The British Museum Membercast

0101 Handle with care: conserving Beirut's shattered glass

Sep 26, 2022

29:26

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The Ashutoshina Salup Bomb

05:15

Choosing the Right Adhesive for Glasses

02:16

The Houghton Gallery

02:58

Introduction

5min

The Bomb Damage at the British Museum

4min

The Ashutoshina Salup Bomb

5min

Choosing the Right Adhesive for Glasses

2min

How Long Does It Take to Set Pieces Together?

6min

The History of the Museum

2min

The Iron Library

2min

The Houghton Gallery

3min

The first in a new series, this episode of British Museum Untold sees Dr Julia Farley and Iszi Lawrence discover how explosions have affected objects, from bomb damage at the Museum during the Second World War, to the 2020 explosion in Beirut. They meet expert conservators, curators and archivists to find out how these objects have been painstakingly repaired.

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