Ben Burt is the longest serving member of staff of the British Museum, having joined in 1968 before graduating in anthropology and returning as Education Officer at the Museum of Mankind from 1974 until it closed in 1997. Building upon his concurrent research in Solomon Islands, published in numbers of books and articles, he moved into academic teaching and curatorial work as the Museum of Mankind was reincorporated into the British Museum in the 2000s. He is now a partly retired curator in the Oceania section of the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas.

• List of illustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. From British Museum to Museum of MankindChapter 2. Colleagues and friendsChapter 3. ExhibitionsChapter 4. The StoresChapter 5. Research and CollectingChapter 6. EducationChapter 7. Back to the British MuseumEpilogueAppendix: Ethnography Department Exhibitions, 1970 to 2003ReferencesIndex

Ben Burt is the longest serving member of staff of the British Museum, having joined in 1968 before graduating in anthropology and returning as Education Officer at the Museum of Mankind from 1974 until it closed in 1997. Building upon his concurrent research in Solomon Islands, published in numbers of books and articles, he moved into academic teaching and curatorial work as the Museum of Mankind was reincorporated into the British Museum in the 2000s. He is now a partly retired curator in the Oceania section of the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas.

• List of illustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. From British Museum to Museum of MankindChapter 2. Colleagues and friendsChapter 3. ExhibitionsChapter 4. The StoresChapter 5. Research and CollectingChapter 6. EducationChapter 7. Back to the British MuseumEpilogueAppendix: Ethnography Department Exhibitions, 1970 to 2003ReferencesIndex

Ben Burt is the longest serving member of staff of the British Museum, having joined in 1968 before graduating in anthropology and returning as Education Officer at the Museum of Mankind from 1974 until it closed in 1997. Building upon his concurrent research in Solomon Islands, published in numbers of books and articles, he moved into academic teaching and curatorial work as the Museum of Mankind was reincorporated into the British Museum in the 2000s. He is now a partly retired curator in the Oceania section of the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas.

• List of illustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. From British Museum to Museum of MankindChapter 2. Colleagues and friendsChapter 3. ExhibitionsChapter 4. The StoresChapter 5. Research and CollectingChapter 6. EducationChapter 7. Back to the British MuseumEpilogueAppendix: Ethnography Department Exhibitions, 1970 to 2003ReferencesIndex