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Pitt Rivers Museum

Pitt Rivers Museum is a museum in Oxford. Officially, it is a Grade I listed building. Add Ashmolean Museum, 500 m away, to a visit; it leads 75 places within 15 km.

Photo: Pitt Rivers Museum, Rhododendrites (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Oxford

inside the built-up area

Run by

University of Oxford

the operator on record

How well known

Top 4%

#269 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Oxford

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#269 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (18 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Oxford

Pitt Rivers Museum is inside Oxford’s built-up area, with 49 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Oxford has 1,168 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month

In Oxford, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°60 mm

Feb8° / 2°47 mm

Mar11° / 3°44 mm

Apr14° / 5°49 mm

May17° / 8°57 mm

Jun20° / 11°50 mm

Jul23° / 13°55 mm

Aug22° / 13°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°54 mm

Oct15° / 8°74 mm

Nov11° / 5°73 mm

Dec8° / 2°67 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Oxford, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Oxford. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Oxford’s full climate →

About

Pitt Rivers Museum

The site is run by University of Oxford. Wikipedia covers it in 18 languages.

Oxford’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: University of Oxford
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 18 languages
Town: in Oxford
Official site: prm.ox.ac.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Visiting: the details

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Locating Pitt Rivers Museum

The numbers show what else is near Pitt Rivers Museum, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

The 8 towns are led in size by Oxford, with 170,799 people. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Oxford

170,799 people · 55 places to visit

2 · 3.6 km northwest of it

Wolvercote

1,328 people · 49 places to visit

3 · 3.6 km south of it

Kennington

4,595 people · 53 places to visit

4 · 4.4 km south of it

Boars Hill

540 people · 52 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Pitt Rivers Museum is	People	Places to visit
Oxford	It’s in town	170,799	55
Wolvercote	3.6 km northwest of it	1,328	49
Kennington	3.6 km south of it	4,595	53
Boars Hill	4.4 km south of it	540	52
Chawley	4.7 km southwest of it	1,127	49
Sandford-on-Thames	5.6 km south of it	500	40
Cumnor	6 km southwest of it	829	7
Horspath	6.4 km east of it	1,467	8

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Pitt Rivers Museum

There are 75 within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle among them.

MuseumAshmolean Museum500 m away 2

MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History100 m away 3

CastleOxford Castle Motte900 m away 4

Historic houseBeaumont Palace700 m away 5

GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden1 km away 6

Historic houseBlenheim Palace12 km away 7

MuseumMuseum of the History of Science500 m away 8

Art galleryChrist Church900 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Pitt Rivers Museum

Where is Pitt Rivers Museum?

Pitt Rivers Museum is in Oxford, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Pitt Rivers Museum?

Museum in Oxford, England, UK.

Who runs Pitt Rivers Museum?

University of Oxford.

When is the best time to visit Pitt Rivers Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Oxford, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Pitt Rivers Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Pitt Rivers Museum?

Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (500 m), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (100 m), Oxford Castle Motte (900 m) and Beaumont Palace (700 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Blenheim Palace: Jvhertum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of the History of Science: Wiki alf at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Christ Church: sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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