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The BBC and British Museum announce ‘A History of the World’ - a unique and unprecedented partnership focusing on world history for 2010

http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/news_and_press_releases/press_releases/2009/a_history_of_the_world.aspx

This interested me, and I wondered - how would you tell your history in your objects?

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Dr J said…
Is it just me, or does the BM's doing this on the radio defeat the purpose? Never mind not being able to touch the objects, we can't even see them! Where's the materiality in that? What would be the fundamental difference between this and just letting all these famous people make up stories about made-up objects? There is no necessity for the museum here.
Thursday, November 26, 2009 4:56:00 pm
Jenny said…
I guess it advertises the museum. Not that it really needs it. But perhaps it is a way to make the museum more accessible, if you like. If people feel like people they know of relate to things in that museum, they might be more likely to go?
Thursday, November 26, 2009 9:44:00 pm
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