Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 2005.
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 | No day | Museum's Lower and Upper Galleries closed to public to allow DCF funded 'What's Upstairs' project to work | Annual Report 2004-5 | |
| January | No day | Sunday opening hours extended to Court of museum (as rest of museum is closed because of building work) | Annual Report 2004-5 | |
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| Unspecified | Staff, offices and collections relocated to 60 and 64 Banbury Road to make way for new research centre development | Annual Report 2004-5 | ||
| Unspecified | Work begins on new development to south of main Museum building | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 2004-5 | ||
| Unspecified | Museum applies for Accreditation status from MLA | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report | 
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