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Pitcairn Island Museum

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The museum collection was first located within the school; it transferred to a new building in 2005. The new building was funded by the British government. According to researcher Maria Amoamo, during the year 2008 to 2009 the museum only opened once. As of 2015, the museum charged tourists an entry
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There is a long history of artefacts from Pitcairn Island being traded for goods such as flour, sugar and other essential items. This trade included pre-Mutiny artefacts as well as objects from HMS Bounty. The only surviving example of pre-Mutiny stone sculpture from Pitcairn is a statue held in
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in Oxford also has 93 stone tools from Pitcairn in its collection. The earliest object collected is and adze brought back by William Gunn who was Surgeon General of
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before returning to Pitcairn for display. The collection includes other objects, including a wheelbarrow,
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cloth are held in the British Museum and at Kew Gardens, in particular those made by original settlers
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who lived on the island prior to the arrival of the mutineers. In 1998 archaeologists from
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The museum contains ancient artefacts such as stone tools, which were made by
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Hicks, Dan; Stevenson, Alice (2013). "Easter Island and Pitcairn Island".
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The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
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The historical archaeology of settlement at Pitcairn Island 1790-1856
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has an extensive collection of stone tools from Pitcairn, including
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Stone sculptures from Tahiti and Pitcairn Island, Otago Museum, 2016
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World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: A Characterization
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Display of objects from the Pitcairn Island, Otago Museum, 2016
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The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World
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Bounty rudder from the Fiji Museum. Suva, Fiji Islands
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https://www.government.pn/museum.html
museum
Pitcairn Island
British Overseas Territory
Pacific Ocean
HMS Bounty

Polynesians
James Cook University
HMS Bounty
Queensland Museum
a Bible thought to be from the Bounty
Norfolk Island


Auckland War Memorial Museum
adzes
mutineers

Pitt Rivers Museum
HMS Curacao
HMS Comus

Mariners' Museum and Park
tapa
Mauatua
Teraura
Fiji Museum

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