Object 101

Update: 2020-12-25

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Ten years on from the ground-breaking Radio 4 series, "A History of The World in 100 Objects", former director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor looks back at the impact of the series, on how storytelling in museums has changed over a turbulent decade and asks which object from 2020 would best encapsulate our modern age.

Producer: Paul Kobrak

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Object 101

2020-12-2537:51

Solar-powered lamp and charger

2010-10-2213:34

Credit card

2010-10-2113:59

Throne of Weapons

2010-10-2014:18

Hockney's In the Dull Village

2010-10-1913:55

Russian revolutionary plate

2010-10-1814:05

Suffragette-defaced penny

2010-10-1514:02

Sudanese slit drum

2010-10-1413:47

Hokusai's The Great Wave

2010-10-1313:49

Early Victorian tea set

2010-10-1214:14

Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle

2010-10-1114:02

Jade bi

2010-10-0814:02

Australian Bark Shield

2010-10-0713:46

North American Buckskin Map

2010-10-0613:53

Hawaiian feather helmet

2010-10-0513:55

Akan Drum

2010-10-0414:18

Reformation Centenary Broadsheet

2010-10-0113:51

Mexican Codex Map

2010-09-3014:18

Shadow Puppet of Bima

2010-09-2914:03

Miniature of a Mughal Prince

2010-09-2814:17

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Object 101

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Object 101