Museum 100

In this final podcast in the series, MNH Curators, Katie King, Laura McCoy and Allison Fox, talk to Howard Caine about the M100 podcasts which have been running throughout the year, what they had chosen to feature and the work of MNH and its collections

Library and Archives Assistant at MNH, Kim Holden, looks at a poster for the Hengler's Cirque Variete poster from the 1870s

Archivist within the library and archive teams at MNH, Wendy Thirkettle, gives us the story behind a picture depicting the wreck of the herring fleet.

Assistant Curator at MNH, Anna Murphy, talks about a watercolour painting of the House of Industry in Douglas and the story behind house.

Assistant Curator at MHH, Hannah Murphy digs into the story of the Manx spade . .

Curator of Natural History at MNH, Laura McCoy, with the history of the White Tailed Eagle on the Isle of Man

Curator of Natural History at MNH, Laura McCoy, tells us about the Island's native sheep - the Loaghtan.

Curator of Natural History at MNH, Laura McCoy, tells us about the fall and hoped for rise of what used to be one of the Island's most abundant farmland birds.

Curator of Natural History at MNH, Laura McCoy, tells us about one of the most iconic objects in the collection - the Giant Deer skeleton.

Curator of Natural History for MNH, Laura McCoy, tells us about the largest in the collection .. .the skeleton of a Sei whale.

Library and Archives Assistant at MNH, Sarah Christian, looks at the photographs of GB Cowin - and tries to work out why she hates them so much!

Library and Archives Assistant at MNH, Sarah Christian, tells us about a beautiful plan from 1799 used in a land dispute involving the Kentraugh Estate.

Digital Collections Assistant with MNH, Katie Clugston, gives us the story of the life and films of Joseph Royston

Digital Collections Assistant with MNH, Katie Clugstone, describes some of the more personal affects which were salvaged from the wreck of HMS Racehorse which sank over 200 years ago off the coast of Langness

Collections Information Manager for MNH, Jude Dicken, gives us a taste of the MNH Sound Archives with a recording of a herring fisherman recalling his work on the boats in the early 1900s

Library and Archives Conservator at MNH, Emma Le Cornu, describes an ink and watercolour wash drawing done by Phillip Moore Callow-Kermode - and the work needed for it to go on display. A little spit and polish really can do wonders . . . !

Emma Le Cornu, the Library and Archives Conservator at MHH tells us about a large 1940s poster advertising the Isle of Man and the work she has had to carry out to conserve it. 

Curator of Archaeology at MNH. Alison Fox talks tells us the story of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and a recently discovered artefact which may be associated with him

Alison Fox, Curator of Archaeology at MNH talks about the stories behind old suggane stones once used to tie down thatched roofs on many buildings 

Curator of Archaeology at MNH, Alison Fox, discusses the significance of one of the smallest artefacts in the National collection - a small broken piece of baked clay

Curator of Archaeology at MNH, Alison Fox, looks at a brass lamp cover with the story of the the sinking of the SS Romeo - sunk in the Irish Sea . .

Curator of Archaeology at MNH, Alison Fox, tells us about an incredible Bronze Age treasure, discovered in a grave found just outside Kirk Michael . .. .

Curator of Archaeology at MNH, Alison Fox, considers the importance of the Island's crosses and the legacy of preservation work done a hundred years ago . . 

Curator of Archaeology at MHK, Alison Fox, describes an enormous slab of carved red sandstone believed to be the coffin lid of possibly one of the great Norse kings . .. 

Curator of Art and Social History, Katie King, discusses a reel to reel paper recorder which was once used by the Folk Life Survey recorders - and contrary to popular belief, not still used by Manx Radio