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Museums Resource Centre, Standlake
Image: Museum Resource Centre - view of building
Museums Resource Centre
Cotswold Dene
Witney Road
Standlake
Witney
OX29 7QG
Oxfordshire
England
Collection details
Agriculture
Archaeology
Coins and Medals
Costume and Textiles
Industry
Natural Sciences
Social History
Facilities
Parking: yes
Guided tours: yes
Library: yes
Study area: yes
Wheelchair access: yes
Contact details
General information (Tel)
:
01865 300972
General information (Fax)
:
01865 300519
General
:
museums.resource.centre@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Archaeology
:
esther.cameron@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Social History
:
phil.platt@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Conservation
:
christiane.jeuckens@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Documentation
:
kirsty.bell@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Website
:
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/index/libraries_heritage_countryside/oxfordshire_museums_service/oxfordshire_museums_store.htm
Open
The Centre is open to the public on Open Days or by appointment - please contact us for a booking. We welcome individual research requests or group bookings and can arrange to open in the evening or at weekends for booked parties.
Open Days 2008: Sunday 11th May and Sunday 14th September 10am - 4pm
Take a look behind the scenes and find out more about our collections. Guided tours throughout the day. Free admission and parking, disabled access.
Closed
UK Bank Holidays
Admission charges
Please note that there is a booking fee for special out of hours openings for pre-booked parties.
Description
What's in store? The Centre houses the County's major collections of Archaeology, Social History and Natural History. It holds items from Bronze Age beakers to bonnets, boots, bills, billhooks and bullock carts.
It is a resource for new and changing exhibitions countywide, and for private and academic research.
It preserves Oxfordshire's past for Oxfordshire's future.
Collections description
The Museums Resource Centre is home to a large and diverse collection. Objects representing Oxfordshire's history, archaeology, agriculture, arts, crafts and natural sciences are all here. The collections are available by appointment for research and study.
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General Information
Pre-booking service for groups
Parking for coaches
Guided tours
Collections
Object identification and/or written enquiry service
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Public access available to collections information
Disability Access
Parking for disabled available
Toilets for disabled
Wheelchair access to some public areas
Children and Families
Picnic area
Facilities
Library
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Picnic area
Research facilities for academics
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