Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1989.
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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| May | No day | Closure of Australia in Oxford exhibition | Annual Report 88-89 | |
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| July | No day | Exhibition Molas Textiles of the Kuna Indians opens | Annual Report 89-90 | |
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| September | 4 | Bryan Cranstone dies | Annual Report 88-89 | |
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| Unspecified | The Museum suffered financial problems. For the first time there was a budget deficit at end of year 1988-89 | Relational Museum timelines | ||
| Unspecified | School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography is established, incorporating the Museum, Institute of Biological Anthropology and Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology | Relational Museum timelines | ||
| Unspecified | After consultation with Maori and North American groups the Museum removes some human remains from these countries from display | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 89-90 | ||
| Unspecified | The title of the principal officer of the Museum is changed from Curator to Director, and Assistant Curators are retitled Curators | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1989-90 | ||
| Unspecified | Displays worked on during the year: boat models, netsuke, bows and arrows | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 88-89; Annual Report 89-90 | ||
| Unspecified | First of Pitt Stops events for families is held | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report |
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