Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1961.
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 |
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| April | No day | Dennis Britton joins museum as replacement for J.S.P. Bradford | Annual Report 1960-1 | |
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| July | 8 | R.C Gurden, Museum secretary and librarian, dies. A. Wootton serves as acting librarian and secretary after his death | Annual Report 1960-1 | |
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| September | ||||
| October | No day | H.P.G. Unsworth replaced R. Gurden as Librarian and Museum Secretary | Annual Report 1960-1 | |
| November | ||||
| December | ||||
| Unspecified | The new Diploma in Anthropology is instituted | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1963-64 | ||
| Unspecified | Sum of money is willed to University to ensure Museum garden serves as a memorial to Gurden | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1960-61 | ||
| Unspecified | D.F.W. Baden-Powell appointed as University Lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology, and listed in Annual Reports hereafter as member of staff | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1960-61 | ||
| Unspecified | Displays worked on during the year: Hawaiian feather cloaks | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1960-1 | ||
| Unspecified | The museum's card catalogues are copied onto microfilm to be stored elsewhere in case of fire | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1960-61 |
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