Research
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If you would like to use the Museum's collections in your own research, please see using our collections.
The Pitt Rivers Museum is a renowned centre for research on material culture, art and photography.
With strong historical links to the teaching of anthropology and archaeology in the University of Oxford, the Museum today seeks to bring together researchers from a variety of disciplines to explore critical themes that connect people all over the world to its rich collections and the histories they hold.
Research team
Dr Mary-Ann Middelkoop
Research community
Prof Wale Adebanwi
Nana Oforiatta Ayim
Dr Joshua A. Bell
Prof Alison K. Brown
Dr Samuel Derbyshire
Dr Elizabeth Ewart
Prof Chris Gosden FBA
Dr Elizabeth Hallam
Dr Margaret Hillenbrand
Dr Gwyneira Isaac
Prof Geraldine Johnson
Prof Jok Madut Jok
Dr Samson Kambalu
Dr Laurel Kendall
Prof Corinne Kratz
Prof Morten Kringelbach
Prof Robert Iliffe
Dr Chris Low
Prof Jane Lydon
Prof Sharon Macdonald
Prof Wayne Modest
Prof Howard Morphy
Dr Hélène Neveu Kringelbach
Prof Laura Peers
Prof Chris Pinney
Prof David Pratten
Prof Gillian Rose
Prof Dame Sarah Whatmore
Prof David Zeitlyn
Research projects
Digital repatriation of the Gaidinliu collection
Activating the Archive
African restitution research
Taking Care
Labelling Matters
Other lives of the image
Featured research partnerships
Polyvocal Interpretations of Contested Colonial Heritage (PICCH)
Thesiger's Tarada
Rethinking Relationships and Building Trust Around African Collections
Recirculating sound recordings in NE India
Featured publications
Christopher Morton
Ashley Coutu
Clare Harris
Dan Hicks
Jeremy Uden
Christopher Morton
Laura Van Broekhoven
Dan Hicks
Christopher Morton
Research videos
Christian Thompson - We Bury Our Own from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Carving the new Great Box: Gwaai Edenshaw and Jaalen Edenshaw at the Pitt Rivers Museum from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.