Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1956.
Readers are reminded that this table is a work in progress and may be amended or added to at any time.
| Month | Day | Event | Source of Information | Notes |
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| May | No day | Blackwood is told she has been reappointed as University Demonstrator | Frances Larson pers comm; OUA, file FA/9/2/90, 29 September 1955 | |
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| August | No day | Blackwood attends 32nd International Congress of Americanists held at Copenhagen | Annual Report 1956-57 | |
| August - September | No days | Bradford spends 6 weeks in Italy carrying out archaeological work | Annual Report 1956-57 | |
| September | No day | Beatrice Blackwood is allowed to continue work for 3 years after normal retirement age until 1959 [which she reached in this month] by University | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1955-56 | |
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| December | ||||
| Unspecified | Work continued on card catalogue system by Blackwood and Penniman | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report | ||
| Unspecified | New garden is established at rear of museum, in area facing South Parks Road | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report | ||
| Unspecified | Displays worked on during the year: Musical instruments, Bronze and Iron Ages | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report |
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