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Oxford Bus Museum: as well as over 40 buses on display, there are Morris motor cars

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Few places have as a wonderful a selection of museums as the Oxfordshire Cotswolds – most of the towns (Burford, Charlbury, Chipping Norton, Witney & Woodstock) all have museums but more surprisingly so too do many of the villages, Churchill & Sarsden and Filkins.

There are also the more specialist museums of Combe Mill and the Oxford Bus Museum, as well as special collections like that of Kelmscott Manor and of Bampton.

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Rousham and its landscape garden should be a place of pilgrimage for students of the work of William Kent (1685–1748). Rousham represents the first...

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  1. The Old Grammar School Building in Bampton

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    Bampton Community Archive

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    Museum

    Bampton


    Bampton Archive, originally Bampton Museum, is based in the Vesey Room of the Old Grammar School Building, which many people will recognise from TV – it served as the ‘Hospital’ in the popular TV series Downton Abbey.

    As well as housing an extensive archive that includes an impressive...

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    Free
  2. Charlbury Museum

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    Charlbury Museum

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    Museum

    Charlbury

    Charlbury Museum is an independent museum, run entirely by volunteers. Its five rooms are crammed with exhibits revealing the history of this ancient market town. There is plenty here to interest both adults and children.

    The contents include: blacksmith’s forge; glove-making tools;...

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    Guide Price from Free to £1.00 Per Ticket
  3. Chipping Norton Museum of Local History

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    Chipping Norton Museum of Local History

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    Museum

    Chipping Norton


    An independent museum located on the first floor of the 19th century Chipping Norton Co-op Society Meeting Hall and run by the local history society.

    Among the many exhibits are the following: prehistoric and Roman artefacts; from Saxon Manor to Market Town in pictures; a display of farming...

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    Guide Price from Free to £1.50 Per Ticket
  4. Churchill & Sarsden Heritage Centre

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    Churchill & Sarsden Heritage Centre

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    Heritage / Visitor Centre

    Churchill, Chipping Norton

    Housed in the remains of the old medieval church, the Heritage Centre is in a stunning setting overlooking the site of the ‘lost’ village of Churchill, destroyed by fire in 1684.

    The building may be only 15' by 30' but its ancient walls contain state of the art technology, with touch screens...

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    Free
  5. Cogges cottage garden and manor house

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    Cogges

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    Heritage / Visitor Centre

    Witney

    Cogges Manor Farm is a beautifully preserved collection of Cotswold stone farm buildings set in its own grounds - a unique heritage site that has been farmed since before the Domesday Book and parts of the manor house date back to 13th century.

    Downton Abbey and other filming at...

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    Guide Price from £4.09 to £58.18 Per Ticket
  6. Combe Mill

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    Combe Mill

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    Heritage / Visitor Centre

    Combe

    A Grade II* listed building, Combe Mill is the original ‘power house’ of the old Blenheim Palace Estate, a Victorian steam- and water-powered sawmill now operating as a working museum offering visitors a fascinating insight into the work that went on behind the scenes of the Blenheim Estate over...

  7. Kelmscott Manor

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    Kelmscott Manor

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    Historic House / Palace

    Kelmscott

    The summer home of William Morris, Kelmscott Manor is a Grade I listed farmhouse, built around 1600 adjacent to the River Thames.

    William Morris chose it as his summer home, signing a joint lease with the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the summer of 1871. Morris loved the...

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    Guide Price from £3.50 to £26.00 Per Ticket
  8. Oxford Bus Museum and Morris Motors Museum

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    Oxford Bus Museum

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    Museum

    Long Hanborough

    The Oxford Bus Museum tells the story of bus and coach travel around Oxfordshire over the last 100 years: exhibits include many historic preserved buses, coaches, horse-drawn vehicles, a wide selection of artefacts (bus stops, ticket machines, timetables, posters, staff uniforms) and lots of...

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    Guide Price from £3.00 to £13.00 Per Ticket
  9. Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

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    Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

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    Museum

    Woodstock

    SOFO offers its visitors engaging and immersive experiences through a changing exhibitions programme and permanent galleries including a recreated Great War trench, a mock up section of a Horsa Glider from D Day and Afghan Alley.

    Our galleries take visitors through the life of a ‘21st Century...

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    Guide Price from £2.50 to £12.00 Per Ticket
  10. Swinford Museum

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    Swinford Museum

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    Museum

    Filkins

    Housed in a 17th century cottage in the centre of the beautiful village of Filkins, the Swinford Museum has a fine collection of local domestic, agricultural, trade and craft tools providing a unique picture of a bygone rural community. There is also a photographic collection of The Buildings of...

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    Free
  11. Dinosaur at The Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock

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    The Oxfordshire Museum

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    Museum

    Woodstock

    A large 18th century house in the historic town of Woodstock provides a home for the County's collections

    Touring exhibitions, a stunning garden, Museum shop and cafe complement the permanent displays.

    The museum is labigger than you might think with eleven galleries displaying art,...

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    Free
  12. Dolls House in Tolsey Museum at Burford

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    Tolsey Museum

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    Museum

    Burford


    Recently re-opened after refurbishment, the Tolsey Museum is housed in the early Tudor market building. The wide ranging collection illustrates Burford's social and working culture, including the town maces, seals and charters. Exhibits quaintly recall the trades that flourished here - quarrying,...

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    Free
  13. Witney Historic Museum

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    Witney Museum

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    Museum

    Witney

    The large ground floor gallery houses a long term exhibition, showing the history of Witney and the surrounding area, and highlighting the changes that have taken place over the last 1,000 years. Local industries such as Witney Blankets, glove making and brewing are all featured.

    The museum...