# THE BARLOW COLLECTION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 314290
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** April 30, 1968
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=314290


## Contact

- **Address:** UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, BEAUMONT STREET, OXFORD
- **Postcode:** OX1 2PH
- **Phone:** 01865 278070
- **Email:** shelagh.vainker@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.ashmolean.org



## Activities

**Objects:** A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN BRONZE AND JADE PIECES, THE TRUSTEES TO HOLD THE SAME FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM OF ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY (AS A DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD).

**Activities:** The Trust is responsible for the Barlow Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades which is one of the most significant of its kind in the world. It is housed at the Ashmolean Museum and is regularly open to the public, with about twenty per cent of its total of 450 objects on display at any one time.  The Collection has been deposited primarily for use in teaching.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Oxfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2024 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| July 31, 2023 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| July 31, 2022 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| July 31, 2021 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| July 31, 2020 | £0 | £0 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Dr Alexander John Sturgis — appointed Oct. 18, 2014
- Dr MONICA BARLOW
- MR J BARLOW
- Prof Shelagh Vainker — appointed March 31, 2011