Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality

Event date
10 Feb 2023 to 30 Jul 2023
Event time
10:00 - 17:00
Venue
Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont Street
Oxford
OX1 2PH
Event type
Exhibitions
Event cost
£7.65–£17
Disabled access?
Yes
Booking required
Required

According to legend, an elaborate labyrinth was built at Knossos on the island of Crete to hold a ferocious Minotaur. Discover the palace of Knossos, and the search for the labyrinth, in this major exhibition in Oxford.

The palace of Knossos, discovered and excavated over 100 years ago, was the centre of a Bronze Age civilisation of people we now call the Minoans, named after the legendary King Minos.

This will be the first UK exhibition to focus on Knossos. It will include over 100 objects which have never left Crete and Greece before, alongside discoveries from the Ashmolean's Sir Arthur Evans Archive and an exclusive experience of Knossos Palace from the acclaimed video game Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.