Winchester College Treasury, MUSEUM OF ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY | Page 2

The Museum of England’s
Oldest Public School

W

inchester
College Treasury
houses the outstanding
collections of art and
archaeology belonging
to England’s oldest
public school. They are
displayed in the medieval
Warden’s Stables, recently
converted into a museum
and now open to the
public for the first time.

The collections fill
four galleries, the first
of which contains the
College’s medieval
treasures. Here you will
find objects from the
early history of the school, such as the 15thcentury Election Cup and the magnificent
Henslowe Ewer and Basin. Around the walls
are medieval and Pre-Raphaelite stained
glass windows.
In the second gallery is the Duberly
Collection of Chinese ceramics,
including Tang dynasty tomb
figures and porcelain from
the Ming dynasty.

TANG DYNASTY
HORSE, C. 740-760

19TH CENTURY CAST FROM THE
PARTHENON FRIEZE, 443-438 BC

STAINED GLASS FROM
THE ABBEY OF SAINT
GERMAIN-DES-PRÉS,
PARIS, 1244-1247

Four galleries
are filled with
collections
of art and
archaeology
from around
the world
Gallery 3 holds the College’s
collection of ancient artefacts from Egypt, Greece
and Rome.Vases painted with scenes from Greek
mythology can be seen alongside full-size casts of
ancient sculptures, including sections of the
Parthenon Frieze.
Gallery 4 is located on the upper floor, allowing
a close look at the Parthenon Frieze casts and the
medieval roof of the stables. This gallery holds
archaeological collections from Bronze Age Greece
and Pre-Columbian America.
DETAIL FROM A DRINKING CUP BY THE
WINCHESTER PAINTER, 520-500 BC