Ashmolean Museum Broadway
Museum and Cotswolds Cultural Centre
Since 2013, the Ashmolean Broadway has been uniting the community and exploring how we relate to our local history. By showcasing exhibits with connections to the landscape, our rich cultural traditions and Broadway’s prominent history, the Ashmolean Broadway has become a hub for those who want to learn more.
Based at Tudor House on the main high street, the Ashmolean Broadway houses unique collections, carefully curated by the Ashmolean Oxford. They include paintings and furniture from the founding collections of the Ashmolean, given by Elias Ashmole to the University of Oxford in 1683.
Tudor House was built in the 17th century as a coaching inn. It has been extended and adapted over the years but still retains original features and architectural flourishes reflecting trends of the passing eras. The house has been transformed with each of its owners. It has served as a school, a farmstead and a private residence. But for 80 years, it was the headquarters for H.W Keill Ltd, one of the leading dealers in antique furniture in the world.
The Ashmolean has worked in close partnership with Worcestershire County Council, other local organisations, and the Keil family, to transform an historic building in a beautiful Cotswold village into an independent museum.
Take a walk through Tudor House and discover the compelling paintings, inspiring tapestries and fascinating ceramics from the 17th to the 20th centuries. On the top floor is a dedicated gallery for special exhibitions. Of course, we aim to celebrate local artists and community groups as well as education and outreach programmes.