Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1948.
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 | No day | Blackwood elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, as is Penniman | PRM ms collections Blackwood papers box 32, letter of congratulation from H.L. Hildburgh, 5 February 1948 | |
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| June | No day | University Surveyor completes building work and Balfour Library opens in former Department of Geology space, together with new staff offices | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1948-9 | |
| July | ||||
| August | No day | Blackwood represents University as a delegate at the International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Science in Brussels | Annual Report 1947-8 | |
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| November | ||||
| December | ||||
| Unspecified | Department of Geology is moved from building alongside PRM | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1947-8, 1948-9 | Must be early in 1948 if not in 1947 | |
| Unspecified | Work continues on card catalogue system by Blackwood and Penniman | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1948-9 | ||
| Unspecified | Displays worked on during the year: Stone implements, Lower Gallery personal ornaments, Japanese armour | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1948-9 | ||
| Unspecified | Penniman, Blackwood and Bradford are elected Fellows of the Society of Antiquities | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Reports 1947-8 | NB DNB says BB awarded FSA in 1943 | |
| Unspecified | Laura Start's second PRM Occasional Paper published | Annual Reports 1948-9 | ||
| Unspecified | Dept of Social Anthropology moves from Jowett Walk to Museum House South Parks Road | Peter Rivière |
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