Title: Knowing things
First published: 2007
Description: "This book explores the early history of the Pitt Rivers Museum and its collections. Many thousands of people collected objects for the Museum between its foundation in 1884 and 1945, and together they and the objects they collected provide a series of insights into the early history of archaeology and anthropology. The volume also includes individual biographies and group histories of the people originally making and using the objects, as well as a snapshot of the British empire. The main focus for the book derives from the computerized catalogues of the Museum and attendant archival information. Together these provide a unique insight into the growth of a well-known institution and its place within broader intellectual frameworks of the Victorian period and early twentieth century. It also explores current ideas on the nature of relationships, particularly those between people and things."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Anthropological museums and collections, Archaeological museums and collections, Collection and preservation, History, Material culture, Oxford, Pitt Rivers Museum, Museums & Museology, History - General History, History: World, Oxfordshire, Europe - Great Britain - General, History / General, General, Pitt Rivers Museum., Museums, great britain, Historypitt rivers museum, Archaeological museums and collections--history, Archaeological museums and collections--england--oxford--history, Anthropological museums and collections--history, Anthropological museums and collections--england--oxford--history, Material culture--collection and preservation, Material culture--collection and preservation--england--oxford, Cc55 .g67 2007, 930.107442574
Places: England, Oxford
LC classification: GN36.E62 O94 2007