Romantic History: Waterloo to the British Musem
<p><br></p><p>In the final episode in our series looking at the way history was transformed in the Romantic period, Neil MacGregor joins Rosemary Hill to discuss the circulation of artefacts throughout Europe in the years after Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo, and the growth of public collections. They consider how the questions that museums grapple with today – concerning ownership, restitution and the role ordinary people should play in the stories they tell – were inherent in their creation in the 18th&nbsp;and 19th&nbsp;centuries.</p><p>Buy Rosemary Hill's book, Time's Witness, from the London Review Bookshop here: <a href="https://lrb.me/hill" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/hill</a></p><p>Subscribe to the LRB and get 79% off the cover price plus a free tote bag: <a href="https://lrb.me/history" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/history</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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In the final episode in our series looking at the way history was transformed in the Romantic period, Neil MacGregor joins Rosemary Hill to discuss the circulation of artefacts throughout Europe in the years after Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo, and the growth of public collections. They consider how the questions that museums grapple with today – concerning ownership, restitution and the role ordinary people should play in the stories they tell – were inherent in their creation in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Buy Rosemary Hill's book, Time's Witness, from the London Review Bookshop here: https://lrb.me/hill
Subscribe to the LRB and get 79% off the cover price plus a free tote bag: https://lrb.me/history
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.