Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
It’s been a while since we posted Season 8 of Curator’s Corner, and in that time you guys have asked a lot of questions. An awful lot in fact!
So, we thought we’d try something new. We’ve invited some curators back to get you the answers you have been hankering after. It’s a kind of curator’s Q and A, and a Season 8 wrap up all in one.
Season 8 was pretty special because we got to travel to Japan, Iraq, Leicester and Highgate cemetery. And with almost all the films you wanted to know more. So…
00:36 Curator of Horology Oliver Cooke answers your clock questions, including something many of you were desperate to know. What watch does a curator of horology wear?
06:00 The BM’s Curator of Renaissance Europe, Rachel King’s video about how to date a very bling Tudor pendant linked to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, garnered a lot of questions. Not least, where was it found?
09:40 Although we couldn’t go back to Japan to ask woodblock artist Dave Bull your questions in person, he was flattered by the fact that quite a few of you thought he looked like Luke Skywalker.
12:56 That unique and amazing iron age shield made of tree bark, the Enderby Shield, really piqued your interest. Many of you couldn’t believe a relatively small bark shield would provide any protection in a battle at all. So we had to see what curator Sophia Adams had to say about that.
24:28 And curator Henry Flynn’s tour of Highgate Cemetery got a lot of you wondering how he even found some of those graves, given how hidden away they were?
Let us know if you like this wrap-up/Q & A, and if you have more burning questions we can do this again at the end of Season 9.
For those who need a reminder here is the Curator's Corner Season Eight Playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0LQM0SAx602k1Hj_KYODjY11zT1cZEed
A playlist of Clocks and Watches at the British Museum
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0LQM0SAx600xVMIZO9L6zXTP_-K8rcDC
To find out more about the Portable Antiquities Scheme and the Treasure Process in the UK:
Finds.org
finds.org.uk/documents/treasure_act.pdf
It’s been a while since we posted Season 8 of Curator’s Corner, and in that time you guys have asked a lot of questions. An awful lot in fact!
So, we thought we’d try something new. We’ve invited some curators back to get you the answers you have been hankering after. It’s a kind of curator’s Q and A, and a Season 8 wrap up all in one.
Season 8 was pretty special because we got to travel to Japan, Iraq, Leicester and Highgate cemetery. And with almost all the films you wanted to know more. So…
00:36 Curator of Horology Oliver Cooke answers your clock questions, including something many of you were desperate to know. What watch does a curator of horology wear?
06:00 The BM’s Curator of Renaissance Europe, Rachel King’s video about how to date a very bling Tudor pendant linked to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, garnered a lot of questions. Not least, where was it found?
09:40 Although we couldn’t go back to Japan to ask woodblock artist Dave Bull your questions in person, he was flattered by the fact that quite a few of you thought he looked like Luke Skywalker.
12:56 That unique and amazing iron age shield made of tree bark, the Enderby Shield, really piqued your interest. Many of you couldn’t believe a relatively small bark shield would provide any protection in a battle at all. So we had to see what curator Sophia Adams had to say about that.
24:28 And curator Henry Flynn’s tour of Highgate Cemetery got a lot of you wondering how he even found some of those graves, given how hidden away they were?
Let us know if you like this wrap-up/Q & A, and if you have more burning questions we can do this again at the end of Season 9.
For those who need a reminder here is the Curator's Corner Season Eight Playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0LQM0SAx602k1Hj_KYODjY11zT1cZEed
A playlist of Clocks and Watches at the British Museum
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0LQM0SAx600xVMIZO9L6zXTP_-K8rcDC
To find out more about the Portable Antiquities Scheme and the Treasure Process in the UK:
Finds.org
finds.org.uk/documents/treasure_act.pdf
