Description

The Pitt Rivers Museum was founded in 1884. It houses within an atmospheric building more than 500,000 objects, photographs and manuscripts from all over the world, and from all periods of human existence.

The Museum is widely regarded as one of the best of its kind. It is also a contested space that calls for innovative curation to engage with the more difficult aspects of its history; a place where many histories collide and where objects from Britain's colonial past sit side by side with more recent (and much older) ones. Curating that space and those collections is a challenge that we embrace.

The Museum has consciously cultivated its characteristic layout: artefacts are arranged by type into a ‘democracy of things’, rather than by time or region. This reveals fascinating distinctions and parallels across cultures, and encourages questions about the ways in which humanity tackles problems, and creates, understands and embraces life across the world. The collections are of extraordinary range and depth, comprising objects of historical, social and ritual significance, a mixture of great works of art, technology, invention and design from around the world. The Museum is used for teaching learners of all ages and not just students at the University. Staff carry out world-leading conservation and research and we are known for our innovative public programmes and collaborative work with both local communities and those from where the collections originate.

Group A
10:00 - 10:45 Introduction talk
10:45 - 12:00 Self-guided visit

Group B

10:00 - 11:00 Self-guided visit
11:00 - 11:45 Introduction talk
11:45 - 12:00 Self-guided visit

12:00 - 12:30 Travel to Oxford Brookes University (Gipsy Lane Campus)

Meeting Time: 09:40 AM 
Duration: 2 hours
Meeting point: Pitt Rivers Museum
Price: Complimentary for all the registered conference participants.