Things in Jars | A History and Museums Podcast

In this week's episode, curators Melissa and Poppy are having a birthday party! Guests from the D&H Canal Museum in New York, the International Printing Museum in Carson, CA and the Kirklees Museum Service in West Yorkshire, UK join us to share some of their favourite items on the show. Support the show

In this week's episode, curators Melissa and Poppy chat with the incomparable Liv Albert, host of the 'Let's Talk About Myths, Baby!' Greek Mythology podcast. Join us for a whole bunch of ca-razy tales from Greek mythology, an impassioned defence of Medusa, and a bespoke Mini Myth with an appropriate jars theme!Support the show

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In this VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY EPISODE, curators Melissa and Poppy chat to object conservators Jenny and Kloe from 'The C Word Podcast'. Have they uncovered any secrets through working closely with museum artefacts? What's the most surprising thing about being a conservator? What would you do if a visitor threw up on an eighteenth century sofa?Jenny and Kloe spill all!Support the show

[TW: loud scream during intro music! Be careful listening through headphones!]Welcome to Things in Jars After Dark! In this bonus five-part series, museum curators Melissa and Poppy celebrate their love of all things spooky, scary and spine-chilling with the help of some very special guests… In this, our last (*sob*) After Dark episode,  we chatted to Rachel Christ, Director of Education at the Salem Witch Museum about all things witchy. What were the Salem witch trials? How do we feel about the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina being cancelled, and were the Sanderson sisters real witches? Rachel answers all our burning questions, and spills  the tea on what it's like to live and work in ACTUAL HalloweenTown.Thanks for listening! We’re posting new After Dark episodes every Saturday in October, alongside our regular Thursday episodes. Many thanks to Rachel and the Salem Witch Museum for taking part. Visit their website here: https://salemwitchmuseum.comScream in intro created by: https://www.youtube.com/user/AderuMoroFind us: Instagram @ThingsinJarsPodcast // Twitter @ThingsinJarsPodMerch:  https://thingsinjars.threadless.comWe're also on Patreon! Sign up for bonus episodes, exclusive item spotlights, behind the scenes chats and much more!Support the show

[TW: loud scream during intro music! Be careful listening through headphones!]Welcome to Things in Jars After Dark! In this bonus five-part series, museum curators Melissa and Poppy celebrate their love of all things spooky, scary and spine-chilling with the help of some very special guests… This week, we sat down with Lead Paranormal Investigator for the Haunted Hunts, Danny Moss. Based at Tatton Old Hall in Cheshire, the Haunted Hunts' collection boasts some of the UK's most terrifying items - including the haunted doll that could give Annabelle a run for her money. Tune in (if you're brave enough!) to learn the spine chilling tale of the Grace doll... and what (who!) lives inside of her....Thanks for listening! We’re posting new After Dark episodes every Saturday in October, alongside our regular Thursday episodes. Many thanks to Danny Moss and the Haunted Hunts for taking part. Visit their website here: https://www.thehauntedhunts.co.ukScream in intro created by: https://www.youtube.com/user/AderuMoroFind us: Instagram @ThingsinJarsPodcast // Twitter @ThingsinJarsPodMerch:  https://thingsinjars.threadless.comWe're also on Patreon! Sign up for bonus episodes, exclusive item spotlights, behind the scenes chats and much more!Support the show

[TW: loud scream during intro music! Be careful listening through headphones!]Welcome to Things in Jars After Dark! In this bonus five-part series, museum curators Melissa and Poppy celebrate their love of all things spooky, scary and spine-chilling with the help of some very special guests… This week, we're heading to the wilds of Bodmin Moor to visit Jamaica Inn: Cornwall's infamous smugglers inn that inspired Daphne Du Maurier to write one of her best known novels. We'll be talking to Jamaica Inn's owner, Allen Jackson, all about the history of the inn and the MANY spooky goings on that still happen to this day...Thanks for listening! We’re posting new After Dark episodes every Saturday in October, alongside our regular Thursday episodes. Many thanks Allen Jackson and Jamaica Inn for taking part. Visit their website here: https://www.jamaicainn.co.ukScream in intro created by: https://www.youtube.com/user/AderuMoroFind us: Instagram @ThingsinJarsPodcast // Twitter @ThingsinJarsPodMerch:  https://thingsinjars.threadless.comWe're also on Patreon! Sign up for bonus episodes, exclusive item spotlights, behind the scenes chats and much more!Support the show

[TW: loud scream during intro music! Be careful listening through headphones!]Welcome to Things in Jars After Dark! In this bonus five-part series, museum curators Melissa and Poppy celebrate their love of all things spooky, scary and spine-chilling with the help of some very special guests… This week, we're heading to Bolling Hall – supposedly one of the most haunted historic houses in England! We'll be talking to Assistant Curators Lauren and Kirsty about all of what it's like to work there... the lady in white, the lady in pink, phantom children, mysterious footsteps... what more could you want?! Thanks for listening! We’re posting new After Dark episodes every Saturday in October, alongside our regular Thursday episodes. Many thanks to Dr Lauren Padgett and Kirsty Young, and to Bradford Museums & Galleries, for taking part. Visit their website here: https://www.bradfordmuseums.orgScream in intro created by: https://www.youtube.com/user/AderuMoroFind us: Instagram @ThingsinJarsPodcast // Twitter @ThingsinJarsPodMerch:  https://thingsinjars.threadless.comWe're also on Patreon! Sign up for bonus episodes, exclusive item spotlights, behind the scenes chats and much more!Support the show

[TW: loud scream during intro music! Be careful listening through headphones!]Welcome to Things in Jars After Dark! In this bonus five-part series, museum curators Melissa and Poppy celebrate their love of all things spooky, scary and spine-chilling with the help of some very special guests… We’re kicking things off with the wonderful ladies from the Weird Norfolk Podcast. Come with us to the English County of Norfolk – a place of forgotten folklore, magic and mystery – for an evening of spooky tales told by the people who know them best! Ghosts, goats, Bigfoot... what more could we ask for?! Thanks for listening! We’re posting new After Dark episodes every Saturday in October, alongside our regular Thursday episodes. Go and check out the Weird Norfolk Podcast! https://audioboom.com/channel/weird-norfolkScream in intro created by: https://www.youtube.com/user/AderuMoroFind us: Instagram @ThingsinJarsPodcast // Twitter @ThingsinJarsPodMerch:  https://thingsinjars.threadless.comWe're also on Patreon! Sign up for bonus episodes, exclusive item spotlights, behind the scenes chats and much more!Support the show

In this week's episode, we bring you up to speed on how the last six months have been for us in the museum world, and Poppy has some exciting news to share!  Support the show

In this week's episode, curators Melissa and Poppy celebrate birthdays through the ages. We reveal how Dorothy Wordsworth spent her 83rd birthday, explore early photographs of the mysterious 'Birthday Group' from the National Museum of Wales, and marvel over the story of two lovers from Whitby, who were born, wed and died on the same day. Also, stay tuned for the Item Spotlight that took a dramatic downward turn...(We had some issues with sound during this recording, and apologise for any interference that may be detected.)Support the show

In this week's episode, curators Melissa and Poppy consider some curious coffins from museum collections. Tune in to hear about the corpse road of Grasmere, Charlotte Bronte's prized possession,  and the unbelievable art of cobweb painting!Support the show

In this week's episode, curators Melissa and Poppy head below stairs for the inside scoop on servants' stories. We explore the highs and lows of domestic service through letters, uncover a murder most foul in the Cambridge University Library collection, and delight in the devious pranks played by a maid on her unsuspecting mistress...  We also reveal plans for a super special guest episode in the works! Support the show

This week, curators Melissa and Poppy make themselves at home in a delightful selection of dollhouses from museum collections. We take a tour of Colleen Moore's enchanting fairy castle, return to baby houses with Dorothy Wordsworth, and hear how Beatrix Potter fell in love with the help of a tiny home. Support the show

In this episode, curators Melissa and Poppy rifle through people's private journals! Yay!Tune in for the joyful record of a literary family's holiday adventures, the, erm, *unusual* goings-on between a Victorian maid and her dirt-fetishising master, and the account that stayed frozen in time, shedding light on one of history's most enduring mysteries. Support the show

In this week's episode, curators Melissa and Poppy step through the looking glass and enter the world of museum mirrors.  Listen in to find out about John Dee's magical 'shew-stone', and to learn what inspired the Brothers Grimm to come up with most famous fairytale question in the land...Support the show

In this week's episode, curators Melissa and Poppy are on the prowl for cat-themed collections! We explore the glorious Kattenkabinet Museum in Amsterdam, founded in honour of a much-loved pet, and marvel at Robert Southey's Cat-a-logue of kitties at Greta Hall. We also shed a small tear for Judith Kerr's Mog, who inspired the children's stories we know and love today.Support the show

In this week's episode, curators Melissa and Poppy are on the hunt for the very best of April fools! We bring you tales of mischief and mayhem from seventeenth-century pranksters, explore the drowned villages of Armboth and Wythburn, and discover a mysterious lion-washing ceremony at the Tower of London...Support the show

This week, we're lifting the lid on some haunted crypts to bring you stories of ghosts in museum collections! Tune in for the legend of King Dunmail and his ghostly army, find out if we would hang Franz Sedlacek's 'Ghosts in a Tree' in our living rooms, and to hear the woeful tale of how poor Mary's eternal slumber was rather rudely disturbed...As for this week's item spotlight, if your toes aren't curling, then your toenails will be...Thanks for listening! We post new episodes every Thursday.Find us: Instagram @ThingsinJarsPodcast // Twitter @ThingsinJarsPodMerch:  https://thingsinjars.threadless.comWe're also on Patreon! Sign up for bonus episodes, exclusive item spotlights, behind the scenes chats and much more!Support the show

In this week's episode, curators Melissa and Poppy celebrate Mother's Day with a host of mama-centric museum objects. We'll be sharing the tale of the woman who started it all, and highlighting some unconventional mother figures along the way. This week's Item Spotlight is not one to miss! Join us on a tour of the Open Country of a Woman's Heart...Support the show