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13 October 2018 - 30 May 2019

Performing Tibetan Identities, Photographic Portraits by Nyema Droma

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 October 2018 - 11 March 2019

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 October 2018 - 11 March 2019

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 November 2018 – 19 May 2019

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)
Interaction
11 February - 31 July 2019

Interaction

A display of work inspired by the Museum objects, designed and made by students at the Rycotewood Furniture Centre
Lower Gallery
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Wednesday 20 February, 1-4pm

This is me

Who are you? What makes you special? Take part in object handling and craft making designed by youth group My Normal.
Craft, object handling, family friendly, ages 6+.
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Wednesday 20 February, 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.
This is Me
Thursday 21 February & Friday 22 February, 13.00 - 16.00

This is Me

What stuff do you have that is special to you?
Free family friendly, drop-in session, open to all
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Saturday 23 February, 11.00 - 13.00

Object handling

Object handling in the Pitt Rivers. Discover more about wonderful and fascinating objects from the Museum’s collection.
My Normal poster
Saturday 23 February, 18.00 - 21.00

Beyond the Binary: My Normal Takeover Night

Come along to an event specially curated by the young people from My Normal!
Interactive art, workshops & performances
David Attenborough at the Pitt Rivers Museum
Sunday 24 February, 10.45 - 11.40

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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Tuesday 26 February, 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.
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Wednesday 27 February, 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.
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Saturday 2 March, 11.00 - 13.00

Object handling

Object handling in the Pitt Rivers. Discover more about wonderful and fascinating objects from the Museum’s collection.
David Attenborough at the Pitt Rivers Museum
Sunday 3 March, 10.45 - 11.40

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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Tuesday 5 March, 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.
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Wednesday 6 March, 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.
Kumihimo
Saturday 9 March & Sunday 10 March, 10.00 - 16.30 (£210)

Japanese Braiding Workshop

A braiding weekend workshop making traditional Japanese braiding with tutor Jennie Parry.
Pitt Rivers Museum
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Saturday 9 March, 11.00 - 13.00

Object handling

Object handling in the Pitt Rivers. Discover more about wonderful and fascinating objects from the Museum’s collection.
Ferry boat on Black Sea
Saturday 9 March, 12.00 - 16.00

Global Ports: Postcolonial Enclosures?

In what ways can we better understand the enduring legacies of empire and colonialism in everyday life?
Are global ports postcolonial enclosures?
David Attenborough at the Pitt Rivers Museum
Sunday 10 March, 10.45 - 11.40

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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Tuesday 12 March, 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.
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Wednesday 13 March, 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.
hourglass
Saturday 16 March

On Time – whose time?

Constructs of time are central to all cultures.  Yet there are both subtle and dramatic differences between them in how time is conceptualized.  The 2019 Kenneth Kirkwood Lecture Day
Pitt Rivers Museum
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