Episode 20 - Museum Tours
Nov 19, 202417mEp. 200
What secrets are revealed on a museum tour, how do you join one and why do people give their free time to be a guide? We head over to the Burrell Collection to find out.
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Welcome to Curious City, the podcast from Glasgow Life Museums. In each episode, we travel across Glasgow discovering locations around the city and objects from our collections that link in surprising ways - uncovering the stories that surround us.
Glasgow Life Museums hosts Curious City, a arts show with 20 episodes published.
What secrets are revealed on a museum tour, how do you join one and why do people give their free time to be a guide? We head over to the Burrell Collection to find out.
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Welcome to Curious City. In this episode, we head into Glasgow's Pollok Park with Rona Dougall. Along the way we meet runners from Parkrun, hear about the range of animals in the park, hunt boar with curator Ralph Moffat
Welcome to Curious City. Our guest in this episode is Norry Wilson - journalist and man behind 'Lost Glasgow'. Join us as we uncover some of Glasgow's worst disasters - a Clyde-built ship that capsized on launch day, the
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