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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
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is behind and accessed through the Oxford University Museum of Natural History Link. General Pitt Rivers made a vast collection of ethnographic specimens and gave them to the University of Oxford in 1884 to form the museum which bears his name. The exhibits are arranged thematically, and have been kept as items packed together in glass display cases.
is behind and accessed through the Oxford University Museum of Natural History Link. General Pitt Rivers made a vast collection of ethnographic specimens and gave them to the University of Oxford in 1884 to form the museum which bears his name. The exhibits are arranged thematically, and have been kept as items packed together in glass display cases.Created: Wed, 16 Nov 2011, Updated: Wed, 16 Nov 2011
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