Museum sold to the city in 1661 and public since 1671 (now Kunstmuseum Basel). The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford opened on 24 May 1683 as the world's first university art museum. Its first building was built in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities Elias Ashmole gave Oxford University in 1677. The Uffizi Gallery in Florence was initially conceived as offices for the Florentine civil service (hence the name), but evolved into a display place for many of the paintings and sculpture collected by the Medici family or commissioned by them. After the house of Medici was extinguished, the art treasures
Craven Museum & Gallery Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10:00am-4.00pm. Open on most bank and public holidays with the exception of Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day and Easter Day. The Museum and Gallery is always closed from Christmas Day until 1 February to allow essential maintenance to be done. Craven Museum & Gallery Craven Museum & Gallery is a museum located in the town of Skipton, North Yorkshire, England in the Skipton Town Hall and has a collection of local artefacts which depict life in Craven from the prehistoric times to the modern day. It is currently closed for refurbishment. The museum was