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Monuments, Museums & Mojitos · Aug 19, 2021 · 30 min

The British Museum (part 1)

To round off our first season of the Monuments, Museums & Mojitos, we’re having a two-parter on the one and only British Museum! Treasure grabbing thieves, or protectors and saviours of global cultural artefacts? Maybe a bit of both ... We have a good old natter about our own experiences and opinions on the British Museum and other ‘universal’ museum institutions with colonial origins. How did they start? Why? And which artefacts are the most disputed?

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To round off our first season of the Monuments, Museums & Mojitos, we’re having a two-parter on the one and only British Museum!

Treasure grabbing thieves, or protectors and saviours of global cultural artefacts? Maybe a bit of both ...

We have a good old natter about our own experiences and opinions on the British Museum and other ‘universal’ museum institutions with colonial origins. How did they start? Why? And which artefacts are the most disputed?

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