MY ASHMOLEAN

MY MUSEUM

This is an exciting time for the Ashmolean. In November 2009 we will unveil the Museum’s transformation, a redevelopment that is doubling our display space, and which the Oxford Times has called the ‘most significant’ in the Ashmolean’s 326-year history.

The My Ashmolean My Museum appeal has been launched to ask for your support as we reach the final stages of this historic expansion.

The architect of the new Ashmolean is Rick Mather, and the Guardian placed Rick’s ‘subtle yet major extension’ in its top five architectural highlights of 2009. His design has created 39 superb new galleries in which to display the Ashmolean’s rich and varied collections, as well as an Education Centre with its own entrance on St Giles, and Oxford’s first rooftop café.

These state-of-the-art facilities, together with inventive and engaging new displays, will allow us to build upon the position we occupy as a museum of local, national and international importance. Despite these momentous changes, entry to the Ashmolean will remain free.

The cost of the Ashmolean’s transformation is £61 million. So far we have raised nearly eighty per cent of that goal, thanks to the generous backing of the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Linbury Trust, and a number of other charitable trusts and individuals.

We are grateful to those who have already shown their support, and we hope that you will help us to reach our target. Every pound really does count.


http://www.ashmolean.org/appeal/