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Is your neighbourhood infested with the ancient Mesopotamian spirits of portly women or wise sages from distant times? Fear not dear viewer! Irving Finkel is here to show you how the exorcists of Assyria drove out those pesky spectral interlopers in another spooktacular episode of Curator's Corner +.
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updated 6 years ago
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Which is exactly what David Bull did when he found out about the collection of original Hokusai drawings known as the ‘Picture Book of Everything’, recently acquired by the British Museum.
Well, we don’t know if he did a little dance, perhaps just in his head maybe? Anyway… he was very excited. So excited in fact that he immediately contacted curators at the Museum to see if they would be interested in a collaborative project to turn some of these original Edo era designs into woodblock prints.
We visited David’s workshop in Asakusa, Tokyo to find out how one would approach such an endeavor.
00:15 Welcome to Tokyo
00:36 Dave reads his morning paper
01:08 The idea takes shape
01:39 What does the process involve?
02:44 Different designs in the collection
03:55 Working from original drawings
06:42 Different carvers different cuts
07:16 The tools of the trade
You can explore any and all of the British Museum's Hokusai prints on the Museum website here: britishmuseum.org/collection
If you'd like to buy Tim Clark's book on the drawings, you can get it here: bit.ly/3CiiKBj
You can find out more about Dave's woodblock shop, Mokuhankan here: mokuhankan.com
This film was made possible with the support of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation.
In the 1700s it took the newspapers by storm. Since the 1830s, it has been the subject of countless books. In the 1900s, it was the subject of five feature films. However, this told (and retold) story isn’t even the half of it.
So here to right that is Dr Pauline Reynolds, historian and barkcloth maker. Pauline has been looking beyond the mutineers, to the 13 Polynesian women who set sail aboard the HMS ‘Bounty’. Through her research of tapa (barkcloth), Pauline will share with you the untold story of her tupuna vahine (ancestors), the women of Hitiaurevareva, Pitcairn Island.
Tell us what you thought of this video: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NFCZ3JG
Intro 00:04
The women who travelled on HMS Bounty 00:45
The true story of Mutiny on the Bounty 1:10
Why HMS Bounty went to Tahiti 2:47
Dr Pauline Reynolds' research into tapa barkcloth 5:20
Tapa of Mauatua, British Museum 6:21
How tapa barkcloth is made 8:27
Names of each side of a tapa barkcloth beater 11:43
Tiputa poncho from Hitiaurevareva (Pitcairn Island) 12:27
How a tiputa poncho is worn 12:51
Tracing the maker of a tapa piece 14:07
The legacy of the women of Hitiaurevareva (Pitcairn Island) 15:32
'Mauatua e' by Dr Pauline Reynolds 16:24
Featured works:
‘A View of Matavai Bay in the Island of Otaheite’, 1776
By William Hodges (1744–1797)
Oil painting
Yale Center for British Art
‘The Mutineers turning Lt Bligh and part of the Officers and Crew adrift from His Majesty’s Ship the Bounty’, 1790
By Robert Dodd (1748–1815)
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
‘House of John Adams, Pitcairn Island’, about 1825
By Frederick Williams Beechey (1796–1856)
Drawing; pencil and watercolour
National Library of Australia, nla.pic-an2890321
Film excerpt from:
'Hina’s Granddaughters'
Sue Pearson – creative director, artwork, photography, sound, aute
Dr Pauline Reynolds - lyrics, music composition
Mike Bridgman - editing and animation
Ruby Clark - representation/embodiment of poem characters
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds – vocalist and embodiment of Hina
This audio-visual artwork is part of a travelling exhibition by Pearson and Reynolds called Hina Sings ...
Tell us what you thought of this video: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NFCZ3JG
CONTENT WARNING: Contains high levels of embroidery nerdery with strong references to couch stitching
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:33 Outfit overview
01:08 Who would have worn this?
01:52 Outfit details
03:52 Combining homemade and bought embroidery
04:43 How embroidery is applied
06:04 Pattern books & foreign fashion
07:36 Back of the garment
08:36 Women in 19th-C China
10:28 Thank you for listening
China’s Hidden Century
Lead supporter Citi
Additional supporter The Huo Family Foundation
#curatorscorner #china #fashion
Join curator Jamie Fraser as he walks you through the Persian way of drinking wine with an Achaemenid rhyton, and how this _very_ eastern way of drinking made it's way into the Athenian symposium (albeit in a different physical form).
Luxury and power: Persia to Greece
4 May 2023 - 13 Aug 2023
BOOK TICKETS: bit.ly/3p5EgYU
Supported by
American Friends of the British Museum
BullionVault
CONTENT WARNING:
Contains one _most_ verile, manly, strapping, young servant.
#curatorscorner #greece #persia
The Girsu Project is a joint initiative to save endangered heritage sites led by the British Museum, the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) of Iraq, and the J. Paul Getty Trust.
Photo of Girsu landscape used in thumbnail: Kevin Percival Photography
Find out more about the Girsu Project and the recent discovery of The Lord Palace of the Kings of the ancient Sumerian city Girsu here: britishmuseum.org/membership/events/excavations-girsu
00:49 Introduction to the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu, Tello Iraq
01:09 French excavations at Girsu, Tello Iraq
01:50 British Museum excavations at Girsu, Tello Iraq
02:41 Excavating at Tablet Hill
5:29 Registering cuneiform tablet
07:10 Conservation of a cuneiform tablet
10:40 Before and after cleaning cuneiform tablet
11:02 Photographing cuneiform tablets
12:19 Translating cuneiform tablets
14:50 Sumerian dating system (year names)
16:40 Iraq Museum, Baghdad
#curatorscorner #cuneiform #mesopotamia
As part of the Treasure process in the UK, artefacts found by metal detectorists that happen to be of a high percentage precious metal, need to go through a process of identification and classification. Join curator, Rachel King as she investigates the clues found on this spectacular gold pendant to shed some light on when it was made, by whom and for whom.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:00 A Quick Aside – Terminus dates
02:45 Investigating the clues on the front
03:48 The clues on the back
04:39 Dating the materials
05:00 The Gold Standard
06:06 Enamel decoration
07:47 The Tudor Curb chain
09:55 Johann Froben
11:46 Jousting at Greenwich
13:20 Who could afford such an artefact?
Find out everything you need to know about Treasure and The Portable Antiquities Scheme here: britishmuseum.org/our-work/national/treasure-and-portable-antiquities-scheme
CONTENT WARNING:
This video features a staggeringly low number of accurate timepieces. We can't express it enough, most of these would not reliably tell you the time or wake you up. They're pretty interesting though.
CHAPTERS:
00:33 Inclined Plane Clock (1680-1690)
04:00 Flying Pendulum Clock (1875-1885)
06:00 Time-projecting Night Clock by Eveready (1913)
08:03 Bradley Snyder Visually-impaired Watch by Eone (2014)
10:31 Nuremberg Horizontal table clock (1535-1545)
11:21 Nuremberg Horizontal table clock alarm attachment (1535-1545)
12:30 Pair Cased Watch (1770s)
12:50 Alarm Device for Pocket Watch (1835-1845)
15:09 Clocks and Watches at the British Museum
Inclined Plane Clock: britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1958-1006-2146
Flying Pendulum Clock: britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1958-1006-2074
Time-projecting Night Clock by Eveready: britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1971-0503-1
Bradley Snyder Visually-impaired Watch by Eone: britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_2014-8037-1
Nuremberg Horizontal table clock and alarm attachment: britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1958-1006-2151
Alarm Device for Pocket Watch: britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1958-1201-2200
#CuratorsCorner #clock #horology
CONTENT WARNING:
This video contains the promise of future Finkel, and some viewers may experience uncommon levels of excitement. Viewer discretion advised.
This video contains Rudolph levels of red nose. It was absolutely Baltic in London today. Next time we'll shoot indoors.
00:12 What have we been up to all this time?
00:46 New season of Curator's Corner
00:50 Curator's Corner Season 8 Episode run down
01:40 Will Irving Finkel be back?
Recently, Kanaʻe Keawe shifted his focus towards recreating several Hawaiian drums under the care of the British Museum, aiming to bring back the voices of these ancestors. After supporting his work remotely during the pandemic, we were finally able to host him in London to connect with the collections, including one lapaiki (small drum), possibly collected during Captain Cook's third and fatal voyage to the Pacific in 1778-79.
Here, Kanaʻe Keawe shares with us a moment that had been decades in the making, reuniting his newly carved drum with this lapaiki, the oldest documented Hawaiian drum at the Museum. As he brings them side by side, explaining his process and noticing slight differences, he reminds us of the importance of "having a voice".
Dennis Kanaʻe Keawe is a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner specializing in pahu making, and based in Hilo, Hawaiʻi. He was hosted in London through the Benioff Oceania Programme at the British Museum, a programme that aims to transform the research, stewardship and curation of collections from Hawaiʻi and Rapa Nui.
Our thanks go to Kanaʻe Keawe for allowing us to witness this moment, and to kumu hula (dance teacher) Laʻakea Perry for giving voice to Kanaʻe's drums, and for providing the chant for this video.
This video was made to work with the KS2 UK school syllabus as a resource for teaching children between 6 and 12-years-of-age about ancient Egypt.
If you want to find out even more about ancient Egypt our exhibition Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt is on until February 19 2023
Find out more here: shorturl.at/bmFPT
Children under 16 get free entry when accompanied by an adult.
00:49 Introducing ancient Egypt
1:51 What would you find inside a pyramid?
3:38 What happened to ordinary people when they died?
4:57 Who started mummification and what herbs did they use to mummify bodies?
6:48 How do you read hieroglyphs?
9:20 What was written on the canopic jars?
11:06 What were the bandages made of?
12:12 Why did Anubis have a jackal head?
CONTENT WARNING:
There is a deeply palpable love of verbs throughout.
Also, Nick is there.
If you'd like to find out more about how hieroglyphs were deciphered in the 1800s, we currently have an exhibition on all about exactly that:
Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt is on now!
Find out more here: bit.ly/3TeIrMh
#CuratorsCorner #AncientEgypt #RosettaStone
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro to lintel of Amenemhat III
1:05 What is the difference between hieroglyphs and hieroglyphics?
2:31 What does the Cartouche mean?
3:36 Amenemhat in hieroglyphs
4:59 Table showing Amenemhat
5:14 Difference between hieroglyphs on stone and papyrus
5:50 What direction are hieroglyphs written in?
8:32 How ancient Egyptians learnt hieroglyphs
12:02 King of Upper and Lower Egypt in hieroglyphs
13:22 Table for King of Upper and Lower Egypt
13:57 Lord of the Two Lands in hieroglyphs
14:39 Table for The Lord of the Two Lands
14:56 to do in Egyptian hieroglyphs
15:32 Horus is in Shedet
16:35 Table for Horus is in Shedet
16:50 Sobek the Shedet one
19:00 Table for Sobek the Shedet one
17:32 Determinative in Egyptian hieroglyphs
19:30 A brief indication of just how much Ilona loves verbs
19:50 Gives life and stability in Egyptian hieroglyphs
20:20 Table for Gives Life and Stability
21:35 Were hieroglyphs painted?
22:17 Abstract ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
23:10 Nick tries to read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
25:25 Ilona actually reads ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
#hieroglyphs #curatorscorner #ancientegypt
Join Rachel King, curator of the Waddesdon Bequest to find out how it was made, how it was used, and how to drink cherrie brandy from a stag shaped bottle.
britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_WB-134
0:00 Introduction
0:53 Object details and manufacture techniques
3:29 Introduction to drinking culture in Germany
5:30 Novelty drinking vesels
6:03 Provenence - where was this type of vesel normally found?
7:33 How do you drink from a novelty drinking vesel?
11:04 Outtro
Imran's display, 'A Confluence of Stories', is open until November 14. You can read more about the display here: britishmuseum.org/blog/confluence-stories
0:20 The Story of Sohni and Mahiwal and the Chenab River
2:57 Who was Baba Nau Ghaz Naugaja Peer ਨੌਂਗਜਾ ਪੀਰ
4:51 Shah Jahan and his sons visit Hazrat Mian Mir
6:00 Who was Maharajah Ranjit Singh? The Sher-e-Punjab, 'the Lion of the Pubjab'
9:40 The Partition of India
12:37 Tu kithey challaya? A poem by Imran Javid
#CuratorsCorner #Punjabi
Join curator Rachel King, as she investigates techniques used to make this extraordinary bell.
#CuratorsCorner #renaissance #metalwork
Manufactured around 1550 in Nuremberg by German master craftsman, Wenzel Jamnitzer the bell is an excellent example of lifecasting.
Rachel investigates a manuscript written some time between 1579 and 1620 in which an enthusiastic maker and craftsman collated hand written recipes and instructions on how to make things.
The anonymous scribe filled 170 folios (or 340 single pages) with closely written text and some hand-drawn figures containing recipes, instructions, fragmentary notes, firsthand accounts of trials with many materials and techniques.
The resulting manuscript held by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), catalogued as Ms. Fr. 640, brings a better understanding of how and why nature was investigated, used in art, and collected and appreciated in early modern Europe.
You can find out more about the manuscript and the research on it's content here: bit.ly/3EUsvu7
1:31 The Celini Bella
3:06 Lifecasting techniques
3:35 How do you cast foliage?
6:18 How do you cast a grasshopper?
7:47 How do you catch and cast a lizard?
If you answered no, don't worry! Dr Ilona Regulski, Curator of Ancient Writing at the British Museum has this and so much more to tell you about the object that unlocked ancient Egypt.
If you answered yes, well done for having completed the set reading ahead of time. However, there's still loads more to learn about this amazing object, so stick around for a while.
If you'd like to find out more about how hieroglyphs were deciphered in the 1800s, we currently have an exhibition on all about it:
Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt is on now!
Find out more here: bit.ly/3TeIrMh
#CuratorsCorner #AncientEgypt #RosettaStone
00:39 Where was the Rosetta Stone found?
01:46 What languages are on the Rosetta Stone?
02:20 What does the Rosetta Stone actually say?
05:14 How many copies of the Rosetta Stone are there?
07:30 What was on the missing parts of the Rosetta Stone?
09:15 Which language was written first on the Rosetta Stone?
12:31 What the hieroglyphs say on the Rosetta Stone
Just over 3km from the epicentre of the explosion, at the Archaeological Museum at the American University of Beirut, a case displaying 74 glass vessels was blown from the wall, and thrown to the floor. The case, the surrounding windows and 72 of the 74 ancient glass vessels were shattered. Shards of the ancient glass were almost inextricably mixed with each other, as well as with glass from the case and windows.
This is the story of those 8 vessels. This is the story of the damage they suffered, the scars they will forever bear as witnesses to the explosion and as an expression of defiance in the face of destruction. This is a story of healing reflecting the recovery of the citizens of Beirut as they rebuild their lives and their city.
GENUINE CONTENT WARNING: This film starts with footage of the explosion, real-time footage of the damage it caused, and the aftermath of the damage done to Beirut.
To find out more about the vessels: britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/shattered-glass-beirut
In collaboration with the Archaeological Museum at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
The British Museum is grateful to the following for their support of the project:
TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund, part of The European Fine Art Foundation
HENI
The Radcliffe Trust
The Charlotte Bonham-Carter Charitable Trust
The Leche Trust
The Thriplow Charitable Trust
Friends of the Middle East Department
The Wakefield Trust
Middle East Airlines
The Museum also wishes to thank the Embassy of Lebanon to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Institut national du patrimoine, France (Inp), and the International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas (ALIPH) for their assistance in making this project possible.
And so, with neck-break speed, Mary is going to tell you a little about why Venus, often referred to as the Roman goddess of love, was so important to the Roman military and idea of warfare. Because if Venus is good enough for Caesar, she's good enough for the legions.
Our #FemininePowerExhibition highlights the many faces of feminine power – ferocious, beautiful or creative. The show is open until 25 September – book your tickets today: http://ow.ly/kK7050Kg61w
Kali is one of the most prominent and widely worshipped goddesses in India, particularly in West Bengal. Traditionally these icons are made of clay from the banks of the river Ganges but, to ensure her longevity, this murti is constructed with fibreglass painted in black oil-based colour and her hair is from jute fibre. During construction the artist placed some clay inside her so she will always have a part of the sacred Ganges within.
Our #FemininePowerExhibition highlights the many faces of feminine power – ferocious, beautiful or creative. The show is open until 25 September – book your tickets today: http://ow.ly/kK7050Kg61w
CONTENT WARNING:
Deadpool does not feature in this video (medieval, fan-produced variant or otherwise). However, there is a splash of comic book towards the end.
CONTENT WARNING:
Aristotle, will at some point, be saddled and ridden like a horse.
If this has whetted your appetite for all things Bronze Age, you can get tickets to The world of Stonehenge exhibition here: bit.ly/3sqLdSU
And if you can't make it to the show, but still want more, the exhibition catalogue is available here: bit.ly/3L3yfRL
So to help with that, curators Jennifer Wexler and Neil Wilkin have decided to take you on a tour of their British Museum exhibition The world of Stonehenge, to introduce to some of incredible people that built and lived around the time of the monument. You'll see some of the best gold work humans have ever created, some of the best stone work humans have ever created, as well as a pretty decent 1.7 kilometre wooden footpath created to cross an inconvenient marsh (trust us, the Sweet Track is awesome). And overall you should come away with a better understanding of who the people of Stonehenge really were, what they thought about the world, and why they built big stone circles.
If this has whetted your appetite for all things Bronze Age, you can get tickets to The world of Stonehenge exhibition here: bit.ly/3sqLdSU
And if you can't make it to the show, but still want more, the exhibition catalogue is available here: bit.ly/3L3yfRL
00:00 Introduction to Stonehenge
01:12 Introduction of Farming in Britain
05:07 The Sweet Track
06:50 Seahenge
09:56 The Amesbury Archer
13:33 The Nebra Sky Disk
17:03 Trade and Piracy in Bronze Age Britain
19:35 The Shropshire Bulla
22:12 Britain's Distant Past
#Stonehenge #BritishHistory #BronzeAgeEurope
But how did his art end up at the British Museum? And what could the bank do to ensure that other artists couldn't reproduce banknotes in the future?
#BoggsInTheBritishMuseum #FlushWithCash #BoggsStandard
Images of 'Boggs in London' are courtesy of Craig Whitford.
CONTENT WARNING: We had to put a specimen mark over the modern bank note to avoid trademark infringement. We blame Boggs.
It's also a big moment for Verena and the whole team when they finally flip both the base and the lid and see what's happening on the flipside.
The conservation and the making of this film was generously sponsored by the John S Cohen Foundation.
#AncientEgypt #Conservation #Restoration
‘The world of Stonehenge’ opens 17 February 2022. Get tickets here: bit.ly/3rEKOMQ
Organised with the State Museum of Prehistory, Halle/Saale, Germany
#Prehistory #CuratorsCorner #TheWorldOfStonehenge
In this episode we'll introduce two new characters to our roster of world class conservation experts. Barbara Wills and Helene Delaunay join the project to help shape, glue, stretch, glue, paste and glue every inch of 'Sherby'. You'll also get to witness curator John Taylor see the object after a nine month hiatus, and he is as amazed by the progress as you will be!
The conservation and the making of this film was generously sponsored by the John S Cohen Foundation.
#AncientEgypt #Conservation #Restoration
Join British Museum curators Daniel Antoine and Marie Vandenbeusch as they introduce you to a 4-year-old boy from the Roman period in Egypt and share what he, and other mummies, can tell us about life from 2000-years-ago, right up until today.
CONTENT WARNING: this video contains CT images of deceased people. All footage and images were captured in line with the British Museum Human Remains Policy, which you can access here: britishmuseum.org/our-work/departments/human-remains
The khipu is an ingenious alternative device to a counting system, first introduced by the Wari and developed by the Inca. It was made up of a series of coloured, twisted and knotted cords that stored information, like the number of people in a community or the amount of food harvested. Honestly, the verdict is still out on exactly how these were used, but we do know from Spanish chronicles that they were also used to record histories, poems and even songs.
To find out more about khipus and many of Peru's greatest cultures check out our latest exhibition:
‘Peru: a journey in time’ is on display until 20 February 2022.
Tickets are selling fast – book yours now: http://ow.ly/XpUG30rZ9Qf
Supported by PROMPERÚ
Organised with the Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru
#PeruExhibition #AFrayedKnotThatSimpleAConservationJob
Tickets are selling fast – book yours now: bit.ly/3lOu7eH
Supported by PROMPERÚ
Organised with the Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru
Footage of interviews and landscapes courtesy of Estudio Casabonne
#PeruExhibition
The khipu is an ingenious alternative device to a counting system, first introduced by the Wari and developed by the Inca. It was made up of a series of coloured, twisted and knotted cords that stored information, like the number of people in a community or the amount of food harvested. Honestly, the verdict is still out on exactly how these were used, but we do know from Spanish chronicles that they were also used to record histories, poems and even songs.
To find out more about khipus and many of Peru's greatest cultures check out our latest exhibition:
‘Peru: a journey in time’ is on display until 20 February 2022.
Tickets are selling fast – book yours now: http://ow.ly/XpUG30rZ9Qf
Supported by PROMPERÚ
Organised with the Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru
#PeruExhibition
The brief was to display this ancient and fragile headdress as worn… but not worn.
We catch up with conservator Nicole Rode for a introduction to conservation mounts as she prepares a custom mount for the headdress to go on display.
To see the headress and the mount that it sits on book tickets to our new exhibition Peru: A Journey in time here bit.ly/2YCJDBP
#PeruExhibition #Conservation #Peru
This involved painstakingly documenting visible signs of wear to the keyblock that made the Great Wave, and tracking these visible changes as the keyblock continued to be used (fun fact; scholars estimate there were likely as many as 8000 prints of The Great Wave originally in circulation).
If all this sounds a little confusing, don't worry. Sit back, relax and learn how a scientist's growing passion for Hokusai changed the way we look at his most famous work.
Content Warning:
You'll never look at this print the same way again.
Double Content Warning:
This video will make you question if you brush your teeth for long enough every day .
Credits:
All Great Waves are either British Museum, Public Domain images or used with the kind permission of the Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art in Genoa.
Adachi Woodcut Prints kindly let us use their GIF images to show the different coloured woodblock impressions.
The Paul Sacher Foundation have kindly given us permission to use the image of Claude Debussy from their Igor Stravinsky Collection.
#Hokusai #Woodblock #WheresWallyArtistsWorstNightmare
years of history. In fact this gallery is so large (the longest in the British Museum), it takes 5 curators just to tackle the geography and time periods the gallery covers.
So join curators Ruiliang Liu, Yu-Ping Luk, Wenyuan Xin, Sushma Jansari and Imma Ramos for a highlights tour of the Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery of China and South Asia.
You can find out more about the Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery of China and South Asia here: bit.ly/3vJuHho
00:20 Intro to Hotung Gallery
00:42 Bronze Ding, 13th-11th Century BC
03:54 Wall Painting of 3 Bodhisattvas, 15th Century
08:20 Model of a Horse, 8th Century BC
12:19 Seated Figure of Zhenwu, 15th Century
15:23 Ceramic Sculpture (Peacock) by Caroline Cheng, 2012
19:07 Indus Valley Seal Stones, 2600-1900 BC
21:37 Herakles and Vajrapani, 2nd Century BC and 2nd/3rd Century AD
24:36 Amaravati Drum, 1st Century BC - 3rd Century AD
27:35 Mughal Huqqa Bases, 18th Century AD
30:00 Shadow Puppet Representing Mohandas Gandhi
#BritishMuseumTour #AFewOfOurFavouriteDings #CuratorsTour
Book your tickets to this blockbuster exhibition and find out more about the show here: http://ow.ly/FcG030rUaKV.
Inspired by the art and architecture of ancient Rome, our shop range features homeware, books, jewellery and more. Shop the show here: http://ow.ly/Hd3i30rUaKx
Prepare yourself for mythical birds, mythical landscapes, the mythical origins of alcohol and some very real masterpieces from the hand of the great Japanese artist, Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849).
If you'd like to buy Tim Clark's book on the drawings, you can get it here: bit.ly/3CiiKBj
And if you can make it to London, grab a ticket for the exhibition here: bit.ly/3lxs0L3
You can explore any and all of the British Museum's Hokusai prints on the Museum website here: britishmuseum.org/collection
Content Warning:
Does not contain anatomically questionable elephants, or Hokusai's favourite duck.
Double Content Warning:
Does contain anatomically questionable tigers, and just a glorious amount of Hokusai!
#CuratorsTour #Hokusai #BritishMuseumTour
If you'd like to buy Tim Clark's book on the drawings, you can get it here: bit.ly/3CiiKBj
And if you can make it to London, grab a ticket for the exhibition here: bit.ly/3lxs0L3
Content Warning:
May contain anatomically questionable elephant, definitely contains Hokusai's favourite duck.
Double Content Warning:
That duck stares straight into your soul
#CuratorsCorner #HokusaisFavouriteDuck #GiantMythicalEggsAreJustEdoPeriodBusStops
Book tickets to come and see for yourself here: bit.ly/2Xf39U9
#NeroExhibition #BritishMuseumTours #Rome
Curator Thorsten Opper tells us what clues to look out for when faced with a Roman portrait and explains how to envision the whole object from studying only a part. Put yourself in the shoes of a citizen of Roman Britannia, and explore how they might have viewed such a statue of the emperor, Nero.
This bronze head of emperor Nero is currently on display in the exhibition Nero: The man behind the myth at the British Museum, and you can book tickets to see it in the flesh here: bit.ly/2Xf39U9
Find out more about Thomas Becket, and our exhibition here: bit.ly/3CmUizs
CONTENT WARNING: probably goes without saying, but there's going to be a lot of references to blood, self-filling jars of blood and ways of acquiring blood (both legal and slightly less so).
Images of the Miracle Window © The Chapter, Canterbury Cathedral
The Seven Works of Mercy (detail), 1504. Oil on panel. © Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, SK-A-2815.
Becket Leaves © The Trustees of the Wormsley Fund
Digital Reconstruction © The Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture (CSCC), University of York.
#BecketfulOfBlood #BecketExhibition #CuratorsCorner
The show challenges the traditional view of the emperor as a ruthless and eccentric tyrant, and follows the young ruler as he navigated a divided society and momentous events in the history of Rome.
With thanks to the lenders:
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Bloomberg LP
London Colchester Archaeological Trust
Colchester Museums
Egypt Exploration Society
London Musée du Louvre
Paris Musei Capitolini
Rome Museo Archeologico e d’Arte della Maremma
Grosseto Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei nel Castello di Baia
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
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Rome Museum of London Archaeology
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Parco Archeologico del Colosseo
Rome Parco Archeologico di Pompei
Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
Römisch-Germanisches Museum der Stadt Köln
Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le Province di Cremona
Lodi e Mantova Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek
Munich Stiftsbibliothek St.Gallen
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Curators Cornered is a series born of necessity: a necessity to find the best object of every conceivable category from the British Museum Collection... also we were all stuck working from home...
Don't forget to like this video if you'd like to see more from Julia and the European Iron Age and Pre-Roman Conquest Collections.
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Curators Cornered is a series born of necessity: a necessity to find the best object of every conceivable category from the British Museum Collection... also we were all stuck working from home...
Don't forget to like this video if you'd like to see more from Jamie and the Ancient Levant and Anatolian Collections.
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To find out more about this Gold and Lapis Straw from the Royal Cemetery of Ur: britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1928-1010-95
Curators Cornered is a series born of necessity: a necessity to find the best object of every conceivable category from the British Museum Collection... also we were all stuck working from home...
Don't forget to like this video if you'd like to see more from Gareth and the Ancient Mesopotamian Collections.
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To find out more about this buckle from King's Field in Faversham: bit.ly/3os39cD
Curators Cornered is a series born of necessity: a necessity to find the best object of every conceivable category from the British Museum Collection... also we were all stuck working from home...
Don't forget to like this video if you'd like to see more from Sue and the Early Medieval European Collections.
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Watch along and impress your friends with your in-depth knowledge of cartonnage conservation next time you see them.
To be honest we have no idea how many episodes this series will have, each month the cartonnage has posed new 'challenges'. But it's also revealed more about life and death in Ancient Egypt. So we hope you will follow along as an already long project gets made even longer by unexpected global hand break turns.
The conservation and the making of this film was generously sponsored by the John S Cohen Foundation.
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To be honest we have no idea how many episodes this series will have, each month the cartonnage has posed new 'challenges'. But it's also revealed more about life and death in Ancient Egypt. So we hope you will follow along as an already long project gets made even longer by unexpected global hand break turns.
The conservation and the making of this film was generously sponsored by the John S Cohen Foundation.
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Luckily, the British Museum is full of world class conservators and curators who are developing new methods of restoring this amazing object in a meaningful, unobtrusive way so that it can be appreciated by our many visitors from all over the world.
In this first episode we hear from curator John Taylor, finding out how the coffin was excavated and first arrived in the UK. We also meet conservator Verena Kotonski who is taking on the mammoth task of conserving the cartonnage. You'll meet more characters along the way, but we don't want to give everything away in the first episode!
To be honest we have no idea how many episodes this series will have, each month the cartonnage has posed new 'challenges'. But it's also revealed more about life and death in Ancient Egypt. So we hope you will follow along as an already long project gets made even longer by unexpected global hand break turns.
The conservation and the making of this film was generously sponsored by the John S Cohen Foundation.
Images of Frederick Wingfield Digby and Sherborne Castle Copyright Sherborne Castle Estates.
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