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  2. Ashmolean Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology (/ æ ʃ ˈ m oʊ l i ən, ˌ æ ʃ m ə ˈ l iː ən /) [2] on Beaumont Street in Oxford, England, is Britain's first public museum. [3] 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.

  3. List of museums and cultural institutions in Greater St. Louis

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    St. Louis Art Museum The Gateway Arch The Climatron The Jewel Box The City Museum The Magic House Mcdonnell Planetarium Standard J-1 at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum A Burlington Zephyr and a Frisco 2-10-0 on display at the Museum of Transportation 1904 World's Fair Flight Cage at the St. Louis Zoo Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum

  4. Landscape with Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia

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    The composition evolved through a series of drawings, beginning in 1669, with two now at Chatsworth House (1671 or 1678) and the Ashmolean (1682). [10] The final composition, with the river separating the archer and the stag, was only arrived at late in the process. [ 11 ]

  5. Karl Parker - Wikipedia

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    Sir Karl Theodore Parker, CBE, FBA (2 July 1895 – 22 July 1992), occasionally known as KTP, was an English art historian and museum curator.He was Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford from 1945 to 1962 and Trustee of the National Gallery from 1962 to 1969.

  6. List of museums in St. Louis - Wikipedia

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    The Griot Museum of Black History: St. Louis Place: African-American: Life-size wax figures, art, artifacts and memorabilia to interpret the stories of important African Americans with a regional connection; formerly the Black World History Museum HealthWorks! Kids' Museum St. Louis: Forest Park: Children's: website: Inside the Economy Museum ...

  7. List of landmarks of St. Louis - Wikipedia

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    View of the Eads Bridge under construction in 1870, listed as a St. Louis Landmark and National Historic Landmark St. Louis Landmark is a designation of the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis for historic buildings and other sites in St. Louis, Missouri. Listed sites are selected after meeting a combination of criteria, such as whether the site is a cultural resource, near a cultural ...

  8. John Evans (archaeologist) - Wikipedia

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    Sir John Evans KCB FRS FSA FRAI (17 November 1823 – 31 May 1908) was an English antiquarian, geologist and founder of prehistoric archaeology.. Between 1884 and 1908 he was curator of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, becoming the founding member of the British Academy in 1902 and professor of prehistoric archaeology at Oxford in 1909.

  9. A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary ...

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    A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids is a painting by the English artist William Holman Hunt that was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1850 and is now in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. It was a companion to John Everett Millais's Christ in the House of His Parents. Both artists sought ...