Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1972.
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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| October | 1 | Ray Inskeep serves as Acting Curator while Fagg is on sabbatical leave | Annual Report 1972-73 | |
| November | No day | Movement of objects from 18 Parks Road to the Upper Gallery begins. The Upper Gallery of the museum is used for temporary storage of items which had previously been at 18 Parks Road until the new store at Osney Mead is available, the Gallery is closed during this process to the public and the existing archery displays dismantled. The Upper Gallery remains closed for over 20 years until the 1990s | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1972-73 | |
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| Unspecified | Textile collections moved to new accommodation in huts behind 1 South Parks Road [near the conservation laboratory area] | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report | ||
| Unspecified | The Conservation laboratory is fully operational | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report |
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