🇬🇧 Don't Miss Oxford's Hidden Museum Gems! 🏛️✨

"To walk through Oxford is to walk through history." With over 800 years of legacy, Oxford isn’t just about colleges—its world-class museums (mostly FREE!) are treasure troves of knowledge. Here’s your curated guide: 🎨 Ashmolean Museum 🆓 Older than the British Museum, with equally stunning art/archaeology collections (spot textbook artifacts!). Perfect for: Avoiding London crowds while seeing mummies, Renaissance paintings, and Ming vases. ⏰ Daily 10AM-5PM 🦖 Oxford Natural History Museum 🆓 5 million specimens, including: The ONLY surviving dodo soft tissue (BBC documentary star!) T.rex skeletons + touchable fossils Kid-friendly: "Family trails" (ages 3-17) with scavenger hunts! ⏰ Daily 10AM-5PM 🔭 History of Science Museum 🆓 20,000+ instruments: Astrolabes, Einstein’s blackboard, Victorian medical tools. Little scientists will adore the hands-on exhibits. ⏰ Tue-Sun 12PM-5PM (Closed Mon) 📖 The Story Museum (£12) Whimsical literary wonderland: Ride a storyboat through Oxford’s 1,000-year history Interactive "Small Worlds" gallery for young readers ⏰ Tue-Sun 9:30AM-4:30/5:30PM (Closed Mon) 🎻 Bonus Picks: Pitt Rivers Museum 🆓 (shrunken heads & tribal art) Bate Collection 🆓 (300+ historic instruments) Modern Art Oxford 🆓 (edgy contemporary works) #OxfordMuseums #UKFamilyTravel #LondonDayTrips