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World Service,03 Sep 1981,15 mins

Britain's Great Museums - The Ashmolean

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Built in 17th Century Oxford to house Elias Ashmole's vast collection of antiquities, coins, books, Chinese lanterns and the last dodo seen in Europe, the Ashmolean is the world's first public museum. Presented by Malcolm Billings

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