's mastery of tarashikomi, the dripping of ink or paint onto areas of wet colour to produce an effect of diffusion – ideal for depicting leaves or petals.
John Singer Sargent created this piece in 1906.
It shows a balustrade leading to the front door of the church of SS Domenico e Sisto in Rome.
During his visits to Italy, Sargent sought relief from painting portraits and turned to landscapes, both in oils and watercolours.
It shows a balustrade leading to the front door of the church of SS Domenico e Sisto in Rome.
During his visits to Italy, Sargent sought relief from painting portraits and turned to landscapes, both in oils and watercolours.
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
John Singer Sargent created this piece in 1906.
It shows a balustrade leading to the front door of the church of SS Domenico e Sisto in Rome.
During his visits to Italy, Sargent sought relief from painting portraits and turned to landscapes, both in oils and watercolours.
It shows a balustrade leading to the front door of the church of SS Domenico e Sisto in Rome.
During his visits to Italy, Sargent sought relief from painting portraits and turned to landscapes, both in oils and watercolours.
Leaf through the pages of the This Is What You Get exhibition catalogue…
This beautifully designed book features a carefully curated selection of visual works of art by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke, alongside guest essays from artists, curators & broadcasters: shop.ashmolean.org/collections/...
This beautifully designed book features a carefully curated selection of visual works of art by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke, alongside guest essays from artists, curators & broadcasters: shop.ashmolean.org/collections/...
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Leaf through the pages of the This Is What You Get exhibition catalogue…
This beautifully designed book features a carefully curated selection of visual works of art by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke, alongside guest essays from artists, curators & broadcasters: shop.ashmolean.org/collections/...
This beautifully designed book features a carefully curated selection of visual works of art by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke, alongside guest essays from artists, curators & broadcasters: shop.ashmolean.org/collections/...
Today is Remembrance Day, marking the day World War One ended - at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
We will pause at 11am today for a two-minute silence for Remembrance.
In the Air, 1917, Christopher Nevinson (1889 - 1946). Lithograph. WA1919.31.40
We will pause at 11am today for a two-minute silence for Remembrance.
In the Air, 1917, Christopher Nevinson (1889 - 1946). Lithograph. WA1919.31.40
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Today is Remembrance Day, marking the day World War One ended - at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
We will pause at 11am today for a two-minute silence for Remembrance.
In the Air, 1917, Christopher Nevinson (1889 - 1946). Lithograph. WA1919.31.40
We will pause at 11am today for a two-minute silence for Remembrance.
In the Air, 1917, Christopher Nevinson (1889 - 1946). Lithograph. WA1919.31.40
Between 1000 and 300 BCE, potters in Cyprus produced pottery and figures for daily use, feasting, ritual, and as gifts for the dead and the gods.
This wine jug, or oinochoe, dates to about 750-600 BCE and has been decorated with an ibis bird picking at a lotus flower.
AN1967.1088
This wine jug, or oinochoe, dates to about 750-600 BCE and has been decorated with an ibis bird picking at a lotus flower.
AN1967.1088
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Between 1000 and 300 BCE, potters in Cyprus produced pottery and figures for daily use, feasting, ritual, and as gifts for the dead and the gods.
This wine jug, or oinochoe, dates to about 750-600 BCE and has been decorated with an ibis bird picking at a lotus flower.
AN1967.1088
This wine jug, or oinochoe, dates to about 750-600 BCE and has been decorated with an ibis bird picking at a lotus flower.
AN1967.1088
Gold autumnal leaves and plants are scattered across this beautiful little ojime bead.
An ojime is used to fasten the cord of an inrō (tiered lacquer carrying case). They are often intricately carved from materials like wood, lacquer, or metal.
An ojime is used to fasten the cord of an inrō (tiered lacquer carrying case). They are often intricately carved from materials like wood, lacquer, or metal.
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Gold autumnal leaves and plants are scattered across this beautiful little ojime bead.
An ojime is used to fasten the cord of an inrō (tiered lacquer carrying case). They are often intricately carved from materials like wood, lacquer, or metal.
An ojime is used to fasten the cord of an inrō (tiered lacquer carrying case). They are often intricately carved from materials like wood, lacquer, or metal.
What is your favourite bird?
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
What is your favourite bird?
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
'Together they have pushed and led ad absurdum the boundaries between record covers, artworks and music marketing in a distinctive way.'
Here curator of This Is What You Get: Stanley Donwood, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, looks at the artists' 30 year collaboration: www.ashmolean.org/article/30-y...
Here curator of This Is What You Get: Stanley Donwood, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, looks at the artists' 30 year collaboration: www.ashmolean.org/article/30-y...
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
'Together they have pushed and led ad absurdum the boundaries between record covers, artworks and music marketing in a distinctive way.'
Here curator of This Is What You Get: Stanley Donwood, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, looks at the artists' 30 year collaboration: www.ashmolean.org/article/30-y...
Here curator of This Is What You Get: Stanley Donwood, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, looks at the artists' 30 year collaboration: www.ashmolean.org/article/30-y...
🕯️ ‘Remember, remember the 5th of November…’
Guy Fawkes is said to have been carrying this iron lantern when he was arrested in the cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament on the night of 4–5 November 1605.
See it on display in the Ashmolean Story gallery: www.ashmolean.org/guy-fawkes-l...
Guy Fawkes is said to have been carrying this iron lantern when he was arrested in the cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament on the night of 4–5 November 1605.
See it on display in the Ashmolean Story gallery: www.ashmolean.org/guy-fawkes-l...
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🕯️ ‘Remember, remember the 5th of November…’
Guy Fawkes is said to have been carrying this iron lantern when he was arrested in the cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament on the night of 4–5 November 1605.
See it on display in the Ashmolean Story gallery: www.ashmolean.org/guy-fawkes-l...
Guy Fawkes is said to have been carrying this iron lantern when he was arrested in the cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament on the night of 4–5 November 1605.
See it on display in the Ashmolean Story gallery: www.ashmolean.org/guy-fawkes-l...
The Sumerian King List is one of the most famous objects in the Museum, and one of the most important records from ancient Mesopotamia.
It lists a succession of cities, their rulers and the length of their reigns from the beginning of time to around 1800 BCE.
It lists a succession of cities, their rulers and the length of their reigns from the beginning of time to around 1800 BCE.
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Sumerian King List is one of the most famous objects in the Museum, and one of the most important records from ancient Mesopotamia.
It lists a succession of cities, their rulers and the length of their reigns from the beginning of time to around 1800 BCE.
It lists a succession of cities, their rulers and the length of their reigns from the beginning of time to around 1800 BCE.
This autumnal watercolour was painter by Pre-Raphaelite artist Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale.
🍃 Autumn Fields, Condoven, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872 - 1945), c. 1897–1926. WA1988.237
🍃 Autumn Fields, Condoven, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872 - 1945), c. 1897–1926. WA1988.237
November 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This autumnal watercolour was painter by Pre-Raphaelite artist Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale.
🍃 Autumn Fields, Condoven, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872 - 1945), c. 1897–1926. WA1988.237
🍃 Autumn Fields, Condoven, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872 - 1945), c. 1897–1926. WA1988.237
May this ceramic citron brighten your morning!
This sculpture of a citron comes from the workshop of the Della Robbia family in Florence and was made between 1500 and 1520. The Della Robbia family workshop was famous for the tin-glazed terracotta relief sculptures it created.
💛 WA1888.CDEF.S19
This sculpture of a citron comes from the workshop of the Della Robbia family in Florence and was made between 1500 and 1520. The Della Robbia family workshop was famous for the tin-glazed terracotta relief sculptures it created.
💛 WA1888.CDEF.S19
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
May this ceramic citron brighten your morning!
This sculpture of a citron comes from the workshop of the Della Robbia family in Florence and was made between 1500 and 1520. The Della Robbia family workshop was famous for the tin-glazed terracotta relief sculptures it created.
💛 WA1888.CDEF.S19
This sculpture of a citron comes from the workshop of the Della Robbia family in Florence and was made between 1500 and 1520. The Della Robbia family workshop was famous for the tin-glazed terracotta relief sculptures it created.
💛 WA1888.CDEF.S19
Would you believe us if we told you this bat measured just 2.3cm in height?
The inspiration behind today's magical animation by @_t0bbz_ , this object is a beautiful example of an ojime, a Japanese cord fastener.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
The inspiration behind today's magical animation by @_t0bbz_ , this object is a beautiful example of an ojime, a Japanese cord fastener.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Would you believe us if we told you this bat measured just 2.3cm in height?
The inspiration behind today's magical animation by @_t0bbz_ , this object is a beautiful example of an ojime, a Japanese cord fastener.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
The inspiration behind today's magical animation by @_t0bbz_ , this object is a beautiful example of an ojime, a Japanese cord fastener.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
🦇 Happy Halloween! 🦇
This brilliantly spooky take on our student animation project comes from t0bbz (instagram.com/_t0bbz_) and was inspired by a tiny bat-shaped ojime.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
This brilliantly spooky take on our student animation project comes from t0bbz (instagram.com/_t0bbz_) and was inspired by a tiny bat-shaped ojime.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
October 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🦇 Happy Halloween! 🦇
This brilliantly spooky take on our student animation project comes from t0bbz (instagram.com/_t0bbz_) and was inspired by a tiny bat-shaped ojime.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
This brilliantly spooky take on our student animation project comes from t0bbz (instagram.com/_t0bbz_) and was inspired by a tiny bat-shaped ojime.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood's 30 year-long artistic collaboration stands at the centre of our current major exhibition.
Together, they have created the artwork for all but the first of Radiohead's albums, as well as Yorke's other projects.
Together, they have created the artwork for all but the first of Radiohead's albums, as well as Yorke's other projects.
October 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood's 30 year-long artistic collaboration stands at the centre of our current major exhibition.
Together, they have created the artwork for all but the first of Radiohead's albums, as well as Yorke's other projects.
Together, they have created the artwork for all but the first of Radiohead's albums, as well as Yorke's other projects.
⭐️ Join our FREE family workshops this half term weekend ⭐️
Create your own paper monocle, a pair of cardboard glasses, or newsprint binoculars, and use your invention to explore the Museum in a whole new way.
Plan your visit: ashmolean.org/event/half-t...
Create your own paper monocle, a pair of cardboard glasses, or newsprint binoculars, and use your invention to explore the Museum in a whole new way.
Plan your visit: ashmolean.org/event/half-t...
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
⭐️ Join our FREE family workshops this half term weekend ⭐️
Create your own paper monocle, a pair of cardboard glasses, or newsprint binoculars, and use your invention to explore the Museum in a whole new way.
Plan your visit: ashmolean.org/event/half-t...
Create your own paper monocle, a pair of cardboard glasses, or newsprint binoculars, and use your invention to explore the Museum in a whole new way.
Plan your visit: ashmolean.org/event/half-t...
Have you carved your pumpkin ready for Halloween?
These gorgeous gourds were captured by Jean-Baptiste Huet. Huet was a French painter who excelled at representing rural life in the Rococo style.
These gorgeous gourds were captured by Jean-Baptiste Huet. Huet was a French painter who excelled at representing rural life in the Rococo style.
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Have you carved your pumpkin ready for Halloween?
These gorgeous gourds were captured by Jean-Baptiste Huet. Huet was a French painter who excelled at representing rural life in the Rococo style.
These gorgeous gourds were captured by Jean-Baptiste Huet. Huet was a French painter who excelled at representing rural life in the Rococo style.
Here we share the object that inspired the animation by Abby Senter.
This 19th-century netsuke takes the form of a tengu mountain demon emerging from an egg.
This 19th-century netsuke takes the form of a tengu mountain demon emerging from an egg.
October 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Here we share the object that inspired the animation by Abby Senter.
This 19th-century netsuke takes the form of a tengu mountain demon emerging from an egg.
This 19th-century netsuke takes the form of a tengu mountain demon emerging from an egg.
Reposted by Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
The King of Limbs owes its name to an ancient oak in the Savernake Forest in Wiltshire.
Trees have been a consistent thread in @thomyorke.wastehq.social and @stanleydonwood.bsky.social's collaboration. Their notebooks are full of trees, starting long before The King of Limbs.
📸 © Stanley Donwood
Trees have been a consistent thread in @thomyorke.wastehq.social and @stanleydonwood.bsky.social's collaboration. Their notebooks are full of trees, starting long before The King of Limbs.
📸 © Stanley Donwood
October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The King of Limbs owes its name to an ancient oak in the Savernake Forest in Wiltshire.
Trees have been a consistent thread in @thomyorke.wastehq.social and @stanleydonwood.bsky.social's collaboration. Their notebooks are full of trees, starting long before The King of Limbs.
📸 © Stanley Donwood
Trees have been a consistent thread in @thomyorke.wastehq.social and @stanleydonwood.bsky.social's collaboration. Their notebooks are full of trees, starting long before The King of Limbs.
📸 © Stanley Donwood
It’s alive! This ancient tengu demon fully hatches and comes to life in this animation by Abby Senter.
This animation is based on a tiny netsuke, which captures a tengu at the moment it breaks out of its shell.
Tengu are legendary creatures, known to torment people in mischievous ways.
This animation is based on a tiny netsuke, which captures a tengu at the moment it breaks out of its shell.
Tengu are legendary creatures, known to torment people in mischievous ways.
October 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
It’s alive! This ancient tengu demon fully hatches and comes to life in this animation by Abby Senter.
This animation is based on a tiny netsuke, which captures a tengu at the moment it breaks out of its shell.
Tengu are legendary creatures, known to torment people in mischievous ways.
This animation is based on a tiny netsuke, which captures a tengu at the moment it breaks out of its shell.
Tengu are legendary creatures, known to torment people in mischievous ways.
May this be your spookiest reminder that the clocks have gone back! ⏰💀
This silver-cased verge watch in the shape of a human skull is engraved with 'memento mori' exhortations – reflections on death and the after life.
💀 Silver cased verge watch in the form of a skull, c.1650. WA1947.191.58
This silver-cased verge watch in the shape of a human skull is engraved with 'memento mori' exhortations – reflections on death and the after life.
💀 Silver cased verge watch in the form of a skull, c.1650. WA1947.191.58
October 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
May this be your spookiest reminder that the clocks have gone back! ⏰💀
This silver-cased verge watch in the shape of a human skull is engraved with 'memento mori' exhortations – reflections on death and the after life.
💀 Silver cased verge watch in the form of a skull, c.1650. WA1947.191.58
This silver-cased verge watch in the shape of a human skull is engraved with 'memento mori' exhortations – reflections on death and the after life.
💀 Silver cased verge watch in the form of a skull, c.1650. WA1947.191.58
Only about twenty of these unusual ‘birdcage’ vases are known to have survived to the present day.
They were made in Japan in the 18th century at the famous Arita kilns, but they were designed to be exported to the Western market.
They were made in Japan in the 18th century at the famous Arita kilns, but they were designed to be exported to the Western market.
October 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Only about twenty of these unusual ‘birdcage’ vases are known to have survived to the present day.
They were made in Japan in the 18th century at the famous Arita kilns, but they were designed to be exported to the Western market.
They were made in Japan in the 18th century at the famous Arita kilns, but they were designed to be exported to the Western market.
Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer, was able to capture flowers with exquisite realism and as a result, demand was high for his work. Over 30 years, from the 1860s, he produced more than 800 studies of flowers, most of which were displayed in Victorian interiors.
October 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer, was able to capture flowers with exquisite realism and as a result, demand was high for his work. Over 30 years, from the 1860s, he produced more than 800 studies of flowers, most of which were displayed in Victorian interiors.
Exit via the This Is What You Get gift shop and create your own artwork 👋
Look out for the Victorian printing press in the exhibition shop, where you can make an exhibition-inspired print using the traditional letterpress technique.
Look out for the Victorian printing press in the exhibition shop, where you can make an exhibition-inspired print using the traditional letterpress technique.
October 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Exit via the This Is What You Get gift shop and create your own artwork 👋
Look out for the Victorian printing press in the exhibition shop, where you can make an exhibition-inspired print using the traditional letterpress technique.
Look out for the Victorian printing press in the exhibition shop, where you can make an exhibition-inspired print using the traditional letterpress technique.