The River & Rowing Museum was designed by David Chipperfield Architects to a brief which set out to establish an astonishing Museum. The building is raised on columns above water meadows beside the Thames and is built of exposed concrete and glass with a terne coated steel roof, clad in green oak.
The Museum has won numerous awards for its architectural design and innovative galleries including The Royal Fine Arts Commision Building of the Year 1999 and National Heritage/NPI Museum of the Year 1999.
There are three galleries devoted to the River Thames, the international sport of rowing and the town of Henley. There are also three special exhibition galleries, the Riverside Café, shop, Education Centre, library and function rooms.
The Museum is open seven days a week except for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve and New Years Day.
If there's nothing you enjoy more than messing about on the river, why not have a go at punting in Oxford?