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Museum Secrets
The curators at the University of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum have been recording bite-sized tales of the wonderful, and sometimes unexpected, life of a museum. We can’t wait to share them wit...
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Listen to Museum Secrets, a Arts podcast by Ashmolean Museum. Stream 28 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 28 episodesA Miniature Masterpiece
Join Mallica Kumbera Landrus, the Keeper of Eastern Art, as she introduces us to a tiny drawing made by a child genius. This scrap of paper...
Toad Vaccines and Magical Jewellery
Join curator Matthew Winterbottom as he explores ancient beliefs about disease testing and vaccines, through the Ashmolean’s collection of t...
Rules for Life
In this episode we take a look at an understated little painting by the artist Gwen John, which hides complex depths. Gwen was one of the gr...
Opening the Box
Join teaching curator Jim Harris as he peers inside a tiny tortoiseshell box. The little box holds a secret portrait of a woman, with a lock...
Devilry and Pink Ribbons
Join An Van Camp, the Assistant Keeper of Northern European Art, as she lifts the lid on some strange boxes in the Museum's stores. Som...
Soaring Above the Clouds
Join Clare Pollard, the Curator of Japanese Art, as she gives us a tour of Japan’s first skyscraper, through a vibrant and intriguing print,...
Ancient Egyptian Family Feud
Meet Naunakhte, an Ancient Egyptian mother who has a bone to pick. There are only a handful of surviving records of the voices of Ancient Eg...
Windmills and Wagers
Lockdown is slowly lifting, and this week, the pubs will be opening outdoors again in Oxford. To get us in the right frame of mind, curator...
Beneath the Blue
Lots of objects in the Ashmolean have got secrets hidden under their surface. Join the Ashmolean’s Conservation Research Fellow and colour d...
A Sitting Duck
Spring is in the air, and families of ducks are out in force in Oxford. Paul Collins, the Ashmolean Museum's Jaleh Hearn Curator of the...
TRAILER: Museum Secrets – Series 2, Coming Soon
It's been a really hard first few months to 2021, so here at the Ashmolean, we've been putting together another series of Museum S...
The Ghost Painter
Shelagh Vainker, the Curator of Chinese Art, introduces us to Miao Jiahui, the ‘ghost painter’ of the Chinese Empress Dowager. The Ashmolean...
The Masked Matriarch
Catherine Whistler, Keeper of the Western Art Department, introduces us to Titian’s Triumph of Love, an amusing painting which hides a secre...
The Invention of Empathy
Podcast host Lucie Dawkins takes a look at John Singer Sargent’s drawing of Vernon Lee in the Ashmolean Collection. Vernon was a genderqueer...
More Tea, Vicar?
Jim Harris, Andrew W Mellon Teaching Curator at the Ashmolean, tells us the story of a silver teapot hiding a rude joke underneath it. Pleas...
Globetrotting Art
Aisha Burtenshaw, Head of Registrars and Exhibitions, takes us on a trip around the world with objects from the Ashmolean Museum. Producer:...
Upcycling and Glad Rags
Francesca Leoni, the Ashmolean’s Curator of Islamic Art, tells the story of an up-cycled Cretan wedding dress which found its way to the UK...
Damaged by Light
Textiles Conservator Sue Stanton reveals a green and gold Turkish wedding gown, which she uncovered deep in the storerooms of the Ashmolean....
Broken And Beautiful
Clare Pollard, Curator of Japanese Art, introduces us to a beautifully broken Japanese plate, and Head of Conservation, Daniel Bone, takes u...
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Museum Secrets is listed as a Arts show by Ashmolean Museum.
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