> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/transcribe-wellcome/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/transcribe-wellcome/research/dispersals/the-ten-distributions-1950s.md). # The Ten Distributions (1950s) {% file src="/files/B1b6T872yc3iGVdCxblY" %} | The 10 Distributions of Ethnography | First distribution | Second distribution | Third distribution | Fourth distribution | Fifth distribution | Sixth distribution | Seventh distribution | Eighth distribution | Ninth distribution | Tenth distribution | | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Dates | 15 June 1949 | 05 July 1950 | 14 November 1950 | 08 February 1951 | 30 May 1951 | 18 + 19 October 1951 | 24 + 25 January 1952 | 18 + 19 June 1953 | 11 February 1954 | 03 November 1954 | | Type of material | West African objects, largely Nigerian | West and Southern African objects | African objects | African and American objects | Oceanic, SE Asian and some European | American objects, incl Peruvian pottery and textiles | Objects from the 'Belgian Congo' | West and Southern African objects | Weapons | Weapons and miscellaneous | | Invited to make preliminary selection | Govt of Nigeria (via Kenneth Murray) | W\.B. Fagg (BM) chooses items for Govt of Nigeria | Mrs Goodall, Curator of the Salisbury Museum / The Queen Victoria Memorial Museum | Mrs Goodall, Curator of the Salisbury Museum / The Queen Victoria Memorial Museum | | | | | W\.B. Fagg (BM) chooses items for Govt of Nigeria and National Museum of the Gold Coast | | | Recipient museums | | | Govt of Nigeria? | | | | | | | | | 1 | City of Liverpool Public Museums | City of Liverpool Public Museums | City of Liverpool Public Museums | The Royal Scottish Museums | The Royal Scottish Museums | Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford | University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge | University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge | New Zealand Museums | London School of Economics | | 2 | The Horniman Museum | The Horniman Museum | The Horniman Museum | University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge | Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford | University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge | Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford | Rhodes-Livingstone Museum, Zambia (via Bushnell, Camb.) | The Horniman Museum | University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge | | 3 | University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge | University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge | University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge | University Museum, Manchester | City of Liverpool Public Museums | City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham | Rhodes-Livingstone Museum, Zambia | The Royal Scottish Museum | Dept. of Anthropology, UCL | City of Liverpool Public Museums | | 4 | Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums | Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums | Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums | The Horniman Museum | City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham | City of Liverpool Public Museums | The Royal Scottish Museum | City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham | University Museum, Manchester | University Museum, Manchester | | 5 | The Royal Scottish Museum | The Royal Scottish Museum | The Royal Scottish Museum | Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums | University Museum, Manchester | The Royal Scottish Museum | Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums | University Museum, Manchester | The Royal Scottish Museum | City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham | | 6 | Dept of Social Studies, University of Leeds | Dept of Social Studies, University of Leeds | Dept of Social Studies, University of Leeds | City of Liverpool Public Museums | Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne | University Museum, Manchester | City of Liverpool Public Museums | The Horniman Museum | University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge | The Horniman Museum | | 7 | | | National Museum of the Gold Coast | Dept of Social Studies, University of Leeds | The Horniman Museum | Dept. of Anthropology, UCL | City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham | Dept. of Anthropology, UCL | City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham | Dept. of Anthropology, UCL | | 8 | | | | City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham | National Museum of the Gold Coast | Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums | Dept. of Anthropology, UCL | Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne | City of Liverpool Public Museums | (Feb 1955) University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rhodesia (Zimb.) | | 9 | | | | University Museum, Manchester | Uganda Museum | The Horniman Museum | University Museum, Manchester | Dept of Social Studies, University of Leeds | (Nov 1954) The Armouries, Tower of London | Sierra Leone? | | 10 | | | | National Museum of the Gold Coast? | New Zealand Museums | Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne | The Horniman Museum | National Museum of the Gold Coast? | Rhodes-Livingstone Museum, Zambia? | Rhodes-Livingstone Museum, Zambia? | | 11 | | | | Uganda Museum? | | Dept of Social Studies, University of Leeds | National Museum of the Gold Coast | | | | | 12 | | | | | | National Museum of the Gold Coast | Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne | | | | | 13 | | | | | | New Zealand Museums | Dept of Social Studies, University of Leeds | | | | | 14 | | | | | | Uganda Museum? | New Zealand Museums | | | |