Exhibitions and Displays

SPECIAL EXHIBITION

Journey through the Hawaiian landscape in this unique collaboration showcasing the contemporary works of the Honolulu-based Poakalani Quilters, the London School of Hula and 'Ori, the innovative designs of the fashion icon Manaola Yap and the visionary planetary futurism of Solomon Enos.

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Ola i ka wai | Water is life

Dancing the Ahupuaʻa

View Hula and water related quilts from the Poakalani Quilters alongside a new photographic series and a film produce by the London School of Hula and 'Ori (LSHO), who have created choreography for the Ma uka to Ma kai exhibition that focuses on the source of life – Water.

12 June 2024 – 7 June 2026
Long Gallery, Pitt Rivers Museum

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Hulu Nēnē By MANAOLA

Discover the beautifully sculptural Hulu Nēnē dress by fashion icon Manaola Yap, a designer and cultural practitioner from Hawaiʻi, within the Pitt Rivers Museum galleries.

Installation in the main museum court, ground floor.

12 June 2024 – 7 June 2026

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Stories around a Feather Cloak

Visit the beautiful Ahu’ula, a feather cloak from Hawaii, on display behind a curtain and listen to a series of recordings available online capturing discussion around the feather cloak from Hawaiian historians, biologists and a music professor.

Feather Cloak on display on ground floor of museum

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Revisiting Robert Louis Stevenson in the Pacific

Visit the first floor to view graphic-led display with illustrations by Simon Grennan and Solomon Enos, depicting work of the Remediating Stevenson project.

Archive Case Display

12 June 2024 – 7 June 2026

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Mo‘olelo of the Ahupuaʻa

Encounter Hawaiian stories of living, working, playing and learning within a sustainable landscape through this display of paintings by Solomon Enos on the first floor of the museum.

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Unfinished by Carol Ann Carl

Encounter Unfinished, a poem written by Carol Ann Carl, across the top floor display, written from the perspective of 31 pearl shell tools that the museum has historically described as ‘unfinished shell shanks of a fishing hook’.

Fishing displays, top floor of museum

12 June 2024 – 7 June 2026

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Palestine: Pieces of Me
Roots of My Homeland

This collaborative online exhibition highlights the message of Sumud (steadfastness) through objects of everyday life, dabke dancing, and embroidery.

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With these Hands
Crafting a Shared Humanity

Visit the new display on the first floor and gallery trail, With these Hands, co-produced with MultakaOxford and created by a multicultural team of volunteers who share an interest in the hand-crafted.

Evenki Cosmology and Shamanic Traditions

We invite you, through this display to wander in another world, an Evenki world. Find out more about Evenki cosmology and shamanic tradition and how these relate to objects in the Pitt Rivers Museum.

Wandering in Other Worlds