Iszi and Julia meet with programme manager Claire Messenger and alumni to explore the importance of international collaboration for museums and heritage sites, and the ways in which a global network of professionals can provide support, resources, and innovative perspectives for these institutions.  Please share your comments and feedback about the podcast! You can talk to us on Twitter @britishmuseum using the hashtag #BMUntold or email friends@britishmuseum.org

0104 The International Training Programme

Benioff Curator of Oceania Alice Christophe chats to Iszi and Julia about the collaborative work undertaken with Pacific communities to transform  the understanding, care and curation of collections from Hawaiʻi and Rapa Nui currently physically at the museum.  Please share your comments and feedback about the podcast! You can talk to us on Twitter @britishmuseum using the hashtag #BMUntold or email friends@britishmuseum.org

0105 Community co-stewardship

Iszi and Julia speak to Finn Kennedy of Applied Stories to discuss the process behind bringing imagined voices from across time to life as part of the Eternal Telephone audio drama project.  Please share your comments and feedback about the podcast! You can talk to us on Twitter @britishmuseum using the hashtag #BMUntold or email friends@britishmuseum.org

0106 Phone calls from the past

Iszi and Julia speak to Finn Kennedy of Applied Stories to discuss the process behind bringing imagined voices from across time to life as part of the Eternal Telephone audio drama project.   Please share your comments and feedback about the podcast! You can talk to us on Twitter @britishmuseum using the hashtag #BMUntold or email friends@britishmuseum.org

Curator of Oceania Alice Christophe chats to Iszi and Julia about the collaborative work undertaken with Pacific communities to transform  the understanding, care and curation of collections from Hawaiʻi and Rapa Nui currently physically at the museum.   Please share your comments and feedback about the podcast! You can talk to us on Twitter @britishmuseum using the hashtag #BMUntold or email friends@britishmuseum.org

0105 The Benioff Oceania Programme

Qiu Jin (1875–1907)was a revolutionary, feminist and poet. Listen to scholar Lijia Zhang discuss her life and legacy.

Qiu Jin – China's hidden century

Sample content from the Museum's audio guide, available in 10 languages. 

britishmuseum.org/visiting/planning_your_visit/audio_guides.aspx

365 - Book of the Dead of Hunefer

171 - Sculpture titled Tree of Life

111 - Painting of Sir Hans Sloane

101 - The Holy Thorn Reliquary

It wasn’t only people that were evacuated from London during the Second World War. Antiquities and works of art were moved outside of the capital in their thousands. Relocated to stately houses, abandoned tube stations and purpose-built, climate-controlled bunkers – this is the story of how the British Museum pulled off ‘the biggest, mass evacuation of objects in any museum’s history.’

Music: 'Flashing Swords'&nbsp;– Cats on the Beach: http://www.catsonthebeach.net/
© Cats on the Beach 2015

'Tech Toys'&nbsp;– Lee Rosevere: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere
© Lee Rosevere 2015
Used and adapted under Attribution License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Suicide Exhibition (part 1)

A treasure of human civilisation and one of the most important books in the world, the Codex Sinaiticus is a manuscript handwritten over 1,600 years ago containing the Christian Bible in Greek and the oldest complete copy of the New Testament.

In this lecture, Scot McKendrick, British Library, provides an introduction to this priceless religious text, outlining its fascinating history and significance.

The lecture took place on 22 January 2016 as part of the public programme for the exhibition Egypt: faith after the pharaohs.

More information at:

www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/past_…_pharaohs.aspx

Scot McKendrick on 'The Codex Sinaiticus: the world's oldest bible'

Jim Al-Khalili on the astrolabe and the Islamic world's contribution to science #Voices

Qaisra Khan: the Ka'ba tile - a memento of pilgrimage #Voices

Yusuf / Cat Stevens is a British singer-songwriter and philanthropist, born and raised a stone's throw from the British Museum, WC1. He penned some of the most treasured songs in Pop/Folk history, including 'Father and Son', 'Wild World' and 'First Cut is the Deepest' selling over 80 million records in a career spanning over 50 years. He famously converted to Islam in 1977 turning his back on the Music industry to focus his attention on charity and education. In 2006 Yusuf returned to popular music and touring using music as a bridge between different cultures and faiths.

Yusuf/Cat Stevens: Music, Islam and why I still carry a guitar #Voices

Narguess Farzad: From tiles to bumper stickers, the lasting power of Persian epic poetry #Voices

James Allan on the history of Iranian alams #Voices

Reza Shah-Kazemi on the catharsis of the Muharram procession #Voices

Farouk Topan: Global vs local Islam in East Africa #Voices

Mina Salama playing the ney #Voices

Irving Finkle: Chess and backgammon - world conquerors #Voices

&nbsp; 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 and Sushma discuss all things Sutton Hoo with Sue Brunning, including a look at some of the less blingy objects in the burial. Sushma also takes a tour of our free exhibition ' reimagining Captain Cook: Pacific perspectives' (open until 4th August) with the show's curator Julie Adams. Henry Flynn talks about the Object of the month – a Dr Who banknote – and Francesca digs deep into the archives to find more stories from Sutton Hoo.

The Museum Podcast #3: The Story of Sutton Hoo

Parthenon Gallery: An Audio Described and Touch Tour

204. R4 Rosetta stone (Audio Description)

10. Middle East (Audio Description)

9. Early and Medieval Europe

8. Collecting the World (Audio Description)

7. Asia (Audio Description)

6. Ancient Greece (Audio Description)

5. Ancient Egypt (Audio Description)

4. The Americas (Audio Description)

3. A History of the World (Audio Description)

2. Africa (Audio Description)

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 Museum.&nbsp; His collection spanned from natural history specimens to ancient sculpture, plants and contemporary 18th-century objects. But Sloane’s collecting is tied closely to colonialism, empire and slavery – his family profited from sugar plantations in Jamaica worked by enslaved people, and&nbsp;some&nbsp;of the objects in his collection were&nbsp;also&nbsp;collected with assistance from enslaved&nbsp;people. So how do we navigate Sloane’s story in the 21st century? Guests Miranda Lowe and James Delbourgo explore Sloane’s life, collecting and legacy with Hartwig Fischer and Sushma Jansari, and examine the role of slavery and enslaved people in his collection and collecting practices. They also consider how museums should respond to these histories and to figures like Sloane. &nbsp; Miranda Lowe is Principal Curator and museum scientist at the Natural History Museum.&nbsp; James Delbourgo is the James Westfall Thompson Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University, New Jersey.

The Museum Podcast Special: Sir Hans Sloane

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 Waddesdon Bequest and a special display of a 19th-century ewer. Finally, archaeologist Sebastien Rey describes a beautiful fragment that was illegally excavated in Iraq, that will be repatriated in December.

The Museum podcast episode #19: the Arctic, Renaissance jewels and illicit antiquities

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 the archives we have an interview with Rentakill hawker Laura alongside Stella the Harris hawk, who used to frequent the Museum to try and rid the outside spaces of pesky pigeons. Curator Irving Finkel also talks about the history of chess and backgammon in excerpts first recorded for the Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic world.

The Museum podcast #20: The Great Court at 20

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