Bridging Binaries Audio Labels

In the Museum of Classical Archaeology's Cast Gallery two wrestlers are locked together in eternal combat... and an eternal embrace. 

Colin Clews untangles the queer resonances of one of classical antiquity's most famous sculptures in this extract from his Bridging Binaries tour.

Part of the University of Cambridge Museums' Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ tour programme.

MOCA

Wrestle through a muscular history

Klara Widrig explores how received wisdom about gender even impacts on how scientists interpret Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils. 

Sit back and enjoy this extract from Klara's Bridging Binaries tour of the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Scientists but... beware the jaws of Big Mamma!

Part of the University of Cambridge Museums' Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ tour programme.

Sedgwick

Beware the jaws of Big Mamma!

A penguin egg in the Polar Museum is more than it seems...

Join Julia Peck for a tale of sexual speculation in this Bridging Binaries tour extract. 

Part of the University of Cambridge Museums'  Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ tour programme.

Polar

Sexual speculation over a speckled specimen

Ellen Purdy tells a story of monks, matrimony and martial arts, inspired by a Noh mask in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Part of the University of Cambridge Museums' Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ tour programme.

Monks, matrimony and martial arts

Behind the doors of a medicine cabinet in the Whipple Museum of the History of Science is a story of romance between two pioneering female doctors...

Join Meg Roberts for this extract from her Bridging Binaries tour, part of the University of Cambridge Museums' LGBTQ+ tour programme.

Whipple

Open the doors on a medical romance

The Greek hero Hercules was famous for his many labours, and his many lovers... 

Luis Jimenez ushers us into the presence of a legend in this extract from his Bridging Binaries tour of the Museum of Classical Archaeology.

Part of the University of Cambridge Museums' Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ tour programme.

The many lovers of a legend

Glimpse the interior life of artist Gwen John in this extract from Oliver Warren's Bridging Binaries tour of the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Part of the University of Cambridge Museums' Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ tour programme.

Fitz

The interior life of a quiet painter

Join the revels of the ancient god Dionysus...

Lucian Stephenson shares a story from the Museum of Classical Archaeology, part of the University of Cambridge Museums' LGBTQ+ tour programme.

Museums Remix 3 2021

Join the revelry

In the Whipple Museum of the History of Science is a very special microscope... Meg Roberts explores what Charles Darwin did and didn't see in this story from the University of Cambridge Museums' Bridging Binaries tour programme.

What didn't Darwin see?

Where to start with the story of the Roman Emperor Caracalla - with his murdered brother, or his many lovers?

Travel to ancient Rome with Luis Jimenez and a story from the Museum of Classical Archaeology, part of the University of Cambridge Museums' Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ tour programme.

Does rumour have power?

Lucian Stephenson unravels a tale of transformation from the Museum of Classical Archaeology, part of the University of Cambridge Museums' Bridging Binaries tour programme.

Museum Remix 3 2021

Caneius transforms into a hero

A barrel organ in the Polar Museum's collection opens up a world of polar pantomime fun...

Julia Peck tells an LGBTQ+ story from Polar Museum, part of the University of Cambridge Museums' Bridging Binaries tour programme.

Pantomimes, petticoats and polar expeditions

Meet Antinous, the boy who became a god...

Anthony Bridgen shares a story from his LGBTQ+ history tour of the Fitzwilliam Museum, part of the University of Cambridge Museums' Bridging Binaries tour programme.

How to ensure a memory never fades

Discover the life and loves of Alexander the Great...

Anthony Bridgen shares a story from his LGBTQ+ history tour of the Fitzwilliam Museum, part of the University of Cambridge Museums' Bridging Binaries tour programme.

Who loved Alexander the Great?

Talking about collections, objects and a touch of cutting-edge research. Whoosh.