1 April – 1 March 2020 Multaka: Connecting Threads Multaka-Oxford volunteers at the Pitt Rivers Museum have worked with staff to add new perspectives to a collection of textiles recently donated by Jenny Balfour-Paul. Didcot Case (Lower Gallery)
27 April – 29 November 2019 Lande: The Calais ‘Jungle’ and Beyond This exhibition reassembles material and visual culture that survives from the Calais ‘Jungle’ as it existed from March 2015 to the demolitions of 2016. Special Exhibition Gallery & Long Gallery
4 June – 24 November 2019 Ellen Ettlinger: A Folklorist Flees the Nazis This display highlights the work of Ellen Ettlinger (1902–1994), a Jewish folklorist who was forced to flee Germany in 1938 due to persecution by the Nazi regime, and who settled in Oxford. Archive Case (First Floor)
29 June 2019 – 26 January 2020 Traces of the Past Reflections on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Case Installation (Second Floor)
1 August – 9 December 2019 Teaspoons and Trinkets A display of gold dust spoons, handcrafted in copper by pupils at Langtree School, Reading, in 2019. Installation (South Entrance Corridor)
Sunday 15 September, 14.00 - 15.30 Behind the Scenes with Beyond the Binary As part of Oxford Open Doors go behind the scenes with Beyond the Binary
Tuesday 17 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 18 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 24 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.
Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum Event Wednesday 9 October, 18.30 Poppies and What They Mean Talk by Dr Andrew Lack, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Biology, Oxford Brookes University
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