Tuesday to Sunday: 10am - 4.30pm (we are also open 10am - 4.30pm on half terrm Mondays).
Entry to the Museum is free, but as a charity we'd really appreciate a donation to support our work.
The Museum is regularly packed with visitors, and it is hard for us to accomodate groups unannounced. If you are brining a group of 10 or more, please book in advance.
Museum closure
Please note that the Museum will be closed on Monday 17 December 2018.
Christmas opening hours 2018
The Museum will be closed on 24, 25, 26 & 31 December 2018 and 1 January 2019.
How to get here
The entrance to the Pitt Rivers Museum is through the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) on Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW.
Once in the Museum of Natural History, walk straight past the dinosaurs and take a left at the statue of Darwin, that is where you will find the Pitt Rivers' arched door.
Access to some evening events and disabled parking is via the Pitt Rivers Museum’s South Entrance in Robinson Close, off South Parks Road.
Address
Pitt Rivers Museum
South Parks Rd
Oxford
OX1 3PP
Phone number
+44 (0)1865 130 000
'The Pitt Rivers is packed beautifully, and practically to the ceiling with the most wonderful array of ethnographic objects, all soothingly lit and artistically arranged.'
Bill Bryson, The Road to Little Dribbling
Parking and public transport
There is pay and display parking close to the Museum on Mansfield Road, Keble Road and Blackhall Road. View fees and locations.
There are five Park and Ride car parks (on the A40 at Headington; Redbridge, Abingdon Road, near Kennington; Pear Tree Roundabout, Woodstock Road; Water Eaton, Banbury Road, Kidlington; and Seacourt at Botley). The coach park, and main car park for the city, is on Oxpens Road.
Download our map of the Museum and Oxford city centre.
Are you a visitor with special or additional needs, or are a carer of a visitor with additional needs? Download our access information.
The Pitt Rivers is a family-friendly Museum. We programme frequent events for families of different ages. We also have a selection of trails and crafts available to download and print, or just pick up from the Museum front desk. Find out more about our family facilities as well as events and trails.
Please note, we have portable stools that you can borrow from the information desk. Many of our visitors find these useful if they are spending a number of hours in the Museum, or are intending to sketch the collections.
Photography and art materials
Art materials
You may bring:
graphite pencils
coloured pencils
fine-line pens
biros
collage materials such as tissue paper, fabric and string
scissors
water-based glue sticks
staplers
boards without clips
As the Museum is full of objects, some openly displayed, we do not allow the use of:
wet materials
charcoal
pastels
If you decide to do a collage in the Museum, we'd greatly appreciated if you take all your materials with you.
Photography
You may use flash photography.
Camera tripods are not allowed without written permission of the Museum.
Out of respect, we prefer if you do not make images of human remains to share on social media.
