Beth Hodgett

Making the Pitt Rivers Museum

Lieutenant-General Pitt-Rivers did not make the museum in Oxford that bears his name, or the objects within it. The real makers of the...

Title	Description	People	Date
Making Benin Bronzes in the Museum	Phil Omodamwen, a sixth-generation Benin bronze caster, speaks to us about the importance of repatriation, the new bronze artwork the museum has commissioned, and working in a 250-year-old forge in Banbury!	Rebecca Martin, Phil Omodamwen, Chris Morton, Beth Hodgett	4 December, 2025
Making Replicas in the Museum	One of the UK’s few professional flint knappers, Dr James Dilly, speaks about the importance of replica making for modern museums, tells us what we can learn from objects of the ancient past, and introduces the team to the ‘sexy hand axe’ theory!	Rebecca Martin, James Dilley, Beth Hodgett	20 October, 2025
Making Sense of the San Collections	The University’s inaugural San visiting fellow Kileni Fernando speaks about the significance of the San community items in our collection. Join us to hear about stealing fire from ostriches and shapewear made from ostrich egg shells!	Rebecca Martin, Beth Hodgett, Kileni Fernando, Christopher Morton	19 May, 2025
Making Music with Sound Archives	Hip hop, rap, and multimedia artists X and Rawz tell us about the music they produced using sounds from the museum archives. The project team talk about how understanding more about makers (rather than takers!) fits into the work of a modern museum.	Rebecca Martin, Rawz, Xolile (X) Madinda, Beth Hodgett, Christopher Morton, Noel Lobley, Miles Ncube	17 February, 2025
Trailer	Get ready for a new behind-the-scenes podcast from the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford!	Rebecca Martin, Christopher Morton, Beth Hodgett, Xolile (X) Madinda, Rawz	27 January, 2025