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Ashmolean Museum

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Ashmolean Museum [æʃˈməʊlɪən ˌæʃməˈlɪən]
n
(Placenames / Named Buildings) a museum, attached to Oxford University and founded in 1683, noted for its paintings and archaeological collections
[named after Elias Ashmole (1617-92), English antiquary who donated the first collection]


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