Pitt Rivers Museum

museum in Oxford, England, UK
Organization university_museum Q1456119
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Pitt Rivers Museum

Summary

Pitt Rivers Museum is a university museum[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of university_museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pitt Rivers Museum's field of work was archaeology[3].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's field of work was anthropology[4].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum is located in Oxford[5].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum is in the country of United Kingdom[6].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's instance of is recorded as university museum[7].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's instance of is recorded as museum[8].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's founder is recorded as Augustus Pitt Rivers[9].
  • Augustus Pitt Rivers is named after Pitt Rivers Museum[10].
  • The location of Pitt Rivers Museum was Oxford[11].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's postal code is recorded as OX1 3PP[12].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum is part of Gardens, Libraries and Museums of the University of Oxford[13].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum is part of The University Museum and Pitt Rivers Museum[14].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's Commons category is recorded as Pitt Rivers Museum[15].
  • January 1, 1884 marks the founding of Pitt Rivers Museum[16].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.75861111111111, 'lon': -1.255}[17].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's located on street is recorded as South Parks Road[18].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's parent organization or unit is recorded as University of Oxford[19].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's official website is recorded as https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/[20].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's has facility is recorded as accessible toilet[21].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's has facility is recorded as Changing Places toilet[22].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's phone number is recorded as +44-1865-270927[23].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[24].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's collection or exhibition size is recorded as {'amount': '+650000'}[25].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's Commons Institution page is recorded as Pitt Rivers Museum[26].
  • Pitt Rivers Museum's date of official opening is recorded as 1884[27].

Body

Founding

Pitt Rivers Museum's founder is recorded as Augustus Pitt Rivers[9]. January 1, 1884 marks the founding of it[16].

Identity

Part of include Gardens, Libraries and Museums of the University of Oxford[13] and The University Museum and Pitt Rivers Museum[14], a museum building[28], in United Kingdom[29].

Operations

Pitt Rivers Museum's parent organization or unit is recorded as University of Oxford[19].

Industry

Fields of work include archaeology[3], an academic discipline[30] and anthropology[4], an academic discipline[31].

Why It Matters

Pitt Rivers Museum ranks in the top 5% of university_museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . prm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved . prm.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . prm.ox.ac.uk. prm.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . prm.ox.ac.uk. prm.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . glam.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved . glam.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . prm.ox.ac.uk. prm.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . prm.ox.ac.uk. prm.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . prm.ox.ac.uk. prm.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . slideshare.net. Retrieved . slideshare.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Libanp · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Collection or exhibition size {'amount': '+650000'}
    Heritage designation Grade I listed building
    Field of work
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