Research
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If you would like to use the Museum's collections in your own research, please see using our collections.
Our research team has been shortlisted in the Research Culture category at the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2024
The Pitt Rivers Museum is a renowned centre for research on material culture, art and photography.
With strong historical links to the teaching of anthropology and archaeology in the University of Oxford, the Museum today seeks to bring together researchers from a variety of disciplines to explore critical themes that connect people all over the world to its rich collections and the histories they hold.
Research team
Prof Clare Harris
Dr Mary-Ann Middelkoop
Research community
Dr Joshua A. Bell
Prof Alison K. Brown
Dr Elizabeth Ewart
Prof Chris Gosden FBA
Dr Elizabeth Hallam
Dr Margaret Hillenbrand
Dr Gwyneira Isaac
Prof Geraldine Johnson
Dr Laurel Kendall
Prof Corinne Kratz
Prof Morten Kringelbach
Prof Robert Iliffe
Dr Chris Low
Prof Jane Lydon
Prof Sharon Macdonald
Prof Wayne Modest
Prof Howard Morphy
Dr Hélène Neveu Kringelbach
Prof Laura Peers
Prof Chris Pinney
Prof Gillian Rose
Dr J. Kelechi Ugwuanyi
Prof Dame Sarah Whatmore
Prof David Zeitlyn
Research projects
Making the Museum
Digital repatriation of the Gaidinliu collection
African restitution research
Featured research partnerships
Rethinking Relationships and Building Trust Around African Collections
Recirculating sound recordings in NE India
Borneo boat lute revival
Megalithic Connections: Imperilled Cultural Heritage in Laos and India
Featured publications
Christopher Morton
Ashley Coutu
Clare Harris
Dan Hicks
Jeremy Uden
Christopher Morton
Laura Van Broekhoven
Dan Hicks
Christopher Morton
Research videos
Christian Thompson - We Bury Our Own from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Carving the new Great Box: Gwaai Edenshaw and Jaalen Edenshaw at the Pitt Rivers Museum from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.