29 June 2019 – 17 May 2020 Traces of the Past Reflections on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Case Installation (Second Floor)
10 December 2019 – 31 May 2020 Memoirs in My Suitcase This display presents a selection of photographs, documents and objects which relate to the lives and experiences of Turkish migrant workers in Western Europe, particularly first-generation ‘guest workers’ living in Germany through the 1960s and 1970s. Archive Case (First Floor)
17 December 2019 – 4 May 2020 Blow-Up in Bissau: Photography and Museum Revival in West Africa How photographs were used by a West African museum devastated by civil war to revive its collections. Long Gallery
4 March - 29 November 2020 Losing Venus A multiple art installation by artist Matt Smith Installation in Court & Lower Gallery
Tuesday 8 September, 14.30-14.50 and 15.15-15:35 Free Highlights Tour Free volunteer-led introductory tours of the Museum. Both tours last about 20 minutes. No booking necessary. Please gather at the Information point 5 minutes before the start of each tour.
Wednesday 9 September, 14.30-14.50 and 15.15-15.35 Free Highlights Tour Free volunteer-led introductory tours of the Museum. Both tours last about 20 minutes. No booking necessary. Please gather at the Information point 5 minutes before the start of each tour.
Tuesday 15 September, 14.30-14.50 and 15.15-15:35 Free Highlights Tour Free volunteer-led introductory tours of the Museum. Both tours last about 20 minutes. No booking necessary. Please gather at the Information point 5 minutes before the start of each tour.
Wednesday 16 September, 14.30-14.50 and 15.15-15:35 Free Highlights Tour Free volunteer-led introductory tours of the Museum. Both tours last about 20 minutes. No booking necessary. Please gather at the Information point 5 minutes before the start of each tour.
Tuesday 22 September, 14.30-14.50 and 15.15-15:35 Free Highlights Tour Free volunteer-led introductory tours of the Museum. Both tours last about 20 minutes. No booking necessary. Please gather at the Information point 5 minutes before the start of each tour.
Wednesday 23 September, 14.30-14.50 and 15.15-15:35 Free Highlights Tour Free volunteer-led introductory tours of the Museum. Both tours last about 20 minutes. No booking necessary. Please gather at the Information point 5 minutes before the start of each tour.
Tuesday 29 September, 14.30-14.50 and 15.15-15.35 Free Highlights Tour Free volunteer-led introductory tours of the Museum. Both tours last about 20 minutes. No booking necessary. Please gather at the Information point 5 minutes before the start of each tour.
Wednesday 30 September, 14.30-14.50 and 15.15-15.35 Free Highlights Tour Free volunteer-led introductory tours of the Museum. Both tours last about 20 minutes. No booking necessary. Please gather at the Information point 5 minutes before the start of each tour.
Tuesday 6 October, 14.30-14.50 and 15.15-15:35 Free Highlights Tour Free volunteer-led introductory tours of the Museum. Both tours last about 20 minutes. No booking necessary. Please gather at the Information point 5 minutes before the start of each tour.
Wednesday 7 October, 14.30-14.50 and 15.15-15:35 Free Highlights Tour Free volunteer-led introductory tours of the Museum. Both tours last about 20 minutes. No booking necessary. Please gather at the Information point 5 minutes before the start of each tour.
Tuesday 13 October, 14.30-14.50 and 15.15-15:35 Free Highlights Tour Free volunteer-led introductory tours of the Museum. Both tours last about 20 minutes. No booking necessary. Please gather at the Information point 5 minutes before the start of each tour.
Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum event Wednesday 21 October The World in a Box: Cabinets of Curiosity A talk by Professor Nandini Das, Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture, University of Oxford
Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum Event Wednesday 18 November How the Coconut Shaped Our World Author, Robin Laurance, exposes the little-known adventures of the palm and its fruit!
Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum Event Wednesday 20 January 2021 Curating Culture in a Digital Age Talk by Richard Ovenden, Bodley's Librarian
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