Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1855.
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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| May | 8 | Contract for building work for new museum accepted by Convocation | Vernon, 1909: 58-59 | |
| June | 20 | Foundation stone of Oxford University Museum laid by Chancellor, Lord Derby [date in Vernon | Davies and Hull 1975 Zoological Collections; Vernon, 1909: 59 | |
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| Unspecified | Tylor travels to Mexico and Mississippi Valley, USA to recuperate from TB | DNB entry | ||
| Unspecified | Tylor travels to Italy and then USA to recuperate from TB | Relational Museum timeline |
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| Unspecified | Rolleston appointed as physician at British civil hospital at Smyrna during Crimean War | DNB entry | ||
| Unspecified | Philip Duncan resigns as Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and is given honorary DCL | DNB entry |
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