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16:44
Curators' tour of Ancient India: living traditions.
17:30
How to print bokashi | A meditative journey into Japanese woodblock printing
14:01
Why this Assyrian king hunted exactly eighteen lions | Curator’s Corner S10 Ep5
19:31
History of Mesopotamian Archaeology told with Underpants @preservethings Curator's Corner S10 Ep4
09:43
Hiroshige: artist of the open road | Curators' Tour | British Museum Exhibition
18:23
How to read Iron Age Coins | Curator’s Corner S10 Ep3
21:43
We took the back off a Michelangelo and it took 7 months | Saving Michelangelo’s Epifania Cartoon
14:02
Why Snakes in Snakes and Ladders? The Sacred Snakes of Ancient India | Curator's Corner S10 Ep2
24:00
Evacuating The British Museum in the Second World War | Nick's Display Case @preservethings
15:53
Recreating Hokusai's Drawings as Woodblock Prints | Hokusai Reborn | Dave Bull + Capucine Korenberg
12:11
Plan your Japanese Road Trip using the Woodblock Prints of Hiroshige | Curator's Corner S10 Ep1
04:54
New Season of Curator's Corner and other Channel Updates | #CuratorsCorner
01:15:28
Can museums preserve the past while addressing the present? British Museum Debate [AUDIO ONLY]
12:40
The life of Picasso in five prints | with Catherine Daunt
25:57
Curators' Tour of Silk Roads exhibition at the British Museum
19:24
Curators' Tour of Hew Locke: what have we here? exhibition at the British Museum
12:54
The Doctor Who Christmas Special... banknote at the British Museum (David Tenner) | Curator's Corner
10:25
Making art together in Edo Japan | Curator's Corner S9 Ep10
15:09
Why the Kings and Queens of England face different directions on coins | Curator's Corner S9 Ep9
12:52
What have we here? Finding objects for an exhibition
11:07
Smuggling Domesticated Silkworms along the Silk Roads | Curator's Corner S9 Ep8 | The Silk Princess
14:22
This Roman Sculpture is NOT on display at the British Museum (currently) | Curator's Corner S9 Ep7
16:22
Archaeologists keep re-excavating this 4000-year-old brick | Curator's Corner S9 Ep6
18:04
The life of an (extra)ordinary Roman soldier | Curators' Tour of Legion: life in the Roman Army
18:00
The Babylonian Map of the World with Irving Finkel | Curator’s Corner S9 Ep5
26:19
The Art and Drama of Michelangelo's Last Decades | Curators' Tour British Museum Exhibition
11:28
Michelangelo’s Blueprints for the Sistine Chapel Ceiling (and also a wall) | Curator’s Corner S9 Ep4
17:13
We found a lost temple using maths sent by an ancient Sumerian god | Curator's Corner S9 Ep3
15:02
Everything you wanted to ask about the ancient Roman Empire | History Hotline
16:49
We made an Iron Age shield... out of bark | Curator's Corner S9 Ep2
13:21
Michelangelo The Genius Who Got Better With Age | With Sarah Vowles | Curator's Corner S9 Ep1
27:09
British Museum Curators answer your questions | Curator's Corner S8 Wrap Up
11:14
Tales from the sea | Uncovering Peru’s island sculptures | Entangled histories | Español
12:11
The only artist in the world to embed gold leaves in glass; kirikane | Yamamoto Akane: Making Beauty
08:38
The Ramayana in Myanmar | A Burmese Tapestry (Kalaga/shwe chi doe) | Curator's Corner S8 Ep10
13:09
Conservation of a wall painting tracing from the Kondo of Horyuji temple, Nara
07:49
Installation day is finally here | Conserving the Sherborne Cartonnage | Ep 6
48:55
Conserving the Sherborne Cartonnage | The Movie | Ep 1-5
18:43
Highgate Cemetery Tour | Famous (and not so famous) British Museum graves | Curator's Corner S8 Ep9
11:05
Why Peacocking in Ancient Athens might get you ostracised (ostrichsized?) | Curator’s Corner S8 Ep8
15:29
The Iron Age Shield... that's made of bark? The Enderby Shield | Curator's Corner S8 Ep7
11:16
Dave Bull Carves Hokusai's Picture Book of Everything | Curator's Corner S8 Ep6 #CuratorsCorner
16:41
Beyond the Mutiny on the Bounty, the founding of Pitcairn Island | Entangled histories
14:18
Jamaican healers & plant warriors | In conversation with Charmaine Watkiss | Entangled histories
10:48
19th century Han Women's Outfit | Chinese Fashion | Curator's Corner S8 Ep5 #CuratorsCorner
16:08
How the Greco-Persian Wars changed the way Athenians drank their wine | Curator's Corner S8 Ep4
17:42
Excavating Cuneiform Tablets in Iraq with the Girsu Project | Curator's Corner S8 Ep3
14:45
How to date an Artefact | Tudor Pendant of Henry VIII & Katherine of Aragon | Curator's Corner S8 E2
16:04
Curious Clocks and Watches through time with Oliver Cooke | Curator's Corner S8 E1
02:33
New Season of Curator's Corner and other Channel Updates | #CuratorsCorner
09:26
How to make a Hawaiian Drum | Lapaiki
13:25
Everything you wanted to ask about ancient Egypt (provided you’re a 9-year-old) | History Hotline
27:19
Learn how to read Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs with Ilona Regulski | Curator's Corner S7 E11
11:36
The Automaton that is also a Drinking Game | with Rachel King | Curator's Corner S7 Ep9
14:38
Sohni and Mahiwal, Maharajah Ranjit Singh and other Punjabi stories | Curator's Corner S7 Ep9
12:28
Renaissance Metalworking and Lifecasting with Rachel King | Curator's Corner S7 Ep8
16:35
The Rosetta Stone and what it actually says with Ilona Regulski | Curator's Corner S7 Ep7
21:14
Conserving ancient glass vessels destroyed in the 2020 Beirut Explosion | Shattered Glass of Beirut
07:08
A cloak made of feathers | caring for a traditional Maori taonga
02:21
Venus: Goddess of Love? Goddess of War? with Mary Beard