1 April 2019 – 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)
Friday 15 November, 15.30 - 16.15 Story Time with LGBT History Month: Stonewall Launch LGBT+ History Month with Story Telling on the Balcony
Book your free ticket Friday 15 November, 19.00 - 22.00 Museum Late Night: Diversity Launching LGBT History Month 2020! A pride-filled evening with talks, tours, music & more!
Tuesday 19 November, 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 20 November, 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.
Friday 22 November, 11.15 & 12.15 Multaka Tour Go on a museum tour with the award-winning Multaka team!
Tuesday 26 November, 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 27 November, 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.
Book your free place Friday 29 November, 17.00 - 19.00 The Last Night of 'Lande' Your last chance to see the exhibition, meet the co-curators & discuss what we can all do to further support refugees
Tuesday 3 December, 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 4 December, 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 10 December, 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 11 December, 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.
Friday 13 December, 11.15 & 12.15 Multaka Tour Go on a museum tour with the award-winning Multaka team!
Tuesday 17 December, 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 19 February, 18.30 - 19.30 An Affair with a Village: Wrapping up 45 Years of Research in a Kyushu Community A long term relationship with Kyushu, Japan Talk by Joy Hendry, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University
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