Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1902.
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 | No day | Tylor lectures on Anthropological evidence in ancient literature in Hilary Term | Alison Brown pers comm | |
| February | 20 | Vice-Chancellor writes circular letter asking for notice of need from departments | Referred to in June 18 [qv] | |
| March | No day | Tylor resigns as Keeper of the OUMNH | Relational Museum timelines | |
| April | No day | Tylor lectures on Early stages of civilization, language, writing, arithmetic etc in Trinity Term | Alison Brown pers comm | |
| May | ||||
| June | 18 | Pamphlet entitled 'University Needs: The PRM' sent by Balfour in reply to a circular letter from Vice-Chancellor [see February] Balfour asks for more money to pay assistants and asks for adequate provision for safe and systematic storage of non exhibited material in cases and cabinets | PRM ms collections PRM papers Box 1 Foundation of Museum | |
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| October | No day | Tylor lectures on Outlines of anthropology in Michaelmas Term | Alison Brown pers comm | |
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| Unspecified | Balfour purchases new exhibition cases with money saved by Gray's post not being filled | Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1902 | ||
| Unspecified | Electric light installed in the staircase, Curator's office and workshops 'and other rooms' | Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1902 | ||
| Unspecified | Displays worked on during the year: Musical instruments, Fire-making, Pottery, Magic / charms, Shields / armour, boomerangs, fetish figures [sic], war trophies | Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1902 | ||
| Unspecified | The Tylors travel to Switzerland | Megan Price, pers comm. | ||
| Unspecified | Radcliffe Library moves to new premises away from OUMNH | Davies and Hull 1975 Zoological Collections |
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