about us – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

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Aug

Veterans’ Coffee & Chat We’re starting a new, regular veterans’ coffee morning at the museum. Starting on Thursday 28 September the event will become a bi-monthly fixture, with future dates falling on the final Thursday of every other month. Open to all veterans, they’ll offer an opportunity to meet up and catch up with fellow veterans as well as a chance to browse the museum galleries free of charge. With…

Kim Davies, Collections and Public Engagement Manager, talks to a visitor

10

Nov

New Volunteer Opportunities at SOFO Do you enjoy telling the stories about the museum’s collection? Are you someone who enjoys being hands-on and getting stuck into events? The museum is on the lookout for Engagement Volunteers to support the museum to engage visitors from all ages. Become an Engagement Volunteer! About the Role We are looking for Engagement Volunteers to support the museum in engaging visitors of all ages. For…

05

Oct

Major (retired) Tom Shannon TD We are very sad to have to record here the death of Tom Shannon on August 13th – a most effective, painstaking, determined and enthusiastic trustee of the Museum. He fought a valiant battle against cancer over the last 6 months of his life but never lost his sense of humour or his positive outlook on life. Many of his museum colleagues will smile at…

08

Dec

SOFO Museum first opened during the summer of 2014, tucked away in the beautiful gardens in the grounds of The Oxfordshire Museum and Woodstock Library, and just on the doorstep of Blenheim Palace. More than a local military museum, SOFO is a museum that everyone can enjoy, from kids to parents and grandparents. We tell stories of how conflict has affected the county and its people, from soldiers serving on…

01

Sep

SOFO Museum Chairman Ian Inshaw Steps Down Brigadier Ian Inshaw, longstanding Chairman of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust, has stepped down after fifteen years which has seen the creation and establishment of one of Britain’s leading military museums in Woodstock and the only such museum in Oxfordshire. A career Army Officer, Ian spent his last five years as Commander of the Bicester Garrison and on retirement joined the Trust to help…

23

Sep

News & Articles Updates on what’s happening at the county’s military museum, alongside articles and guest blogs.

20

Oct

Oxfordshire Remembers 1914-18 Part II21st November 2017 – 2nd December 2018This exhibition is the second of two displays commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First World War for Oxfordshire. It features stories of Oxfordshire’s VC winners, women and children at war, conscription, and the truly global scale of a conflict that saw many Oxfordshire people sent to the western front and far beyond. With soldiers sent to Italy, Iraq, Greece,…

07

Feb

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07

Feb

Join the team! View current staff vacancies here

07

Feb

Patrons Tim Stevenson, OBE, CStJ. President. Gen Sir Robert Pascoe KCB MBE Patron Mr David Mason DL Patron Sir Hugo Brunner KCVO Patron Mr Phill Angell Patron Mr William Alden MBE DL Patron

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Join us at one of the regular Veterans’ coffee mornings at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

New Volunteer Opportunities at SOFO Museum

Major (retired) Tom Shannon TD

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SOFO Museum Chairman Ian Inshaw steps down after 15 years

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Oxfordshire Remembers 1914-18 Part II

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