Cabinet will be decommissioned on 22 June 2026, as the underlying technologies on which it depends have reached end of life. The Cabinet website will no longer be available after this date.

Content owners are responsible for ensuring that any required materials are requested and downloaded before 22 June 2026. If you require access to content you have created and have not yet contacted us, please email digital.education@ctl.ox.ac.uk with the subject line “Cabinet” as soon as possible.

Thank you.

Cabinet - Sources

Bangle
Seth Ward
Image for Seth Ward by Greenhill
Print: "Mother's Hens", the Grain Growers' Guide, April 7, 1915
Image for Mother's Hens April 7 1915 1
Seal of Darius I (BM)
Image for Seal of Darius I (BM)
The Settala Collection, 1666
Image for The Settala Collection, 1666
JH1: Silver stater of Messana (Sicily), c. 488–481 BC.
Image for JH1: Silver stater of Messana (Sicily), c. 488–481 BC. [Obverse]
Rolling Ball Clock, Augsburg, ca 1600
Image for A Rolling Ball Clock from the Dresden Kunstkammer
Prague, 1584: Celestial globe clock
Image for Prague, 1584: Celestial globe clock
The mechanical clock: origin and purpose
Image for Monastic origins of the mechanical clock
Cantino world map, 1502
Image for Clone of Cantino world map (1502)
Reproduction photograph of Alfred Robinson’s painting of Star House Pole (glass negative)
Image for PRM81761 (Negative)
Geoffrey Shepherd's Letters Pt. 3
Image for Geoffrey Shepherd's Letters Pt. 3
Astrolabe table clock, Nuremberg, ca 1686
Image for Astrolabe table clock
Octagonal pyramid seal with royal hero
Image for Seal
Vitruvius on architecture
Image for Montage from Vitruvius De architectura 1511
Saami cradle
Image for Saami cradle
Qaragandy (Kazakhstan)
Image for Qaragandy (Kazakhstan)
The Woman Who Did
Image for The Woman Who Did
Pitt Rivers Museum, looking south-east across the Court
Image for PRM 2014.73.1.1
Crucifixion in coral
Image for Crucifixion cabinet, Schloss Ambras
Nabonidus Chronicle (BM)
Image for Nabonidus Chronicle (BM)
The 1527 Giuntina
Image for 1527 Giuntina - Copy: Toynbee 425
Battle of White Mountain (8 November 1620)
Image for Battle of White Mountain, 1620
Украшения бабушки (Кыргызстан)
Image for My grandmother’s jewellery