Research
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If you would like to use the Museum's collections for your research, please see our pages on using our collections.
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
Dr Ashley Coutu
Rosa Dyer
Hannah Eastham
Danielle Gilbert
Prof Clare Harris FBA
Prof Dan Hicks
Beth Hodgett
Rebekah Hodgkinson
Jozie Kettle
Hadiqa Khan
Dr Sarah Mallet
Dr Mary-Ann Middelkoop
Research community
Prof Wale Adebanwi
Brook Andrew
Nana Oforiatta Ayim
Prof Paul Basu
Dr Joshua A. Bell
Prof Paul Betts
Prof Alison K. Brown
Dr Zoe Cormack
Raksha Dave
Dr Samuel Derbyshire
Prof Chris Dorsett
Prof Elizabeth Edwards
Dr Elizabeth Ewart
Dr Anthony Gardner
Prof Chris Gosden
Dr Elizabeth Hallam
Dr Margaret Hillenbrand
Dr Gwyneira Isaac
Prof Geraldine Johnson
Prof Jok Madut Jok
Dr Samson Kambalu
Dr Laurel Kendall
Dr Rachael Kiddey
Prof Corinne Kratz
Prof Morten Kringelbach
Patti Langton
Prof Robert Iliffe
Dr Noel Lobley
Dr Chris Low
Prof Jane Lydon
Prof Sharon Macdonald
Prof Wayne Modest
Prof Howard Morphy
Dr Hélène Neveu Kringelbach
Dr David Odo
Prof Michael O’Hanlon
Prof Laura Peers
Prof Chris Pinney
Dr David Pratten
Prof Gillian Rose
Dr Christian Thompson AO
Dr Jaanika Vider
Prof Dame Sarah Whatmore
Prof David Zeitlyn
Research projects
Maasai Living Cultures
African restitution research
Labelling Matters
Laser focused
The shipwreck in a diamond mine
Ethnographic museums and the shapes of radical hope and reconciliation
Featured research partnerships
Rethinking Relationships and Building Trust Around African Collections
Museum Affordances, with SOAS University of London
South Sudan Museum Collections in Europe, with Durham University
Working with contemporary Aboriginal artists
Early Career Research Opportunities
Featured publications
Christopher Morton
Clare Harris
Lesley McFadyen & Dan Hicks (eds)
Jeremy Uden
Laura Van Broekhoven
Dan Hicks
Laura Peers
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.