Both Erin and James have been associated with the Natural History Museum at Oxford over their tenure in Oxford. The museum was constructed between 1855 and 1860 and was designed as a teaching institution for the University. The architecture is unique, with a lovely glass roof.

Entrance is free, but donations are suggested.

This Museum is attached to the back of the Oxford Museum of Natural History and displays an overwhelming number of cultural, anthropological, and archaeological artefacts. Folks often liken the museum to a ‘cabinet of curiosities’.

Entrance is free, but donations are suggested.

This is Britain’s first public museum, with the building erected in 1678-1683 to house collections by Elias Ashmole. The museum is also the world’s second ever university museum (after the museum associated with the University of Basel). The collections house art and archaeological artefacts, including material from Ancient Egypt.

Entrance is free, but donations are suggested.

Oxford colleges are responsible for housing, feeding, and teaching Oxford undergraduate and graduate students. One of the most famous is Christ Church College, which was founded by King Henry VIII. Christ Church was home to Lewis Carroll, who wrote Alice in Wonderland. The dining hall also inspired JK Rowling’s great hall in the Harry Potter series, with some of the Harry Potter films being shot here.

The church is the center from which the University of Oxford grew. The church was established where it currently resides in Anglo-Saxon times (1000’s). The current building dates from the 1200’s. You can climb the church tower and have a bird’s eye view of the surrounding Oxford buildings.

This church is off Cornmarket Street, a pedestrian-only thoroughfare in central Oxford. The name derives from the location of the original church, when it was on the site of the north gate of Oxford’s city walls. The church tower is one of the oldest remaining structures in Oxford, built in 1040.

This bookshop was founded in 1879 by Benjamin Henry Blackwell. The shop is an institution in Oxford and appears small from the outside but is actually a tardis: it’s incredibly large inside.

This is a historic market with stalls and shops in the center of town. The market opened in 1774 and remains in use. This is a good spot to grab some lunch or shop for gifts.