SOFO Museum News
Browse news and stories about Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (SOFO) Museum, an engaging museum in Woodstock that tells the story of Oxfordshire’s soldiers from the county’s regiments to modern-day service.
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Lee Miller: A Woman at War to open at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum this summer
A new exhibition at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum explores Lee Miller’s wartime photography, from Oxford to Europe’s front lines, highlighting her role as a pioneering female photojournalist during World War II.
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Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum to showcase county’s military story in 50 objects
A new exhibition at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum will explore the county’s military heritage through 50 objects, from Roman Britain and Waterloo to D-Day and the Second World War.
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New exhibition by local students at SOFO Museum marks 80 years since end of second world war
SOFO Museum presents Letters from Liberation, a moving exhibition of artwork by Abingdon & Witney College students. Marking 80 years since the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, the display offers a powerful young perspective on memory, survival, and Holocaust remembrance.
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Lifelines exhibition at SOFO Museum highlights Bergen-Belsen liberation story
From 09 to 30 August 2025, the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum will present Lifelines, a moving exhibition created by local artists, inspired by a true story from the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.
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E. H. Shepard exhibition inspires talk on Shepard’s War and Winnie-the-Pooh workshops
A series of events will be running alongside the popular E. H. Shepard Before and Beyond Winnie-the-Pooh exhibition at SOFO, unveiling Shepard’s artistic journey from wartime illustrator to beloved children’s book artist.
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Exhibition of Winnie-the-Pooh’s illustrator opens at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum
From 18 January to 31 August 2025, the collection of Shepard’s work, including some of his beloved children’s illustrations alongside a wealth of his Great War sketches and comic art, will be on display at the museum.
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First World War-themed Family Day
The event aims to commemorate this and help families discover more about Oxfordshire’s contribution to events that changed the world and the stories of local people caught up in them.
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Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2024
Throughout 2024, Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with the addition of new and updated permanent displays, new exhibitions and events.
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Veteran artist’s Waterloo Cartoon recreation on display at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum
Running alongside the popular war comics exhibition “Into Battle!”, the Waterloo Cartoon by Shaun Maloney is now on display at the county’s military history museum until 30 April 2024.
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New Oxfordshire Gallantry Board to commemorate the county’s military and civilian heroes
Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (SOFO) in Woodstock will unveil a new Gallantry Board to celebrate 31 Oxfordshire men who have been awarded the Victoria Cross, the George Cross, or the Edward and Albert medals.
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New exhibition to explore the art and history of British War Comics
The county’s military history museum is collaborating with Oxford-based Rebellion Publishing on a new exhibition that will offer visitors a chance to explore the history of British war comics.
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Best-selling author Shrabani Basu to give talk on WW2 ‘Spy Princess’ at Ditchley Park
Best-selling author Shrabani Basu will give a talk on the story of Noor Inayat Khan, the first woman radio operator to be infiltrated into occupied France in 1943 based on interviews with her family, colleagues and secret service records.
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Women & War: A new exhibition to tell the stories of women in the armed forces
Women & War: From the Fringes to the Front Line is a new exhibition opening on 03 June to 10 September 2023 at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock.
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Their Finest Hour Collections Day at SOFO aims to preserve Second World War memories
Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (SOFO) is looking for people to bring their stories and objects relating to the Second World War to Their Finest Hour Collections Day at the museum.
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Diverse, personal collection of WW2 art to go on display at SOFO Museum
The exhibition of diverse, original artwork – produced during and depicting scenes from the Second World War – first went on display at the museum in March 2020 but was open for less than a week before national lockdowns were put in place.
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New exhibition at SOFO Museum to explore stories of children and military lives
The exhibition explores the experience of children of serving military personnel and also children who have been affected by conflict, historically and contemporarily.