Free Entry, Free Attractions, Free Entrance. Cambridge &
Oxford
What
to do at the weekend, What's on at the weekend?
Things
to do FREE in Oxford and Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
Free Days Out
Fitzwilliam
Museum
Outstanding
collections of antiquities, fine and decorative arts including
European paintings from the middle ages to the present, drawings,
prints, sculpture, furniture, fans, coins and medals. Shop
and Cafe. Open (except Mondays) all year. Free Admission.
The Fitzwilliam
Museum, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB
Tel: 01223 332900 Fax: 01223 332923
Scott
Ploar Research Institute Museum
The museum
welcomes school and other groups of all ages.
The Scott
Polar Research Institute's Museum holds a collection of artifacts,
paintings, drawings, photographs (including cinematographic
film, lantern slides, and Daguerreotypes), and other material.
A proportion of this is exhibited in a private museum on the
ground floor which is freely open to persons with an interest
in polar regions. A note on admission and group bookings is
available from the Curator. As well as the permanent exhibits,
the Museum arranges Special Exhibitions regularly and occasionally
displays other items of particular interest. Ceiling frieze
from the Museum: the Arctic, by Macdonald Gill, 1934 Some
display cabinets have books, postcards, posters, and other
items which may be purchased from The Museum Shop.
The Museum
is open to the public between 2.30-4pm Tuesday to Saturday
but is closed for Bank Holiday weekends and occasional other
days, e.g. over Christmas. The Museum is closed on Sundays
and Mondays.
Scott
Polar Research Institute
University of Cambridge
Lensfield Road
Cambridge CB2 1ER
01223 336540
University
Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
Established
in 1884, the Museum displays renowned archaeological and anthropological
collections from around the world. The ground-floor gallery
displays collections of world prehistory and local archaeology;
the first-floor gallery offers an historical and geographical
display of the social anthropology collection; while on the
top floor, special exhibitions reflect current research interests
in the Faculty.
Research
and teaching remain the primary focus of the Museum which
welcomes researchers from all parts of the world to work and
study the Museum's extensive collections.
The Museum
is located on Downing Street (between Pembroke College and
Emmanuel College) in the heart of Cambridge.
The Museum is open to the public, free of charge, from 2:00
to 4:30 Tuesday through Saturday.
Museum
of Archaeology and Anthropology
Downing Street
Cambridge, UK
CB2 3DZ
01223-333516
Oxfordshire
Free Days Out
Banbury
Museum
Visit
Banbury Museum where "Hands on" displays tell the
stories that have made Banbury famous.
Find out
what happened when ...Roundheads beseiged the town, plush
cloth was made and exported around the world, World War II
came to Banbury
Watch
from the Waterways Gallery ...the Oxford Canal pass beneath
your feet, boats being repaired in the historic Tooley's Boatyard
Discover
treasures never before displayed, costume, spanning four centuries,
from baldrics to corsets, a cannon from Banbury Castle, the
hangman's gibbet, Victorian toys, a carrier's cart, momentos
from the Home Guard
Opening
information
Monday
to Saturday 9.30am - 5.00pm. Sunday and Bank Holidays 10.30am
- 4.30pm
How to find us . Banbury
Museum's main entrance is in the Castle Quay Shopping Centre.
Follow signs to Castle Quay.
Banbury
Museum, Spiceball Park Rd, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 2PQ.. Telephone:
01295 259855
Deddington
Castle
The site of Deddington Castle lies to the
east of the town and comprises some 8 acres. At the present
time it is a grassed-in enclosure surrounded by banks and
trees on three sides, and is used as a recreational area for
walking dogs and so on. There have been two recent archaeological
"digs", one in 1947 and one in 1977. These have
uncovered evidence of some Saxon building on the site, but
the main evidence, both archaeological and documentary, is
of the castle in the eleventh to fourteenth centuries. There
was an inner bailey containing a stone hall, a solar and chapel,
with a tower on the east side and a gatehouse on the west
side giving access to the large outer bailey. Pottery from
the 11th to 13th centuries was found on the site.
North
Leigh Roman Villa
North
Leigh Roman Villa is located in East End, near North Leigh.
The Villa is reached via a long track 600 metres or so off
the main road. The Villa, built around a large courtyard,
was once the home of a wealthy Roman. The remains of the red
and brown mosaic, thought to be made by workers from Cirencester,
can be clearly seen. The Villa is open to the public every
day and there is no admission fee.
The
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
With the
opening of its doors on 24 May 1683, the Ashmolean Museum
provided a setting in which the private collection emerged
into the public domain. Even the use of the term `Museum'
was a novelty in English: a few years later the New World
of Words (1706) defined it as `a Study, or Library; also a
College, or Publick Place for the Resort of Learned Men',
with a specific entry for `Ashmole's Museum', described as
`a neat Building in the City of Oxford'.
Admission
is Free
Opening Times:Tuesdays
to Saturdays: 10am to 5pm, Sundays: 12pm to 5pm (but not the
Cast Gallery)
Bank Holidays: 10am to 5pm
Easter openings: 25th & 26th March 10.00 - 5.00; 27th
March 12.00 - 5.00; 28th March 10.00 - 5.00.
Summer Evening Openings: During June, July, and August the
Museum stays open until 7.00pm on Thursday evenings
Museum Closures: 24th, 25th and 26th December (Christmas)
3rd, 4th and 5th September, 2006 (St. Giles Fair)
The Western
Art Print Room will be closed from Good Friday to Easter Monday.
The
Museum of the History of Science
The Museum
of the History of Science houses an unrivalled collection
of historic scientific instruments in the world's oldest surviving
purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad
Street, Oxford. By virtue of the collection and the building,
the Museum occupies a special position, both in the study
of the history of science and in the development of western
culture and collecting.
Opening
hours are 12 to 4 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday, and 2 to 5 p.m.
Sunday.
Admission
is free.
Museum
of the History of Science,
Broad Street,
Oxford, OX1 3AZ
The
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
The Oxford
University Museum of Natural History houses the University's
scientific collections of zoological, entomological, geological,
palaeontological and mineralogical specimens, accumulated
in the course of the last three centuries.
The exhibits
occupy a large centre court with its elegant cast iron columns
supporting the great glass roof, and surrounded on four sides
by upper and lower arcades. They are devoted to the history
and diversity of life on Earth and the rocks and minerals
that form it. What is not on public display are huge reserve
collections that are used for research and teaching. These
are organised into five Collections: Entomological, Geological,
Mineralogical, Palaeontological and Zoological, each one cared
for by a Curator and Assistant Curator.
Public
information line: 01865 270949
Pitts
River Museum
Permanent
displays in the Museum are ethnographic and archaeological
and include the following:
Pacific
island objects, including a magnificent Tahitian mourner's
costume, collected during Captain Cook's Second Voyage in
1773-74; Hawaiian feather cloaks in brilliant shades of red
and yellow; a wide range of handwoven textiles and looms;
a collection of ceremonial brasses and ivories from the Kingdom
of Benin; a fine group of early masks worn by actors in Japanese
Noh dramas; more masks from Africa, Melanesia and North America;
sculpture from all over the world in wood, pottery, metal
and stone; boats, ranging from full-sized sailing craft to
model canoes; baskets in all possible shapes and sizes; pottery
from Africa and the Americas, including many pre-Columbian
pieces; costumes from North America including Inuit fur parkas,
Plains skin shirts decorated with porcupine quills, painted
coats from the Northeastern Woodlands and a range of decorated
moccasins; magic objects including amulets and charms; jewellery
and body decoration; locks and keys; tools and weapons; musical
instruments.
Opening
Hours
Every
Day 12.00 - 4.30 pm
Christmas Closing dates: Dec 24th - 27th inclusive. Dec 31st
2005, Jan 1st 2006
Admission
to the museum is free.
St.Edmund
Hall
Modern
and progressive in its outlook and committed to a wide range
of subjects in the Arts and Sciences, St Edmund Hall offers
a matchless chance to live in the heart of Oxford, to be taught
by tutors of recognised distinction in their fields and to
enjoy being part of a vibrant and varied community of 400
undergraduates, 150 graduates and 40 Tutorial Fellows. We
have an equal opportunities admissions policy, and are committed
above all to academic excellence. Our students thrive in the
supportive but intellectually challenging environment of a
college firmly dedicated to the tutorial system, but willing
to explore other teaching methods. We encourage intellectual
curiosity and debate, adventurousness, and the enjoyment of
ideas exchanged across and between disciplines. Our students
also find time for a wide range of extra curricular activities,
including journalism, music, drama, art, creative writing,
and sport. Please use the menu and quick links on the left
to navigate your way around the site, and don't hesitate to
contact us if you need any further information.
St Edmund
Hall
Oxford
OX1 4AR
(01865)
279000
Uffington
Castle, White Horse and Dragon Hill
A group
of sites lying along the Ridgeway, an old prehistoric route.
There is a large Iron Age camp enclosed within ramparts, a
natural mound called Dragon Hill and the White Horse, cut
from turf to reveal the chalk.
Directions:
S of B4507, 7 miles W of Wantage (OS Map 174; ref SU 301866)
Open Daily, any reasonable time
Uffington
Castle
White Horse and Dragon Hill
Oxfordshire
The
Oxfordshire Museum
Situated at the heart of the historic town of Woodstock, the
award-winning redevelopment of Fletcher’s House provides
a home for the new county museum.
Set in
attractive gardens, the new museum celebrates Oxfordshire
in all its diversity and features collections of local history,
art, archaeology, landscape and wildlife as well as a gallery
exploring the county’s innovative industries from nuclear
power to nanotechnology. Interactive exhibits offer new learning
experiences for all ages.
The Galleries
Open:
Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm, Sunday 2 – 5pm.
Closed Mondays, but coffee shop open Mondays 10am – 5pm.
Last admission 4.45pm.
Free admission
Admission
is now free to all the permanent displays and temporary exhibitions
at the Oxfordshire Museum
Exhibitions and events
Museum coffee shop
Open Monday
– Saturday 10am – 5pm; Sunday 2pm – 5pm
Call in and enjoy a refreshing drink, delicious sandwiches,
home-made cakes or a light snack.
Museum garden
The museum's
attractively landscaped gardens are the ideal location for
wedding photographs and are also available for hire for birthday
parties, christenings and other special occasions. Marquees
may be erected on the lower lawn for wedding receptions and
other events
|
