Oxford

The Weston Library, Oxford

The Weston Library is part of the Bodleian Libraries and is where you go to book on the day tours – many areas of the Bodleian can only be accessed by members of the public via official tours (I’ll talk more about the process of booking in a later post where I talk about the tours I went on). It is also an exhibition space which had three free exhibitions on when I visited.

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The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

Back in June, thankfully before the first of our heatwaves, I spent a long weekend in Oxford. I’ve actually been to the city a number of times, but always to meet up with friends as its a convenient half way point to where we were all living, but I’d never gone into any of the museums or libraries that Oxford is famous for and decided it was time to rectify that. The first place I visited after checking into my hotel was The Sheldonian Theatre. In fact I visited here twice, the first time to go inside the cupola and the second to attend a violin concerto.

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