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People and their collections
The Collectors

 

Most of the archaeology collection at The Ashmolean Museum is the result of the personal interest of individuals, whose fascination for antiquities in their own right, and later for the developing study of archaeology, led to the museum and its collections we see today. Notable individuals include:

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