Welcome to the Image Library of the Ashmolean, the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683. Our world famous collections range from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art, telling human stories across cultures and across time.

You can browse more than 20,000 images on our image library site, which are all available to licence for a variety of uses. If you cannot find what you are looking for, our experienced Picture Library team have an excellent knowledge of our collections, so they can help you find the perfect image. They can gather existing images on the site, add more images to the system, or arrange for new scans of archive images or new object photography. They can also help with any bespoke licence requirements, and with information about how to licence images of works loaned to the museum, or images of works in our collection by artists that are still in copyright.

Contact us by email picture.library@ashmus.ox.ac.uk or by calling us on +44 (0) 1865 278040

PRINTS & CANVASES

Many of our most popular images can be bought as prints and canvases. To browse our collections, and order a print or canvas, visit our Prints website at: www.ashmoleanprints.com

FOR THE MEDIA

Members of the media who would like to reproduce images for editorial use should visit our Press Office pages.

BRAND LICENSING

Images are available for use on branded products such as stationery, soft furnishings and gifts. For more information please contact:

Carrie Hickman
Publishing and Licensing Coordinator
+44 (0)1865 278105
carrie.hickman@ashmus.ox.ac.uk