Plan your visit

Free entry - Donations welcome

Plan your visit

Individuals: Book your ticket

Individual admission

For individuals, families and friends: you can book tickets for up to 7 people

If your group is 8 people or more, you need to make a group booking in advance

Tickets may be available on the door, but we recommend booking to guarantee entry

Groups: Book your ticket

Self-guided group visits

Groups of 8 people or more need to book in advance

Whether you want to bring learning alive for your students or share your passion for ingenious science stories with your friends, there's a self-guided tour option for you

It's free to visit & we recommend pre-booking to guarantee entry at busy times. Groups of 8+ people need to book in advance

There are no public toilets in the Museum

Disabled level access lift icon (purple)

We apologise that our lift is currently out of order and we cannot offer disabled, level access for visitors. We'll update you as soon as it's fixed

We recommend you wear a face covering during your visit. Some of our team may continue to wear face coverings

Keep a comfortable distance where possible during your visit

There are hand sanitisers in every Gallery

Check our FAQs page for more information

Travelling by car

Park and Ride

Daytime parking in central Oxford is limited.

If you're visiting us from outside the City, our Council encourages you to use one of the five Park & Ride services.

There’s one located at each of the main roads into the City and they run frequent bus services into the City Centre.

Car and Coach parks

The main car park and coach park for the City is on Oxpens Road — check the Oxford City Council website for details of all city-centre parking.

Coaches are able to drop off and pick up in Broad Street; we advise groups travelling in a minibus to use the Park & Ride.

For cars, there is pay-and-display parking close to the Museum in Broad Street, Mansfield Road, and Blackhall Road.

Take a look at the Oxfordshire County Council website to find out about on-street parking in Oxford.

Useful links

Oxford Park and Ride

Car parks around Oxford

On-street parking in Oxfordshire

Oxford Bus Station

Travelling by public transport

Bus station

If you're coming to Oxford by bus, we're about 10 minutes' walk from the bus station.

Railway stations

There are two railway stations serving Oxford:

Oxford
We're about 15 minutes' walk from Oxford station, where there are also bus stops and a taxi rank.

Oxford Parkway
We're about an hour's walk from Oxford Parkway, so we do recommend using the Park and Ride bus service or a taxi (unless you feel like stretching your legs!).