Our Treasury collections include artefacts from the ancient world, medieval art, Chinese ceramics, paintings, and an important collection of early English silver.
Collecting and Connoisseurship: Winchester’s Greek Vases in Context
Winchester has a collection of almost one hundred examples of ancient Greek painted pottery. Most of these were purchased by the school, or given as gifts, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This free exhibition in Winchester College’s Treasury museum, curated by a group of pupils in the sixth form, examines the history of the Winchester collection alongside wider developments in the study and collecting of Greek vases.
The exhibition will be open until 23 December 2026. Entry is free and there is no need to pre-book.
Treasury is open from 2-4pm every day, apart from during our Christmas closure period. Entry is free and there is no need to pre-book.
For private groups and school visits, please contact the museum manager.
There is a varied programme of temporary exhibitions in Treasury, which often include books and manuscripts from the school’s archives and historic library.
Families can also enjoy two children’s trails – a playful horse-themed hunt around the stables and a food-related discovery trail.
ACCESSIBILITY
Three of Treasury’s four galleries are wheelchair accessible. We also have a disabled toilet.
Treasures tours allow visitors to see highlights from parts of our collections which are not normally on public display. Led by the Museum and Collections Manager, visitors will explore the College’s art gallery and original museum, ‘Musā’, where oil paintings, watercolours, and tapestries are on show. We also visit part of the Fellows’ Library, where there is a changing display of rare books and manuscripts, prints, and drawings.
