The Museum podcast #20: The Great Court at 20

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.

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The Museum podcast #20: The Great Court at 20 is an episode from The British Museum Podcast by British Museum.

This episode is 51:57 long.

This episode was published on Dec 2, 2020.

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