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 with you! Museum Secrets is produced and presented by Lucie Dawkins.
Podcasting since 2020 • 28 episodes
Museum Secrets
Latest Episodes
Subscribe to Fingerprints, a new Ashmolean podcast
Every object in the Ashmolean has passed from hand to hand to reach the Museum. In a new podcast, we uncover the invisible fingerprints left behind by makers, looters, archaeologists, soldiers, rulers, curators, and many more. These stories of ...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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2:01
A 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 tells a story of cultures embracing each other across vast distances and the curiosity of one exceptiona...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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13:47
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 toadstone rings. These bizarre pieces of jewellery have a lot to tell us about the human effort to find h...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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8:04