A great honour to meet the President of St John’s college #Oxford Professor Baroness Black on my visit during Oxford Open Doors. We had a great chat about King Charles I history there
#Oxfordpreservationtrust #Oxfordopendoors #Oxfordshire #Art #CharlesI
The history of King Charles I never ceases to enthral.
A great honour to meet the President of St John’s college #Oxford Professor Lady Sue Black on my visit during Oxford Open Doors
#Oxfordpreservationtrust #History #Oxfordopendoors #Oxfordshire #KingCharles #Art #CharlesI
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for Oxford Open Doors this weekend - we loved welcoming you in! #oxfordevents #oxfordopendoors #heritageoxford
A splendid day in Oxford
Thank you to all at
St John's College
#Oxfordopendoors 👏
Surveying it's Canterbury Quadrangle, with familiar statue in background
#Oxford #Oxfordshire #History #KingCharles #England #CharlesI #Art #College #Royal #Oxfordpreservationtrust @oxfordprestrust.bsky.social
Chucking it down on the unrighteous and the righteous likewise in the city of #Oxford just now, you can come shelter from it at our beautiful almost 200 years old #church until 1800 BST for #OxfordOpenDoors. There’s free fancy teas & coffee. Informal Evening Worship begins at at 1830
News just in.
One of my volunteers has excitedly texted me this evening to say that we had 137 visitors for #OxfordOpenDoors today (126 adults, 1 dog, 10 children)
“That’s more in one day than we had over two days in 2023!” I say.
If you open the doors of the Lord’s house, the people will come.
The Merchant's House viewed from the garden
The downstairs fireplace
Medieval painted wall upstairs
Had a wonderful mini-talk from a very knowledgeable volunteer at Abingdon's mediaeval Merchant's House this morning. Massive thanks to @oxfordprestrust.bsky.social for a lovely experience ❤️
#medieval #opendoors #oxfordopendoors
Hugo, a DPhil student in our department, created a brain teaser about #immunopeptidomics. Can you help us solve it? #AntigenPresentation #Immunology #OxfordOpenDoors
We had a fantastic time today showcasing our amazing history and cutting-edge research at #OxfordOpenDoors! Visitors learnt about 100 years of medical research, the development of penicillin and our ongoing work on microbiology and AMR. Thanks to all the volunteers!
Great time showcasing the amazing science we do at the @dunnschool.bsky.social at #OxfordOpenDoors today!
Aerial view of Oxford from Magdalen's Great Tower. In the sky, text reads: "Oxford - 'that sweet city with her dreaming spires,' lovely as Venice in its splendour..." - Oscar Wilde, Art and the Handicraftsman lecture
This weekend is #OxfordOpenDoors, where the city opens its doors to visitors free of charge. We have to agree with this quote from our favourite alum, Oscar Wilde. Be sure to visit Magdalen this weekend! #WeeklyWildeWitticism
new for #OxfordOpenDoors this year, our little display from The Parish Archives about #Oxford Victoria rail station, which was due to be built behind the Church, in the water meadow, in the 1880s
to the Lord’s house on the way home, to fix the posters and paraphernalia for #OxfordOpenDoors tomorrow, now unable to do the banners for the railings until tomorrow arvo, 1300, because I need one other person to hold it up while I cable tie it and I now have to go to LGWN tomorrow morning #Oxford
Minimal, photographic diptych of architectural features inside the Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub by MICA Architects at Jesus College, Oxford. There are watermarks with the initials AO in both images.
Tomorrow Jesus College, Oxford will be open (9am-5pm) as part of the Oxford Open Doors.
The college not only has beautiful original architecture and quads, but also some brutalism and the stunning Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub by MICA Architects.
#JesusCollegeOxford #OxfordOpenDoors #MICAArchitects
Oxford Open Doors banner outside HMC
All ready for #OxfordOpenDoors tomorrow from 10 to 4! See our renovated Chapel and beautiful Library – and find out about the Arlosh Hall's role in a key historical event. And why not also visit our neighbours @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social, @mansfieldoxford.bsky.social and @wadhamcollege.bsky.social?
'Flight of Charles from Oxford'
A fine illustration from
Cassell's History Of England book.
Whereas i shall be going to it on Sunday for a special event throughout entire city
#Oxford #Oxfordshire #History #KingCharles #CharlesI #Oxfordopendoors #Royal #Oxfordpreservationtrust
Dr Kantor will lead an expert tour of the portraits in our Hall as part of #oxfordopendoors on Saturday 13 September at 10.30am.
There's no need to book: just come along and ask our student helpers for more information!
@oxfordprestrust.bsky.social
Visitors and student ambassadors in Canterbury Quad, viewed through a stained-glass window with the college crest.
Step through the gates of St John’s this weekend!
From 10am to 5pm, explore our stunning quads, gardens, and historic buildings, attend expert lectures, and see a whole new side of college life.
Free entry, no booking required.
#OxfordOpenDoors
🗓️ Sat 13 Sept, 11:30am to 2pm
📍 9 Park End Street, Oxford
🎟️ Free - book via link in bio
#oxfordopendoors #oxfordshirecommons #oxsal #oxfordspatialactionlab #commons #commoning #whatsonoxford #oxfordevents #indieoxford
September sees the return of Heritage Open Days! From 12-21 September up and down the country there is the chance to explore sites, go behind the scenes, join talks and tours and much more. So why not check out online what you could visit near you?
#HeritageOpenDays
#OxfordOpenDoors
Ever wondered what goes on inside a research lab? 🔬 Drop by the Old Road Campus Research Building on Sat 13 Sept between 12:00-16:00 for #OxfordOpenDoors to discover Oxford science up close!
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/WV8TAXt
Behind every door is a discovery...
📅 On 13 Sept, we’re opening ours at the Old Road Campus Research Building for #OxfordOpenDoors. @cmd.ox.ac.uk, @idrm.ox.ac.uk, @ludwigcancer.bsky.social, @oncology.ox.ac.uk and more will be there, will you?
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/WV8TAXt
#DYK that in August 1636, our newly-finished Laudian Library hosted a lavish feast for King Charles I, which cost an astonishing £2,666 - almost £500,000 now!
Come along to #OxfordOpenDoors to see the library yourself (tea and cake available in Hall for a lot less than that!)
A pop up banner describing how Wesley Memorial Church Oxford can help you research Oxford’s Methodist Heritage and your family history
Loving the new banner at Wesley Memorial. Why not visit on 13th September when the church will be open all day for #OxfordOpenDoors and #RideandStride
St John's #OxfordOpenDoors 2025 programme is now live on our website!
We'll be open 10am–5pm, 13 and 14 September, with an exciting mix of talks, tours, music and activities, as well as wonderful student helpers to answer your questions.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
We loved meeting so many people for #OxfordOpenDoors over the weekend - we had 1001 visitors! Grateful thanks to all those who came, & all those who volunteered as hosts. @OxfordPresTrust
📷@johncairnsphoto
Sign that reads 'Oxford Open Doors'.
Large wooden doors are open and through them you can see into a garden and building beyond.
We're opening for #OxfordOpenDoors!
🗓️Sat 14 Sept (only)
⏲️10am-4pm
Why not come & visit us, & see our:
⛪️beautiful Burne-Jones & William Morris stained glass
⛲️peaceful gardens
📚amazing library
Check out:
⛑where the #D_Day Landings were planned (really!)
www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk/oxford-open-...
We're opening for #OxfordOpenDoors!
🗓️Sat 14 Sept (only)
⏲️10am-4pm
Why not come & visit us, & see our:
⛪️beautiful Burne-Jones & William Morris stained glass
⛲️peaceful gardens
📚amazing library
Check out:
🪖where the #D_Day Landings were planned (really!
#MindfulMonday shows details of our main staircase. Pics taken during this year's #OxfordOpenDoors @OxfordPresTrust. Thank you, Fliss for these beautiful & peaceful pics!
📷(c) Fliss von Steenbergen, with permission. Give them a follow @instagram, flissfromthestonymountains).
#PhotoFriday comes to you from Spiralling_Oxford @instagram, who visited us on #OxfordOpenDoors a couple of weeks ago. Great pic, thank you Sarah! A pop of red through a pitted pane of glass - our old telephone box is now home to the college defibrillator.
