A big thank you to everyone who took part in our Astrofest on Thursday evening! Visitors were able to explore a wide range of stalls and activities, hear a fascinating talk about dark matter by Prof Monroe @UniofOxford , see the rings of Saturn, watch a rocket...

We were donated this old toy cash register at our Toys and Games Collection event last week! Up until 1971, pounds were divided into shillings and pence. One pound was worth 20 shillings (represented by an ‘s’), and a shilling was worth twelve penn...

We are delighted to announce our Festival of Birds on Tuesday 4th February! With bird displays, stalls, and activities, this event will celebrate the birds all around us, and marks the beginning of our nature season. Find out more here: https://t.co/JP2pIPvxMk...

Find out about some of the amazing toys we were donated at our toys and games event last week in this @TheOxfordMail article! https://t.co/wCdsHKDzUe— Rumble Museum (@RumbleMuseum) December 14, 2024

On Tuesday our Y9 Museum Project students visited @HSMOxford where they were able to handle some artefacts including a Victorian medical kit and a sextant, create a social media post about a moon portrait, and get a preview of the amazing plans for redesignin...

Thank you to everyone who came to our Toys and Games collection afternoon. We were very grateful for all the beautiful items donated and stories shared. More photos to come, but here are a few to begin. Big thanks to @MuseumofOxford and @BBCOxford for being a...

Today's advent toy from our collection is a 1989 Polly Pocket! These little toys were miniature dolls’ houses which you could fit into a pocket! They were designed in 1983 by Chris Wiggs. He took a makeup compact mirror, and turned it into a tiny doll&rs...

Our advent door for today is scrabble! We have been kindly donated a very early edition of the classic word game, which was invented in 1931 by an American architect called Alfred Mosher Butts. Initially, he called it “Criss-Crosswords”, but in 194...