Talk:Ashmolean Museum

Keeper or Curator?
Isn't 'curator' a more appropriate term than 'keeper'?

'Keeper' is the traditional title of curators at the Ashmolean - the reasons are lost in the mists of time!

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Adding the Coin Collection into the list of collections
Hello, Just wondering - the antique coin collection is mentioned in the fist paragraph about the museum's history, but would it be considered notable enough to be added to the list of collections? http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+%2526+heritage/art73200 Here's a feature about the new coin gallery. Disclaimer: I work at Culture24. What do people think? Thanks, RosieClarke (talk) 15:15, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Papyrus section
A lot of papyrus fragments are listed as part of the Ashmolean Museum as the P. Oxy papyri. There are also some manuskripts of the bible. Are they still part of the Ashmolean or is the whole collection now part of the Sackler Library?--Giftzwerg 88 (talk) 16:04, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Kish Tablet
The article claims, that the Kish Tablet is in the possession of the Ashmolean Museum. The articke Kish Tablet however claims, that the Ashmolean only has a copy. Which is correct?

Assessment comment
Substituted at 08:25, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

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Date of Taylor Institution
The history section contains a description of the Taylor Institution which cites Alden's Oxford Guide from 1946. "One wing of the building is occupied by the Taylor Institution, the modern languages faculty of the university, standing on the corner of Beaumont Street and St Giles' Street. This wing of the building dates from 1845–48 and was also designed by Charles Cockerell, using the Ionic order of Greek architecture. " I have deleted "dates from 1845–48 and" which is of limited relevance and possibly incorrect as the Taylor Institution Conservation plan notes "Some sources list the completion date as 1847; however it must have been completed in 1845, as this completion date is listed in the 24th October 1846 edition of The Builder" Link: https://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/media/global/wwwadminoxacuk/localsites/estatesservices/documents/conservation/Taylor_Institution.pdf 81.86.211.166 (talk) 15:26, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Kish tablet
The one in exhibition is a plaster cast or the real thing? --ExperiencedArticleFixer (talk) 16:01, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Pococke Kition inscriptions
The only surviving example of the Pococke Kition inscriptions – all the rest were destroyed – is on display in room 18 of the Ashmolean Museum (https://collections.ashmolean.org/object/308786). This particular inscription was key to the decipherment of Phoenician by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, 250 years ago (it is no.1 in the picture on the right). The Ashmolean Museum webpage does not highlight this - perhaps they are not aware. If anyone visiting the museum has time to take a photo, it would be a very helpful addition to our article. Onceinawhile (talk) 12:46, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Broken Link
If you look at footnote 18 (Ashes to Ashmolean) and go to its external likk, it takes you to a site that is unrelated to the Ashmolean. 99.47.178.144 (talk) 09:06, 15 September 2023 (UTC)