The British Museum Podcast

The Museum Podcast #5 Trainees, Travel and Tutankhamun


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It's August and in the heat of summer, Hugo and Sushma chat to Podcast producer Alfie Meek about what it's like being a trainee at the Museum, as well as talking to Naomi Salinas Burton who organises the Museum Futures programme – the National Lottery Heritage Fund initiative that brought Alfie to Bloomsbury.

Francesca Hillier digs into the archives to tell us about the Museum's most-visited exhibition of all time – our 1972 show on Tutankhamun that attracted over 1.6 million visitors.

In Object of the month, Eleanor Hyun explains why a family heirloom is so special and gives a bonus mention for two friendly little objects that you can see in the Korea Foundation Gallery.

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