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The Oxfordshire Museum Service

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The Oxfordshire Museum Service (OMS) cares for and makes accessible the county’s Museum collection across the four sites of The Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock, Bishops Palace in Witney, Swalcliffe Barn near Banbury and the Museum Resource Centre.

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The Oxfordshire Museum Service @oxonmuseumservice.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Before anything reaches the museum store, excavations take place as part of the planning process. Once the digging is done, the specialists have worked their magic, the archives come to us. Our job? To care for them in perpetuity and make them accessible to everyone.

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The Oxfordshire Museum Service @oxonmuseumservice.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

It's 220 years since the funeral of Lord Nelson in 1806. This wooden toy consists of 58 blocks that when lined up in the correct order depict the funeral procession of Lord Nelson from The Admiralty, to St Paul's Cathedral. The paper images are based on a print by John Wallis, from March 1806.

A line of cards depicting silhouettes of people, horses and coaches in the funeral procession of Lord Nelson.

A close up of cards depicting the silhouette of Lord Nelsons horse drawn coffin.

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The Oxfordshire Museum Service @oxonmuseumservice.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Spotted by Valerie during her work experience this Victorian medicine cabinet contains a variety of potions offering potential remedies. It is typical of what might have been found in a middle class home during the period. For further information visit www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshire-museum.

In a display case a wooden cabinet containing draws and little hollows for bottles containing different pills and other things is visible. At the forefront is a pair of shoes and to the left is a label describing what is in the display.

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