Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1886.
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 | 21 | G.F. Duncombe of SKM writes to Pitt-Rivers asking where he wanted the 'remainder' of the SKM collections to be delivered [therefore, by implication, suggesting the rest had been transferred to Oxford]. Pitt-Rivers objects removed from SKM are returned to his Grosvenor Gardens private residence | Chapman, 1981: 682; S&SWM Pitt-Rivers papers P133 | |
| January | No day | Tylor lectures on 'Mankind - their distribution, antiquity and early condition' | Alison Brown pers comm | |
| February | 15 |
Letter from Moseley to Gamlen asking that building work on the extension for the PR collection be quieter during teaching |
University Archives, UC/FF/60/2/3 | |
| February - June | No day | Final collections transfers from Ashmolean Museum to Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford [PRM] | Larson, 2007: 96 | |
| March | 1 | DB Munro invites Pitt-Rivers to attend Commemoration to receive honorary DCL | S&SWM Pitt-Rivers papers L220 | |
| March | 17 |
Letter from Moseley to Gamlen about roof structure and colour of pillars in PRM |
University Archives, UC/FF/60/2/3 | |
| April | 28 | Opening of British Museum ethnographical gallery | The Times 28 April 1886 | |
| April | No day | Tylor lectures on Origins of civilization | Alison Brown pers comm | |
| May | 6 | Letter from Moseley to Gamlen confirming Sage’s men were anxious to start installing the cases | University Archives, UC/FF/60/2/3 | |
| June | 1 | Pitt-Rivers and family visit PRM at Oxford | University of California Tylor papers | |
| June | 11 | Moseley writes to Gamlen about the name of the building which would be carved above the door to the Pitt Rivers Museum suggesting Pitt-Rivers may prefer 'Pitt Rivers Anthropological Collection' (it reads Pitt[-]Rivers collection) | University Archives, UC/FF/60/2/3 | |
| June | 11 | In same letter Moseley asks permission to invite a SKM member of staff to come to Oxford to help cataloguing the collection | University Archives, UC/FF/60/2/3 | |
| June | 19 | The Secretary of the Science and Art Dept [SKM] confirms to Gamlen that Mr Hill will be placed at the disposal of the Oxford authorities providing they paid his expenses | University Archives, UC/FF/60/2/3 | |
| June | 30 | D.C.L. conferred on Pitt-Rivers at Encaenia at Oxford | Thompson, 1977: 126; Bowden, 1991: 51; Gray, 1905: xxxiv; The Times 12 June, 1 July 1886 | |
| July | 5 | Case installation in museum completed | University Archives, UC/FF/60/2/3 | |
| July | 10 |
Letter from Moseley to Gamlen confirming he had checked all the case locks and was satisfied |
University Archives, UC/FF/60/2/3 | |
| July | 18 | Hill from SKM comes to Oxford for a week to help with setting up the Pitt-Rivers collection, he stayed at 'Museum Cottage', arranged by Balfour | University Archives, UC/FF/60/2/3 | |
| July | 30 | Pitt-Rivers in Oxford to receive D.C.L. | S&SWM L235 The Times 12 June, 1 July 1886 | |
| August | No day | Marett sits classical honour moderations in which he is awarded first class | DNB entry | |
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| October | No day | Tylor lectures on Modes of expression [Included: gesture signs, natural sounds, pictures, language, writing] | Alison Brown pers comm. | |
| October | 23 | Handwritten estimate of further expenditure in arranging the Pitt Rivers Museum is compiled including case fittings, screens, table cases etc | University Archives, UC/FF/60/2/3 | |
| November | 1 |
Captain Cook related ethnographic objects listed as being displayed in OUM rather than PRM |
Letter from Moseley to Gamlen, Oxford University Archives, University Chest files, UC/FF/60/2/ |
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| December | ||||
| Unspecified | Second half of 'Cook collection' transferred from Christ Church to Pitt Rivers Museum possibly via OUMNH or Ashmolean Museum | Coote, 2004: 7-8 | ||
| Unspecified | The Tylors travel to North Africa, including Algeria | Megan Price, pers comm. |
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