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- DictionaryAsh·mo·le·an Mu·se·um/aSHˌmōlēən myo͞oˈzēəm/
- 1. a museum of art and antiquities in Oxford, England. It opened in 1683 and was the first public institution of its kind in England.
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- Ashmolean Museum
Museum in Oxford, England, UK
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is Britain's first public museum. Its first building was erected in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities that Elias Ashmole gave to the University of Oxford in 1677. It is also the world's second university museum, after the establishment of the Kunstmuseum Basel in 1661 by the University of Basel. The presen... Wikipedia
