Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1950.
Readers are reminded that this table is a work in progress and may be amended or added to at any time.
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July | mid | 2nd British Apulia Expedition led by Bradford and museum | Annual Report 1950-51 | |
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October | mid | 2nd Apulia Expedition ends | Annual Report 1950-51 | |
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Unspecified | Fourth Occasional Paper is published, 'Notes on the Prehistoric Metallurgy of Copper and Bronze in the Old World', by H.H. Coghlan | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1950-51 | ||
Unspecified | Displays worked on during the year: Court near main entrance, also Geometrical Form in Art and Animal Form in Art and several of the Pottery cases, food containers etc. Much of work carried out by Bradford | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1950-51 | ||
Unspecified | Technicians continue to work on pest control in the Museum | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report | ||
Unspecified | F.H.S. Knowles ill so could not volunteer, G.E.S. Turner continues to volunteer working on North American collections | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1950-51 | ||
Unspecified | Work continues on card catalogue system by Blackwood and Penniman | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1950-51 |
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