Families

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We welcome families to the Museum

We work to make our Museum as family friendly as possible. Let us know if you have questions or if there is anything more we could be doing to support you and your family. 

Family facilities

Baby care: Breastfeeding is welcome in the Museum. Baby-changing facilities are available on the ground floor.

Toilets: There are accessible toilets on the ground floor.


Bags and buggies: Buggies are welcome in the Museum. All floors are accessible by lift. There are no cloakroom facilities in the Museum.

Food and drink: Feel free to picnic on the lawn outside, but please don't eat in the museum. There are no cafe facilities in the Museum.

Shop: The Museum shop sells a diverse selection of books and gifts, many at pocket-money prices.

Families with additional needs: Parking for disabled badge holders is situated at the rear of the Museum. The Museum has wheelchair access – please speak to staff for details. To help make the most of your visit to the Pitt Rivers, please download the access information booklet (pdf) for visitors with disabilities.

Family-friendly events

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Votive object (Tibetan: tsa-tsa) depicting Palden Lhamo. Acquired by Augustus Pitt-Rivers before 1884 and donated as part of the Pitt Rivers Museum founding collection. (Copyright Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. Accession Number: 1884.59.31)
31 Aug

Tibetan Objects in Transition

The material culture of Tibet has been sought, collected and studied in the West since the middle of the nineteenth century.
Display Case C.56.A (Court)
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13 Oct

Performing Tibetan Identities

The Tibetan photographer Nyema Droma, taking inspiration from the historic Museum collections, has created portraits of other young Tibetans that celebrate their experience and challenge stereotypes.
Installation in Court & Long Gallery
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15 Oct

Intrepid Women: Fieldwork in Action, 1910–1957

This exhibition focuses on six of the Pitt Rivers Museum’s most important female collectors and their fieldwork carried out between 1910 and the late 1950s.
Special Exhibition Gallery
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29 Oct

A Tradition Continued: Iraqw Beaded Skirts Old and New

Iraqw skirts are amongst the most elaborately decorated textiles from eastern Africa. Each skirt is unique, the design being a product of the skill of the individual maker and the resources available.
Didcot Case (Lower Gallery)
‘Angami Naga’ (handwritten caption). Portrait of an Angami Naga man named ‘Dotsoll’, depicted standing, holding two spears and a shield. Watercolour painting by Robert Gosset Woodthorpe. The original handwritten annotation by Woodthorpe indicates that the
12 Nov

Surveying the Nagas: Visual Representations of India’s Northern Hill-Tribes in the R. G. Woodthorpe Collection

This exhibition presents a selection of material from the Pitt Rivers Museum’s R. G. Woodthorpe collection, much of which has never before been on public view.
Archive Case (First Floor)
David Attenborough at the Pitt Rivers Museum
16 Dec

Sunday Morning Screen

Watch a 45 minute audio-visual presentation featuring Sir David Attenborough, introducing many familiar, and some easily missed, treasures of the collections. This is followed by Welcome to My Museum (11.30, 10 minutes)
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18 Dec

Highlights Tour

Volunteer-led introductory tour of the Museum. Tours last about 20 minutes. No booking necessary. Please gather at the Information point 5 minutes before the start of each tour.
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19 Dec

Highlights Tour

Volunteer-led introductory tour of the Museum. Tours last about 20 minutes. No booking necessary. Please gather at the Information point 5 minutes before the start of each tour.

Activities to do at home

The Pitt Rivers Museum has been running workshops for families for more than twenty five years. In that time we’ve created all sorts of wonderful craft activities inspired by the Museum’s collections. Here are some tried and tested projects for you to make at home. We hope you enjoy them! 

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