Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1965.
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 |
| January | No day | The Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries reported to the University in January on the preliminary plans submitted by the Faculty Board and these were carefully re-examined during the Hilary and Trinity Terms by a combined working party, by the Building and Development Committee, the General Board of the Faculties, and the Hebdomadal Council. | Annual Report 1964-65 | |
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| March | No day | Blackwood spends time at Ipswich Museum selecting items to transfer to PRM | Annual Report 1964-65 | |
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| June | No day | D.F.W. Baden-Powell retires, Derek Roe is appointed to replace him in next academic year | Annual Report 1964-65 | |
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| October | No day | Derek Roe begins in post | Annual Reeport 1965-66 | |
| October | No day | Derek Britton undertakes study tour of archaeological sites in Scotland | Annual Reeport 1965-66 | |
| November | No day | Opening of new temporary exhibitions gallery with an exhibiton of West African sculpture, 'Art from the Guinea Coast' | Annual Reeport 1965-66 | |
| December | ||||
| Unspecified | Beatrice Blackwood made Honorary [?Assistant] Curator of PRM | DNB entry | ||
| Unspecified | Blackwood continues to work on cataloguing collections and on the card catalogues | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1964-65 | ||
| Unspecified | Separate annual reports for PRM are agreed, henceforth the OUMNH and PRM annual reports are prepared and published separately | Relational Museum timelines | Check this is actual date for this, not sure | |
| Unspecified | Temporary exhibitions gallery in museum building work is completed | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1964-65 | ||
| Unspecified | Netsuke are stolen from the museum, a man is charged, thereafter a small strong room is installed | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1964-65 | ||
| Unspecified | The Green Shed is now used as a lecture theatre and labs and storage is moved to South Parks Road | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report | ?Is this the area now used by American Studies / Rothermere Library? | |
| Unspecified | Automatic smoke detectors are installed throughout museum buildings | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1964-65 |
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