Book ID: CBB000830510

Knowing Things: Exploring the Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum, 1884--1945 (2007)

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Gosden, Chris (Author)
Larson, Frances (Author)
Petch, Alison (Author)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xviii + 261 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the early history of the museum, focusing on the relationship between collectors, donors, objects, and the museum staff.


Citation URI
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Authors & Contributors
Nowak-kemp, Malgosia B.
Nichols, Kate
Nichols, Catherine
Stevenson, Alice
Rivière, Peter
Petch, Alison
Concepts
Museums
Archaeology
Anthropology
Collectors and collecting
Collections
Science and culture
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Ancient
17th century
Places
Great Britain
Greece
Melanesia
England
Indonesia
Prussia (Germany)
Institutions
Pitt Rivers Museum (University of Oxford)
Oxford University
Fitzwilliam Museum
British Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Museum Boerhaave (Leiden)
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