Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1887.
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 | 25 | Notice placed in University Gazette that the work was 'sufficiently advanced' to allow the ground floor of the museum to be open to members of the University and visitors between 2 and 4 o'clock Tuesday to Friday | University Gazette | |
| February | 5 |
Tylor begins course of lectures about Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 'Development of Arts as illustrated in the Pitt Rivers Museum' in Hilary and Trinity terms |
Oxford Chronicle and Berks and Bucks Gazette 5 February 1887; Alison Brown pers comm. | |
| February | 7 | Report on PRM published, first section of displays opened to public | The Times 7 February 1887; Oxford Times, 12 February 1887; Times of London 7 February 1887 | |
| March | 12 | Balfour writes to Acland about his role in the Museum | OUMNH ms collections | |
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| June | Moseley first becomes ill, and recovers | Gilbert Bourne, 1892 | ||
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| August | Moseley has relapse | Gilbert Bourne, 1892 | ||
| September | 2 | BAAS meeting in Manchester, Tylor presents paper on witches ladder | Chris Wingfield. See here |
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| September | 5 | Pitt-Rivers pays for reprinting of Notes and Queries | The Times 5 September 1887 | |
| October | No day | Tylor lectures I II III Development of missile weapons and IV V VI Origins of ornamental form and decoration | Alison Brown pers comm. | |
| October | 21 | Acland writes to Pitt-Rivers to ask his advice about Balfour's future in light of Moseley's illness and suggests he is kept on for further 3 years. Moseley ill and unable to work on PRM displays | Letter from H.W. Acland to Pitt Rivers, dated 21 October 1887, 1885/1 History of OUMNH 1874-1902 Box 2, OUMNH archives; DNB entry | |
| November | 3, 20, 21, | Tylor writes to Pitt-Rivers about the continuing debates in the University about Balfour's future | S&SWM Pitt-Rivers papers L405, 419 420, 424 | |
| November | 22 | Notice of a decree to be proposed for £1200 expenditure arranging and cataloguing the PR collection. Includes a letter from Balfour to Dr Fowler about the work and referring to Moseley's illness | University Gazette | |
| November | 29 | Decree for increased expenditure passed in Convocation 47 to 10 | University Gazette [undated] PRM ms collections PRM papers Box 1 Foundation of museum | |
| December | 3 | Pitt-Rivers writes to Henry Acland thanking him for work in explaining purpose and mode of arrangement of collection | PRM ms collections PRM papers box 1 Foundation of museum letter | |
| December | 13 | Pitt-Rivers writes to Henry Acland reporting progress on printing plates of items in his collections and saying he is too busy to visit Oxford | PRM ms collections PRM papers Foundation of museum PRM box 1 letter | |
| December | 13 | Pitt-Rivers writes to Henry Balfour suggesting that Balfour visit him to discuss plates [see above] | PRM ms collections Foundation of museum PRM box 1 letter | |
| Unspecified | Moseley awarded Royal medal by Royal Society | DNB entry | ||
| Unspecified | William Beale, attendant in PRM, starts job | Annual Report 1894-5 |
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| Unspecified | The Tylors travel to Switzerland | Megan Price pers comm. |
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