Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1870.
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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| March | John Henry Parker appointed Keeper of Ashmolean Museum, and John Phillips remains Keeper of OUMNH? | Ovenell, 1986: 229 | but see also unspecified 1869 | |
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| June | 25 | First meeting of the Ashmolean Visitors | Ovenell, 1986: 230 | |
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| September | No day | Tylor on holiday in Cornwall | Megan Price pers comm. | |
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| Unspecified | Clarendon Laboratory built alongside University Museum to give more space for scientific work | Davies and Hull 1975 Zoological Collections |
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