Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1927.
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 | ||||
| February | ||||
| March | 15 | Congregation passes Balfour's reappointment as Curator for further 7 years until 1933 | PRM ms collections PRM papers Box 1 Foundation of PRM | |
| [Spring] | Balfour visits Holland where he studied birds | J.P. Mills correspondence, 13 May 1927 | ||
| April | ||||
| May | No days | Blackwod travels from Niagara Falls to Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City and California, she spends next month in San Francisco area | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
| June | 23 | Blackwood travels to Los Angeles | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
| June | 28 | Blackwood travels to New Mexico area and works | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
| July | 12 | Balfour travels on HMS Hildebrand leaving Liverpool | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
| July | 27 | Balfour arrives Para Estuary | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
| July | 30 | Balfour travels to Amazon River | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
| August | 2 | Balfour arrives Manaos | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
| August | 6 | Balfour leaves Manaos | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
| August | 9 | Balfour arrives at Para | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
| August | 12 | Balfour's boat sails for Europe | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
| August | 20 | Balfour visits Funchal, Madeira | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
| August | 22 | Balfour visits Lisboa | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
| August | 26 | Balfour returns to Liverpool | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
| September | 12 | Blackwood begins return journey to UK | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
| October | ||||
| November | 15 | Arthur Thomson writes to Herschel Margoliouth, Secretary of Faculties, saying that after 6 years as Dept Demonstrator Blackwood must be nominated for University Demonstratorship | Oxford University Archives, file FA/9/2/90, 15 Nov 1927 | |
| December | ||||
| Unspecified | Balfour reappointed as Curator for further 7 years until 31.12.1933 with salary of £600 and same conditions | University Gazette; PRM ms collections, PRM papers Box 1 Foundation of Museum | ||
| Unspecified | More cases installed in Upper Gallery | Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report Annual Report 1927 | ||
| Unspecified | Problems still experienced with heating system | Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1927 | ||
| Unspecified | Plague of rats in museum, which causes damage to the collections | Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1927 | ||
| Unspecified | Ernest Seymour Thomas continues to work on cataloguing and labeling objects | Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1927 | ||
| Unspecified | Balfour continues to work on the Westlake collection | Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1927 | ||
| Unspecified | Displays worked on during the year: Stone implements, slings bolas lassoes, bone horn ivory implements, kopis sword blade | Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report | ||
| Unspecified | Balfour gives special course of lectures to students from the Tropical African Service | Annual Report 1927 |
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