These publications explore the museum’s ethnographic collections, from early expeditions to later scholarship, revealing the people, places, and encounters behind the objects and their changing interpretations over time.
Clark, Alison. 2019. Resonant Histories: Pacific Artefacts and the Voyages of HMS Royalist 1890-1893. Sidestone Press: Leiden
Cooke, H.B.S and L.R. Barton. 1957. The Powell-Cotton Museum of African Fauna and Ethnology, Kent, England, [Reprint from] South African Museums Association Bulletin, Vol.6(11), pp.1-8
Lang, Gordon. 1988. The Powell-Cotton Collection of Chinese Ceramics. Powell-Cotton Museum: Birchington.
Nicklin, Keith. 1983. Kuyu Sculpture at the Powell-Cotton Museum, African Arts, Vol.17(1), pp.55-88
Pinfold, George Frederick. 1929. Some Notes on ‘Fork Guards’, MAN, 29(6), pp.97-98
Powell-Cotton, Hannah. 1934. Village Handicrafts in the Sudan, MAN, Vol.34, pp.90-91
Powell-Cotton, Percy Horace Gordon. 1904. Notes on a Journey Through East Africa and Northern Uganda, Journal of the African Society, Vol.12, pp.315-324
Powell-Cotton, Percy Horace Gordon. 1907. Notes on a Journey through the Great Ituri Forest, Journal of the African Society 7(25), pp.1-12
Powell-Cotton, Percy Horace Gordon. 1932. Benin Brass Castings and Handicrafts in the Cameroons, MAN, Vol.32, p.284
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Natural History Publications
Publications on foundational zoological research and natural history collections and their colonial legacies featuring the Powell-Cotton Museum collection. See more hereArchaeology Publications
This bibliography brings together publications on archaeology. Including publications by Trevor and Vera Gibbons on archaeological discoveries in Minnis Bay. See more hereDiverse collections from around the world
The museum permanently exhibits unique natural history collections in magnificent dioramas and world material culture objects from the African and Asian continents. Visitors can also view local archaeology from the Thanet coastline.
