In Oxford, the Pitt Rivers Museum - founded with the collection of a Victorian general, Augustus Pitt Rivers - holds about 2,000 such specimens. These body parts were brought back to Britain from ...

Somewhere behind the scenes at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, Marenka Thompson-Odlum is rummaging through a medium-sized plastic box. The box contains labels from display cases that have recently ...

A collection of shrunken heads has been removed from a museum linked to Oxford University as part of what it refers to as its decolonization process. The Pitt Rivers Museum has been closed for ...

A museum is trying to trace the origin of a mystery rock bearing a note from a staff member that suggests it could be a "lava bubble". The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford has more than 500,000 ...

Museums have long served as repositories for the spoils of colonialism—and the University of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum is no exception. Now, amid global protests against systemic racism ...

Following a review the Pitt Rivers Museum, part of the University of Oxford, removed 120 human remains. The museum said visitors misunderstood the displays as being a testament to other cultures ...

Michelle Davies, of the Heritage Lottery Fund, said: “The Pitt Rivers is hugely popular, with a treasure trove of collections. “We're proud to have supported the redevelopment." The museum ...

The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford is reconsidering its display of shrunken heads, which are currently shown in a case labelled Treatment of Dead Enemies. These human heads with skin and hair ...

In Oxford, the Pitt Rivers Museum - founded with the collection of a Victorian general, Augustus Pitt Rivers - holds about 2,000 such specimens. These body parts were brought back to Britain from ...