THERE are many reasons to be proud of living in Oxford, but surely one of the main ones is that we boast a museum as grand and accessible as the Ashmolean.

The world’s first university museum, and one that recently has been spectacularly renovated with Lottery money, we should be proud it has received its one millionth visitor since reopening after its upgrade.

This is a museum that is proud of its heritage and its place in the community. A world class museum in a world class city.