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088 North American buckskin map 6 Oct 2010 Wed, 6 Oct 10 Map of the area between the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the differing attitudes towards land and living of Europeans and Native America
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089 Australian bark shield 7 Oct 2010 Thu, 7 Oct 10 Aboriginal shield collected by Captain Cook. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at a shield owned by one of the first Indigenous Australians to set eyes on Europeans, as they desc
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090 Jade bi 8 Oct 2010 Fri, 8 Oct 10 Inscribed jade disc. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores life in 18th-century China through a jade disc, or bi. This disc was owned by the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty at a time when t
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091 Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle 11 Oct 2010 Mon, 11 Oct 10 A 19th century chronometer. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at an instrument that first helped Europeans to navigate with precision around the world - a marine ch
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092 Early Victorian Tea Set 12 Oct 2010 Tue, 12 Oct 10 Wedgwood pottery tea set. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at the history of Britain's relationship with tea by examining an early Victorian stoneware set made by the Staffor
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093 Hokusai's The Great Wave 13 Oct 2010 Wed, 13 Oct 10 Hokusai woodblock print. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines The Great Wave by Hokusai, one of the defining images of the power of the sea. He discovers its production initi
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094 Sudanese slit drum 14 Oct 2010 Thu, 14 Oct 10 A wooden drum from central Africa. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines a buffalo-shaped drum from Sudan which was played in a court orchestra and used to transmit messages or summ
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095 Suffragette-defaced penny 15 Oct 2010 Fri, 15 Oct 10 A defaced coin from 1903. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the rise of mass political engagement in Britain and the emergence of the suffragettes by examining a penny co
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096 Russian revolutionary plate 18 Oct 2010 Mon, 18 Oct 10 Decorated plate from St Petersburg. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the Russian Revolution by looking at a plate painted with propaganda for the new Communist state.
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097 Hockney's In the Dull Village 19 Oct 2010 Tue, 19 Oct 10 Print by the British artist David Hockney. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the sexual revolution of the 1960s through a print by David Hockney which shows two men i
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098 Throne of Weapons 20 Oct 2010 Wed, 20 Oct 10 Chair made from decommissioned guns. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the impact of weapons on the modern world by examining a sculptured throne made from decommissioned guns. T
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099 Credit card 21 Oct 2010 Thu, 21 Oct 10 A plastic credit card. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the changing role of money in the modern world by looking at a Shari'a compliant credit card. How is modern banking adapting fo
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100 Solar-powered lamp and charger 22 Oct 2010 Fri, 22 Oct 10 A lamp that runs off sunlight. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at the final object in the series: a solar-powered lamp with a charger that can bring cheap light and p
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A History of the World Special 18 May 2011 hu, 19 May 11 Peter Lewis tells a story of love, separation and hardship, through the object he added to the BBC History of the World website: a portrait of a private soldier's sweetheart, painted secretly f
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040910 Conservation Grazing Sat, 4 Sep 10 Helen Mark finds out about the debate around Conservation Grazing in Cornwall
