Pitt Rivers Museum

Located in the Oxfoprd city Centre, Pitt Rivers Museum displays archaeological and ethnographic objects from all parts of the world. It was founded in 1884 when General Pitt Rivers, an influential figure in the development of archaeology and evolutionary anthropology, gave his collection to the University.

The General's founding gift contained more than 18,000 objects but there are now over half a million. Many were donated by early anthropologists and explorers. The collection includes extensive photographic and sound archives, which contain early records of great importance.

The museum shop stocks postcards, gifts and books. Audio-guided tours of the Museum, with Sir David Attenborough and Sir Brian Rix, may be hired from the museum shop also.