Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

03/09/2026

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📷️ : Four members of the Churchill family at camp with the Oxfordshire Yeomanry in 1910 (L-R: Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough, Viscount Victor Churchull, Winston Churchill, and John 'Jack' Churchill). Oxfordshire Yeomanry Trust.

01/09/2026

Just over two weeks left to catch Lee Miller: A Woman at War - 33 of her wartime photographs, from US Nurses at work in Oxford, to taking a bath in Hitler's Munich apartment.

With thanks to Lee Miller Archives



Exhibition photos by Ania Ready

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30/08/2026

5 years ago, from 14 - 28 August 2021, RAF Brize Norton was at the heart of efforts to evacuate Kabul, Afghanistan - evacuating around 15,000 people. One of the largest airlifts since Berlin in 1948 - 49!

Our latest online talk to make it to Youtube features former base commander Air Cmde Emily Flynn's account of Operation Pitting

Watch the full video here: https://buff.ly/Cc9db5g

28/08/2026

"we were machinegunned on the way to school"

Laura Hitchcock, interviewed by Martin Long in 2012, was an ARP messenger near RAF Mount Farm during the Second World War.

She recalls the dangers of going to school near the base as enemy planes flew overhead, and not thinking too highly of the US servicemen stationed in the area who frequented her parents' pub!

26/08/2026

What are they saying?

Veterans' coffee and chat return tomorrow from 10am - 12pm, all veterans welcome!

Brew up and biscuits included - 10am - 12pm

24/08/2026

This Thursday is our last family craft drop-in for the summer hols!

This week is our celebration of activities, have a go at any of the previous crafts from across sessions, or make something entirely new!

Drop in 10.30 - 1pm and 1.30pm - 3.30pm at the The Oxfordshire Museum Coach House

22/08/2026

An Evening with Ami Bouhassane on 3 September has now SOLD OUT, but tickets are available for our Lee Miller exhibition 'farewell' tour with Ania Ready, 2pm 12 September.

A photographer and visual artist herself, Ania reflects on the impact and legacy of Lee's work while walking through the exhibition.

Book your tickets for 'In Lee Miller's Footsteps' now: https://buff.ly/8D62OIL

(Tour ticket includes day entry to the museum).

Exhibition photo by (Instagram)

21/08/2026

A great article with an interview with Ami Bouhassane - Lee Miller's grandaughter - who will be speaking at the museum next month.

Tickets to her talk are now sold out!

Lee Miller's revival has been a long time coming, but thanks to the herculean efforts of her son Antony Penrose, grand-daughter Ami Bouhassane, and the Lee Miller's revival has been a long time coming, but thanks to the herculean efforts of her son Antony, grand-daughter Ami, and the recent Kate Win...

20/08/2026

Spies next door?



Diane recalls German spies being found a few doors down, along with her mother's 'Make Do & mend' attitude to both fashions and furnishings in the 1940s.

Diane was interviewed by Matthew Smaldon for our project in 2015

18/08/2026

There're still plenty more activities to get stuck into before we see out the summer!

Drop in Thursdays for our family crafts inspired by our exhibition