The 2 Best The British Museum Podcast Episodes
1) The Museum podcast #16: Ice cream, olive oil and the Phrygian Sibyl
This month we're talking food history and Renaissance art. First up, Hugo talks to Alexandra Fletcher about the unlikely (to some!) combination of archaeology and ice cream. Inspired by this, and as t...Show More
2) The Museum podcast #3: The Story of Sutton Hoo
June marks the 80th anniversary or the discovery and excavation of the Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo, one of the most important archaeological finds of the 20th century.in this episode Hugo an...Show More
3) The Museum podcast #20: The Great Court at 20
This month we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Great Court, so Sian and Francesca head to the archives to find out more about the building of this incredible space. Also from ...Show More
4) The Museum podcast episode #19: the Arctic, Renaissance jewels and illicit antiquities
This month Hugo and Sushma check in with Amber Lincoln, lead curator of the Citi exhibition ‘Arctic: culture and climate’. They talk with Rachel King, curator of European Renaissance, about the Waddes...Show More
5) The Museum Podcast #18: Collection Care, Tantra and a return to the archive
This month hails Hugo and Sushma’s triumphant return – they are talking with Sandra Smith, head of Collection Care about how your breath helps objects in the galleries. Sushma chats with Imma Ramos, l...Show More
The Museum Podcast #18: Collection Care, Tantra and a return to the archive
1:04:09 | Oct 7th, 2020
6) The Museum podcast #17: National Programmes and afternoon tea
This month Sushma returns to presenting, talking with Maria Bojanowska, Dorset Foundation Head of National Programmes – they discuss the many ways the British Museum makes the collection accessible na...Show More
7) International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition falls on 23 August. To mark this date, Hartwig Fischer and Sushma Jansari are joined by guests Olivette Otele and Bonnie ...Show More
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
1:27:24 | Aug 23rd, 2020
8) The Museum Podcast Special: Sir Hans Sloane
In 1753, Sir Hans Sloane bequeathed his collection of over 70,000 objects to the nation, founding the British Museum’s collection, and those that would become the British Library and Natural History M...Show More
9) A special announcement from the Museum podcast
This month we are doing something a little bit different, find out more in this special announcement!
10) The Museum podcast #15: The inevitable Corona episode
This month Sushma is on furlough leave but Hugo and Sian interview Head of Collection Management Leonora Baird Smith about caring for the collection in lockdown. Dr Janina Ramirez talks about scriptin...Show More