Museum officials survey the damage done to the Oxfordshire Museum after a pipe burst caused flooding. – Vintage Photograph

Museum staff at the Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock have been left devastated after a heating pipe burst during the sub-zero temperatures of last week, causing serious damage to dozens of priceless treasures. Saxon and medieval pottery and ironwork were saturated by the flooding, while floors and ceilings as well as electrical wiring will also have to be mended. The museum’s latest exhibition, called Stop the Rot, had to be postponed until Monday while the conservation work takes place.Museum staff at the Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock have been left devastated after a heating pipe burst during the sub-zero temperatures of last week, causing serious damage to dozens of priceless treasures. Saxon and medieval pottery and ironwork were saturated by the flooding, while floors and ceilings as well as electrical wiring will also have to be mended. The museum’s latest exhibition, called Stop the Rot, had to be postponed until Monday while the conservation work takes place.

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286 NO y 3. Too late to 286 stop the rot Flooding at the Oxfordshire Museum has caused serious damage to dozens of priceless treasures. Saxon and medieval pottery and ironwork were saturated after a heating pipe burst during the sub-zero temperatures of last week. Now staff at the museum in Woodstock will have to spend hundreds of hours restoring the irreplaceable objects that depict the history of the county for more than a thousand years. museum’s conservation because of the damage,” said Mr Ahmed Shishtawi, the officer, pictured above left with John Rhodes, keeper of Antiquities, survey the damage at the museum. The exhibition was not harmed but dis- plays on the ground and first floors of the museum were soaked by water that came through the ceiling. Ironically, the museum’s latest exhibition, called Stop the Rot, is all about conservation work and was due to open tomorrow. “We have had to postpone it until Monday “It was a terrible shock when we came to shut off the fire alarm, triggered by the water, and discovered all the flooding,” said Mr Shishtawi. Floors and ceilings at the museum, as well as electrical wiring will also have to be mended.