Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1959.
Readers are reminded that this table is a work in progress and may be amended or added to at any time.
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| Unspecified | Beatrice Blackwood retires, but immediately returns to work at PRM as usual, she no longer teaches students but concentrates on museum work | DNB entry; Annual Report 1959-60 | ||
| Unspecified | Work continues on card catalogue system by Blackwood and Penniman, other staff had become involved over the last few years and would in future take over maintenance of the records | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1959-60 | ||
| Unspecified | Blackwood works on gazetteer of African group names | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1959-60 | ||
| Unspecified | Occasional Paper no. 9 is published, 'Bagpipes' by Anthony Baines | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1959-60 | ||
| Unspecified | Displays worked on during the year: musical instruments, almost completing the incorporation of the musical instruments given by Balfour in 1939, magical objects, archery | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1959-60 | ||
| Unspecified | A new Museum kitchen was built on south side of Museum, alongside offices | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1959-60 | ||
| Unspecified | Bradford absent from Pitt Rivers Museum | Annual Report 1959-60 |
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