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Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1900.

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Go to 1899

Month Day Event Source of Information Notes
January on Tylor lectures on Anthropology in ancient literature in Hilary Term Alison Brown pers comm
February
March
April No day  Tylor lectures on Early stages of civilization - arts of subsistence and protection in Trinity Term Alison Brown pers comm
May 4 Pitt-Rivers dies
May 7 Hebdomadal Council appoints Tylor, Balfour and Henry Pelham to represent University at Pitt-Rivers' Funeral. Obituary published in Times University Intelligence: Jackson's Oxford Journal, 12 May 1900, p. 6; The Times 7 May 1900
June
July  7 Museum visited by Fellows of the Royal Anthropological Institute Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1900
August
September
October No day  Tylor lectures on Development of language, writing and arithmetic in Michaelmas Term Alison Brown pers comm
November
December
Unspecified Thomson appointed Professor at Royal Academy, until 1934 DNB entry
Unspecified 2 photographs of Pitt-Rivers installed in Pitt Rivers Museum 'on either side of the door' (presumably the entrance door from the OUMNH). Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1900
Unspecified Range of screens installed in Court above wall cases to display shields and body armour Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1900
Unspecified Displays worked on during the year: Weaving, stone implements, pottery, archery, blowguns, bronze age implements, Ancient Egyptian arm ornaments, games, shadow figures, shields / armour, spears Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1900

  

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