The Pitts River Museum A World Within
The Pitts River Museum A World Within by Michael O’Hanlon, published by Rizzoli on December 15, 2014, offers an insightful exploration of the museum’s history and its diverse collections. This edition, comprising 168 pages, delves into the unique arrangement of artifacts from around the globe, highlighting the various functions of these objects. O’Hanlon sheds light on the contributions of General Pitt-Rivers, whose donation formed the foundation of the museum, and examines the evolution of its displays, which reflect a rich history influenced by curatorial ambitions and public taste.
Readers will find a detailed account of the characters involved in the museum’s development and the adventurous collaborations it engages in with the communities connected to its collections. The book presents essays that not only celebrate the art and individual artists represented but also serve as a reference for those interested in the museum’s distinctive character and its ongoing relevance. Through this exploration, O’Hanlon invites readers to appreciate the intricate tapestry of history and culture that the Pitt Rivers Museum embodies.
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The director of the Pitt Rivers Museum explores its history and collections and the characters who created it. “My favourite museum in the world!” This is what many visitors say about the Pitt Rivers Museum, with its atmospheric galleries, showing artefacts from all corners of the world, uniquely arranged according to the objects’ different functions. But who was General Pitt-Rivers, who donated the founding collection, and how did the museum come to have so distinctive an appearance? Its displays may look unchanged since Victorian times, but they are actually the outcome of a lively history, curatorial ambitions, university politics and shifts in public taste. This book provides, in addition, an insight into the collections themselves, the cast of characters who contributed to them and the kind of adventurous collaborations that the museum today undertakes with the communities from which the collections originally came.
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