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The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
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Art museum in Oxford, England
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology on Beaumont Street in Oxford, England, is Britain's first public museum. Its first building was erected in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities that Elias Ashmole gave to the University of Oxford in 1677. It is also the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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City and district in Oxfordshire, England
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