Secret Location of the
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
“Beware, you are entering the climate of a foreign logic…”
So you want some idea of what we do here at the Royal Mythological Society? The best place to start might be with a visit to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.
Forget everything you thought you knew about museums. The Pitt Rivers isn’t a collection of boring old spear-heads and bits of pottery. Instead you will come across shrunken heads, witch bottles, dream catchers, flea traps, and the face of Saagga the Devil Doctor. Oooh, spooky.
Here’s how to find the place. Go to the University Museum. This looks like any ordinary, yawn-inducing museum but don’t be discouraged, it’s just a front. Find the attendant with the beard that looks like a old sponge, make sure nobody else is around and then say to him, “I seek the source of the Pitt river.” He will tap his nose and point to a door at the back that you hadn’t noticed before.
Entering, you will pass a stone idol taken from a jungle ruin. Whatever the idol may seem to say to you, just ignore it and walk on, looking straight ahead. You will soon come to a huge room stuffed with incredible treasures that look exactly like junk.
Many of the exhibit labels were handwritten by Dr Clattercut when he was a young student at Saltpeter Hall. Here are a few you will see:
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
“Beware, you are entering the climate of a foreign logic…”
So you want some idea of what we do here at the Royal Mythological Society? The best place to start might be with a visit to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.
Forget everything you thought you knew about museums. The Pitt Rivers isn’t a collection of boring old spear-heads and bits of pottery. Instead you will come across shrunken heads, witch bottles, dream catchers, flea traps, and the face of Saagga the Devil Doctor. Oooh, spooky.
Here’s how to find the place. Go to the University Museum. This looks like any ordinary, yawn-inducing museum but don’t be discouraged, it’s just a front. Find the attendant with the beard that looks like a old sponge, make sure nobody else is around and then say to him, “I seek the source of the Pitt river.” He will tap his nose and point to a door at the back that you hadn’t noticed before.
Entering, you will pass a stone idol taken from a jungle ruin. Whatever the idol may seem to say to you, just ignore it and walk on, looking straight ahead. You will soon come to a huge room stuffed with incredible treasures that look exactly like junk.
Many of the exhibit labels were handwritten by Dr Clattercut when he was a young student at Saltpeter Hall. Here are a few you will see:
