Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology		The Collections:
	PotWeb:	Ceramics online @ the Ashmolean Museum	•	Early Europe & Near East
			•	Classical to Medieval
			•	Europe from 1500
			•	Oriental & Islamic

People and their collections

The Collectors: Robert Plot
Robert Plot, scientist and first custodian of the Old Ashmolean Museum, the oldest public museum in Britain. He represented a continuum of the ideals of the Renaissance, which emphasised the potential of the individual and this life. His surveys, The Natural History of Oxford-shire and The Natural History of Stafford-shire are still indispensable sources for modern day scholars.	Dr. Robert Plot of Magdalen Hall (1640-96); (Courtesy of the Museum of the History of Science)

People and ...

Arthur Evans

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