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Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1995.

Readers are reminded that this table is a work in progress and may be amended or added to at any time.

Go to 1994

Month Day Event Source of Information Notes
January No day  Temporary exhibition Heights of the Heavens closes Annual Report 1994-95
January No day  Leverhulme Trust funded project about founding collection starts Annual Report 1994-95
January 21 Temporary exhibition of Kuba textiles opens Annual Report 1994-95
February
March
April 29 Temporary exhibition of Kuba textiles closes Annual Report 1994-95
May 17 Opening of the Upper Gallery with new weapons displays Annual Report 1994-95
May No day  Temporary exhibition Picturing Paradise opens Annual Report 1994-95
[Spring] Manuscript and photographic collections moved to 64 Banbury Road Annual Report 1995-6
June
July
August
September 23 Temporary exhibition Embroideries from Islamic Journeys opens Annual Report 1994-95 
October 1 Post of Curator / Lecturer in Music is established [shared with the Bate collection]. Dr Hélène La Rue is appointed first incumbent  Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1995-6
November
December
Unspecified Rewiring of the museum is completed Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1995-6
Unspecified Howard Morphy leaves to become Professor of Anthropology at UCL Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1995-6

 

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