Behind the Glass Cabinet

34:36 | May 8th, 2019

In this episode Alice Procter joins Ellie to talk about Joseph Banks' Platypus on display at the British Musuem's Enlightenment Gallery. We discuss Cook's voyages and collections and their reception o...Show More

34:05 | May 1st, 2019

In this episode Claire Murray explores the other users and developers of instruments like the 'Bragg X-ray spectrometer, England, 1910-1926', including scientists such as Kathleen Lonsdale. We discuss...Show More

39:18 | Apr 23rd, 2019

In this episode Dan Vo explores the communities represented in the 'Kissing Doesn't Kill. Greed and Indifference Do.' poster displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum. We discuss the prominance of i...Show More

55:31 | Apr 15th, 2019

In this episode Lyman Gamberton explores the cultural connotations and political construction of the Science Museum's display of 'Bowl from Hiroshima, Japan'. We discuss which identites are represente...Show More

44:58 | Apr 9th, 2019

In this episode Shaz Hussain explores the Science Museum's display of suncreams and who the items are imagined to be for in the gallery space. Drawing on the Challenge of Materials Gallery's collectio...Show More

48:51 | Apr 1st, 2019

In this episode Sacha Coward explores The Sea Maidens at the Queens House in Greenwich. We discuss love, sexual and gender identities, and life bleeding through into the subjects of paintings. We take...Show More

54:16 | Mar 27th, 2019

In this episode Zia [X] explores audience responses to ‘After Image’ in the Wellcome Collection’s ‘Medicine Now’ gallery. We take the part of Alexa Wrights’ series that is on display at the Wellcome, ...Show More

33:54 | Mar 19th, 2019

In this episode Hana Ayoob explores the importance of Wallace's companion, Ali, and the role that indigenous knowledges, acknowledgements, and understanding our relationships with other mammals play i...Show More