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Map of all of Oxford's libraries.

University Guide to Oxford's libraries, with contact details, opening hours and other information.

Bodleian

The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford. It is also a copyright deposit library and its collections are used by scholars from around the world. It is reference only.

Most works of interest to Classicists are housed in the Lower Reading room of the Old Bodleian (see Bodleian map). This contains the Greek Room, the Latin Room, and the Academy Room, which have on open shelves the most commonly used texts, reference works and periodicals. From here further books can be ordered from the Bodleian's stacks.

Bodleian Homepage

Special Collections and Closed-access Material

Sackler

The Sackler Library, incorporating the collections of the former Ashmolean Library, is an internationally recognised research library and specialises in Archaeology, Art History, and Classics (Ancient History and Literature). It also has important collections in papyrology, epigraphy and numismatics.

The Sackler also hold the Classics Lending Library, a lending collection for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Sackler Homepage

Ashmolean

The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology is a museum of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1683, it is one of the oldest public museums in the world. Of particular interest to Classicists are:
Department of Antiquity, vast collection of artifacts from Europe, Egypt and the Near East.
Cast Gallery, housing casts of sculpture from museums around the world mainly from Roman and Greek contexts.
The Heberdeen Coin Room contains coins and medals from around the world, inlcuding Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Medieval.

Ashmolean Homepage

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