Museum 100

Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, talks about mankind's love of beautiful things.

Head of Collections, Kirsty Neate, talks about a long-time favourite of hers within the collections - a painting by an unknown artist entitled "Old Mother Cringle"

Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, tells us the story of the 1905 John Holland painting, Shipping in Douglas. 

Collections, Care and Conservation Manager Chris Weeks tells us about the wonders of Bishop Wilson's cabinet. Can you spot his non-original replacement pieces?!

Collections, Care and Conservation Manager Chris Weeks tell us about the 1911 Renault AX

Library and Archives conservator at MNH Emma Le Cornu talks about work to conserve protest placards from the Black Lives Matter demonstration

Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, talks about caring for the museum's collections.

Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, gives us the story of one her favourite items in the collection - an old Manx armchair!

Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, tells about the importance of ordinary things in the MNH collection.

Curator of Natural History at MNH, Laura McCoy, tells us about the Manx Museum's bird egg collection.

Curator of Natural History at MNH, Laura McCoy, takes a look at the Manx Butterfly collection

Curator of Natural History at MNH, Laura McCoy, explores the history of the Manx Shearwater on the Calf of Man.

Curator of Natural History at MNH, Laura McCoy, tells us about the nature diary of amateur naturalist William Stanley Cowin.

Curator of Natural History at MNH, Laura McCoy, talks about the wealth of the Manx Museum's Natural History Collection. 

Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, talks about a self portrait by artist Imre Goth.

Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, talks about the 18th century portrait of Miss Christian Taubman, formely of the Nunnery, by artist George Romney

Curator of Art and Social History on the Island, Katie King, discusses one of her favourite paintings by a favourite artist; John Miller Nicholson

Curator of Art and Social History at MHH, Katie King, discusses the museum's art collection, old and new.

Curator of Archaeology at MNH, Alison Fox, tells us about one of the most beautiful objects within all the objects in all of the MNH collections - commonly known as the Pagan Lady's necklace.

In this episode, Curator of Natural History, Laura McCoy tells the story of the loss - and return - of the plant juniper.

In this episode, Curator of Art and Social History Matthew Richardson looks at unusual portrait of a local woman which blends east and west . .

In this episode, MNH curator of archaeology Alison Fox, tells us about a relic from the wreck of the Royal Navy ship "The Racehorse" which sank 200 years ago this month (Dec 2022)

The ongoing story of the national collection, a million strong work in progress as the work continues to document the story of our nation

The story of the museum's first exhibit and the Ballaquayle hoard.

The Museum 100 podcast  - a century of our national collections highlighting life and culture on the Island. In this episode find out how it all began . . .