Free Things to Do in Oxford

Oxford is one of the best cities in Britain for free days out. Four world-class museums, dozens of college chapels, parks, and river walks — all without spending a penny. Here's everything worth your time.

Ashmolean Museum

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The world's first university museum — free, with major collections of art and archaeology.

Bodleian Library

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One of the oldest libraries in Europe — the Divinity School, Duke Humfrey's Library, and the Radcliffe Camera.

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

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Museum location_on City Centre

Dinosaurs, dodos, and Darwin's legacy — all under a Gothic Revival iron-and-glass roof.

Pitt Rivers Museum

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Museum location_on City Centre

A Victorian cabinet of curiosities — shrunken heads, totem poles, and half a million objects from every culture on earth.