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Nov 25th, 2010 | | Museums | No Comments

The Ashmolean, Oxford

Patrick Baty took samples of paint from the main staircase of the Ashmolean Museum

The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, was the world’s first university museum. Its first building was built in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities Elias Ashmole gave Oxford University in 1677.

Between 2006 and 2009, the museum was extensively rebuilt and expanded to the designs of architect Rick Mather and the exhibition design company Metaphor, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The rebuilding resulted in five floors instead of three, with a doubling of the display space as well as new conservation studios and an education centre. The renovated museum re-opened on 7 November 2009.

I was commissioned to carry out the paint analysis of the staircase as part of the recent work.




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