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The Western Art collections at the Ashmolean Museum include paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, silver, textiles and musical instruments from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Numerous individual specialist collections have been given or bequeathed over the years, making these holdings a ‘collection of collections’.

Italian Renaissance Gallery at the Ashmolean Museum

Italian Renaissance Gallery at the Ashmolean Museum

Music and Tapestry, Gallery 39 at the Ashmolean Museum

Music and Tapestry, Gallery 39 at the Ashmolean Museum

European Goldsmiths' Work, Wellby Gallery at the Ashmolean Museum

European Goldsmiths’ Work, Wellby Gallery at the Ashmolean Museum

Dutch Art, Gallery 45 at the Ashmolean Museum

Dutch Art, Gallery 45 at the Ashmolean Museum

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