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Radio Oxford,7 mins

Hidden History at the Pitt Rivers Pt 4

Mid-morning on 麻豆社 Radio Oxford

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Phil Mercer-Kelly's final look at how the world famous Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford is tackling its imperial roots. In this episode he hears about how complicated the problem is, with some objects in the museum the only way for people from countries now wiped off the map to see them. He also tackles probably the most controversial challenge facing the museum. What to do with the more than 2000 human remains in its collections, including the famous Shrunken Heads.

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