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The Pitt Rivers Museum is part of the University of Oxford and showcases the museum's collection of anthropology and world archaeology. The museum was founded in the 19th Century when an eccentric but widely travelled military gentleman - Lt. Gen. Pitt Rivers - donated his private collection to the university. The university has an unusual approach to the way it exhibits its items. Rather than show all the pieces from one country or culture or even one period in time, they instead focus ON 'typological' displays - those in which all the items related to a particular function are grouped together (for example all the pipes and smoking materials, all the knives, all the baby toys etc) thus showing how different groups of people solved the same problems of every day living. The museum is accessed through the Univerity Natural History Museum and is tucked away in the far left hand corner. Admission is free and the museum is open seven days a week, although precise opening hours vary by season and visitors are advised to check the website before they go. |
| Address: | South Parks Road OX1 3PP Oxford |
| Telephone: | +44(1865)270927 |
| Fax: | +44(1865)270943 |
| Distance to public transportation: | Airport 65 KM City Center 0-1 KM Motorway/ Interstate Highway 0-1 KM Public Transportation 0-1 KM Train Station 2 KM |
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