Touch Tours for the Blind and Partially Sighted

 

Touch Tours take place on the 2nd Thursday of each month, usually from 11am - 12noon at various venues across the Oxford University Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM).

 

The tours are free but booking is essential.

 

Whether you are visiting for the first time or a regular visitor, and you can be sure of a warm welcome.

 

Below are the sessions we have coming up for 2025:

 

How to book

To book onto a Touch Tour or for further information, please contact us at outreach@glam.ox.ac.uk / 01865 616998

Or you can call, text or WhatsApp Susan on 07595 612735.

 

A decorated saucer with a series of roundels inscribing the seven classical planets – Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn – set around a central medallion which contains a grotesque three-bodied and two-headed figure wrestling a dragon

Thursday 3rd April, 11am - 12 noon: Eastern Art Study Centre at the Ashmolean Museum

Come with us behind the scenes to discover some of the treasures of the Eastern Art collection.

A group of adults wearing headphones, listening to the radio on some antique equipment

Thursday 8th May, 11am - 12 noon: Listen In! at the Weston Library

Enjoy a tour of the exhibition with curator Beaty Rubens and discover how radio changed the home from the listener’s point of view.

a collection of antique astrolabes, sundials, books, a black and white photograph of Lewis Evans, and a note card and pen, on a green surface

Thursday 12th June, 11am - 12 noon: About Time at the History of Science Museum

Lewis Evans built one of the finest collections of timekeepers. Step into Lewis’ study and discover how to hold time in your hand.