ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM OF ART AND
ARCHAEOLOGY
• The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology (/æʃˈmoʊliən,
ˌæʃməˈliːən/)[2] on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's
second university museum (after the establishment of the
Kunstmuseum Basel in 1661 by the University of Basel in
Switzerland)[3] and Britain's first public museum.[4] 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.
• The present building was built between 1841 and 1845. The museum
reopened in 2009 after a major redevelopment. In November 2011,
new galleries focusing on Egypt and Nubia were unveiled. In May
2016, the museum opened new galleries of 19th-century art.
TITANIC BELFAST
• Titanic Belfast is a visitor attraction opened in 2012, a
monument to Belfast's maritime heritage on the site of
the former Harland & Wolff shipyard in the city's Titanic
Quarter where the RMS Titanic was built. It tells the
stories of the Titanic, which hit an iceberg and sank
during her maiden voyage in 1912, and her sister ships
RMS Olympic and HMHS Britannic. The building
contains more than 12,000 square metres (130,000 sq ft)
of floor space, most of which is occupied by a series of
galleries, private function rooms and community
facilities, plus the addition of Hickson’s Point
destination bar in March 2018.
THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
• The Victoria and Albert Museum has its origins in the Great Exhibition of
1851, with which Henry Cole, the museum's first director, was involved in
planning. Initially it was known as the Museum of Manufactures,[10] first
opening in May 1852 at Marlborough House, but by September had been
transferred to Somerset House. At this stage, the collections covered both
applied art and science.[11] Several of the exhibits from the Exhibition were
purchased to form the nucleus of the collection.[12]
• By February 1854 discussions were underway to transfer the museum to the
current site[13] and it was renamed South Kensington Museum. In 1855 the
German architect Gottfried Semper, at the request of Cole, produced a
design for the museum, but it was rejected by the Board of Trade as too
expensive.[14] The site was occupied by Brompton Park House; this was
extended in 1857, including the first refreshment rooms opened—the
museum being the first in the world to provide such a facility.
THE MUSEUM OF WIMBLEDON
• The Museum of Wimbledon is a local history museum
at 22 Ridgway, Wimbledon, in the London Borough of
Merton. The museum was established in 1916.[1] Run
by The Wimbledon Society and staffed by volunteers, it
is open at the weekends[2][3] but, as of November
2020, is closed for refurbishment.[2]
• The Wimbledon Society also runs the adjacent Village
Hall Trust Gallery, which is used for photographic and
other exhibitions, such as "Wimbledon Now and Then",
which ran from December 2013 to March 2014.[4]
