Saturday 25 April, 9.00 - 10.00 Free event but booking required. Relaxed morning openings allow visitors to experience the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Museum of Natural History early in the day, when the buildings are quiet. We open an hour early to welcome visitors who may struggle in the museums at peak times. The […]
Thursday 23 April, 18.00 - 21.00 Free but booking required. Book your free place here. Join us at the Pitt Rivers Museum for an evening of music, conversation and shared reflection, celebrating the work we have been doing with African and diaspora partners. This special public event brings together community collaborators, artists, researchers and museum colleagues […]
Thursday 23 & Friday 24 April, 10.00 - 17.00 Standard ticket (2 days) £110 Concessionary (2 days) £85 International - Global Majority £50 Online (2 days) £30 African Community Connections: A Celebration (Evening event) Free but booking required Book your tickets here The Pitt Rivers Museum is delighted to be hosting the 2026 Museum Ethnographers Group […]
Lecture Room. Free, no booking required. Film produced by Professor Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya (Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London; Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge; Faculty of History and African Studies Centre, University of Oxford) This 43-minute documentary film combines ethnography with history and heritage to narrate the story of African movement eastwards […]
Eggsplore the galleries with an eggciting family trail! Spot the eggs around the Museum and check out some of our eggcellent objects on display! This free trail joins up with the Museum of Natural History. Trails are available to pick up from the Pitt Rivers Museum entrance during opening hours.
Venue, Timing and Cost Venue: Pitt Rivers Museum Date(s): Friday, 27 February 2026 Timing: 6:30pm-9:00pm Cost: £10 (£5 for members of Pitt Rivers Museum) A Century of Sounds is a unique live event, bringing together the Pitt Rivers Museum’s extraordinary sound collections with 100 artists from around the world to create a new way of […]
Experience reimagined global sound recordings from the Museum's collections through live performance, artist conversations and interactive activities. A unique after-hours event in collaboration with Cities and Memory and Oxford Contemporary Music. A Century of Sounds: Live is a unique live event, bringing together the Pitt Rivers Museum's extraordinary sound collections with 100 artists from around the […]
Mo‘olelo of the Ahupuaʻa tells the various stories of living, working, playing and learning within a sustainable landscape. These are themes within the epic Hawaiian myth Hiʻiakaikapoliopele, which Hawaiian artist Solomon Enos depicts in this series of paintings. The heroine Hiʻiaka is on a quest that takes her throughout the various landscapes and worlds of […]
