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History of Science Museum with Museums + Heritage Front of House Award 2022

Free entry - Donations welcome

Plan your visit

Armillary Sphere (70229) in the Top Gallery, History of Science Museum, University of Oxford (Photo by Ian Wallman)

General admission

For individuals and small groups of family and friends

Walk-ups may be available, but we recommend booking to guarantee entry

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Self-guided group visits

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

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Bring your ticket with you (printed out, or on your phone or tablet)

Please wear a face covering during your visit. Our team will continue to wear face coverings

Keep a comfortable distance from other visitors

There are hand sanitisers in every Gallery

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.

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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!).