Events
The Oxford British tattoo History Museum
One of the most important world institutions concerning the history of tattoo. The Oxford British Tattoo History Museum was founded by Lionel Ichner, a British tattooist who, in 1975, started collecting tattoo art objects that he had bought from an old shop in Oxford. He put these objects in a small display case in his tattoo shop. Two important purchases followed and this was the catalyst for the creation of the Museum. One was a smal box with old tattoo machines and an old drawing signed by Charles Burchett Davis, father of the famous George Burchett, of 1904. He then bought an entire collection of drawings and photos by Burchett-Davis. From then on his tattoo friends and tattoo enthusiasts started to send Lionel objects for his collection inluding, for example, a small Japanese bone, used to tattoo and an old Roman tool of the 4th century BC. Other tattoo tools and memorabilia belong to this precious, unique colletion that, during the London Tattoo Convention, Lionel Tichner will be open to our international visitors.
Info: British Tattoo History Museum
389 Cowley Road
Oxford
OX4 2BS - UK
