Pitt Rivers Museum - Multimedia

Multimedia

	Small Blessings: Animating the Amulet Collection A series of short films that follow the progress and practices of those connected with the project as they unravel the stories surrounding these curious objects. Watch the films
	Audio podcasts The Museum has a number of audio podcasts available on iTunes including a series of introductions the Museum and its collections. Visit the Pitt Rivers Museum audio downloads.
	Body Art This website contains audio and video podcasts produced by the Pitt Rivers Museum in collaboration with local film-makers, schools, and academic experts from all around the world. Vi sit the website.
	Shrunken heads The display of shrunken heads at the Pitt Rivers Museum fascinates many visitors. In this podcast, Dr Laura Peers, curator, explains where they come from, why they were made, and the curatorial issues involved in displaying them. Listen to the podcast.
	Haida ‘Everything Was Carved’ features commentary from Haida delegates and Pitt Rivers Museum staff, as well as footage from the handling sessions. Read more about the background to this project.
	Breaking the Mould An in-house documentary following a team of artists and metalworkers as they gather inspiration from the Pitt Rivers’ collections to create contemporary pieces for display in the Museum. It reveals some of the secrets of metal-casting along the way. View documentary.
	Extreme Bookbinding: Preservation in Ethiopia A Friends of the Pitt Rivers illustrated talk by Lester Capon, in which he discusses the repair of centuries-old gospels and processional fans housed in Ethiopia’s mountain monasteries and churches. Watch the illustrated talk.
	Taking the Past into the Future On 1st May 2009 the Museum completed the second phase of its development plan to improve its public and education facilities. Sir David Attenborough and Michael Palin share their thoughts on the project.
	Ruskin college and the Pitt Rivers Short film exploring volunteer students' expectations and experiences of the inaugural year of the collaboration between the Pitt Rivers Museum and Ruskin College, Oxford. Watch the film.
	Wilfred Thesiger in Africa The Friends of the Pitt Rivers, Beatrice Blackwood Lecture Alexander Maitland, official biographer and friend of Wilfred Thesiger. Listen to the lecture.
	Archive film A selection of the Museum's archive films have been digitised and made available online. Visit the Pitt Rivers Museum archive films.

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