Welcome to our Acquisitions and Museum Support section, where you can explore the many ways we help preserve and enhance the museum's collections, programmes, and educational initiatives.
Help Save Oxfordshire's Iron Age Hoard
Help us, the Friends of Oxfordshire Museum, raise £10,500 to acquire an important Iron Age Hoard for the Oxfordshire Museums Service collection. Your support safeguards this special hoard forever.
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Early Medieval (7th century) pendant with Roman setting, Kingston, Lisle OXCMS : 2023.128
A complete early medieval gold pendant set with Roman mosaic glass. The brooch was found in the parish of Kingston Lisle by a metal detector user and reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme (www.finds.org.uk).
Iron Age (8th to 7th century BC) Hoard, Hook Norton OXCMS : 2024.46
The hoard consisted of a single-edged trapezoidal razor with an openwork handle and a socket fragment of a leather-working knife or chisel.
2020 T626 Early Medieval brooch (5th century), Britwell Salome OXCMS : 2023.129
A near-complete cast silver-gilt equal-armed brooch of Early Medieval date. Equal-armed brooches developed on the Continent in the late 4th century, with a particular regional association with northern Germany.
Post Medieval (17th century) seal matrix, Culham OXCMS : 2023.127
This type of seal matrix would have acted as a personal seal for the closing of documents using melted wax on which the matrix was...
Acquisition of Stoke Lyne Roman coin hoards
The Museums Service has acquired two third century Roman coin hoards discovered in 2016 at Stoke Lyne and valued at £9,000...
The Medieval Epwell Seal
A complete gold medieval seal matrix of 13th century date and in exceptional condition. The seal matrix is oval in plan with an applied gold spine and suspension loop on the reverse...
20 Years of Treasure
The Friends provided £3,500 in 2018 to facilitate the 20 Years of Treasure exhibition...
Anglo-Saxon Gallery Upgrade
The Friends provided £10,000 to improve the appearance and layout of the Museum’s Anglo-Saxon gallery.