Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1953.
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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| April | 4 | F.H.S. Knowles dies | Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1952-53 | |
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| November | 3 | Penniman requests that Blackwood's post as Demonstrator be renewed | OU Archives, file FA/9/2/90, 3 November 1953 | |
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| Unspecified | Work at the museum is adversely affected by building of new Chemistry department adjacent to the Museum on South Parks Road, in the position previously occupied by Museum House | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1953-54 | ||
| Unspecified | A laboratory for analysis of specimens is set up in the museum | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1953-54 | ||
| Unspecified | Displays worked on during the year: craftman's tool case, looms and weaving, ceremonial staves, fishing and self-bows | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1953-54 | ||
| Unspecified | Sixth Occasional Paper published, 'Stone-Worker's Progress, a Study of Stone Implements in the Pitt Rivers Museum' by F.H.S. Knowles | Relational Museum timelines / 1953-54 | ||
| Unspecified | Work continues on card catalogue system by Blackwood and Penniman | Relational Museum timelines |
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