Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1976.
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 | 1 | New Committee for the Pitt Rivers Museum established | Annual Report 1974-76 | |
| January | 16 | T.K. Penniman dies | Annual Report 1976-77 | |
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| May | No day | J.A. Clarke, museum attendant, dies | Annual Report 1976-77 | |
| May | No day | Elizabeth Sandford Gunn, Honorary Assistant Curator relinguishes 'her appointments' | Annual Report 1976-77 | |
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| September | No day | Ray Inskeep steps down as Acting Curator | Annual Report 1976-77 | |
| September | No day | Brian Allan Lefevre Cranstone begins work as Curator | Annual Report 1976-77 | |
| October | No day | Work on the new modular buildings at the back of 60 Banbury Road begin | Annual Report 1976-77 | |
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| December | No day | E. Torr retires as Assistant Secretary and Librarian. Elizabeth Edwards appointed to vacant post. | Annual Report 1976-77 | |
| Unspecified | PRM glass roof is boarded over | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report | ||
| Unspecified | Brian Allan Lefevre Cranstone appointed as Curator of PRM | Relational Museum timelines | ||
| Unspecified | Work on new buildings at 60 Banbury Road begins | |||
| Unspecified | Museum stores at Osney are reorganised | |||
| Unspecified | Lynne Williamson appointed as Museum Assistant (Documentation), a new post | Annual Report 1976-77 |
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