The Journey of Information
This is not a museum - audio stories from our favourite museums
Not just a guide, but stories in sound, exploring objects that carry memory, movement, and imagination. Listen and follow the echoes of history across time and place. Season 1: British Museum, London takes you to the British Museum in London, Season 2: National Museum of Korea, Seoul explores the National Museum of Korea in Seoul.
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6 nov. 2025
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Ten-story pagoda 06.11.2025 4:18
This tall stone once stood in what is now North Korea. Dismantled during the Japanese occupation and later rebuilt in Seoul, it carries the traces of travel, loss, and the long return of beauty.
Golden Crown 06.11.2025 3:26
This dazzling gold shows how the Korean peninsula was already connected to the wider Eurasian world - through trade, belief, and imagination that shimmered across thousands of miles.
Hand axe 06.11.2025 3:46
This quiet stone changed how we see East Asia. Shaped nearly 300,000 years ago, it revealed that early humans here made tools just like those in Africa and Europe, proving that the story of human beginnings was never one-directional.
Songline Painting | Room 24 17.08.2025 3:36
Across the desert, stories were maps. These Songlines told people where to find water, food, and how to walk the land — a memory system sung aloud.
Benin Bronzes | Room 25 17.08.2025 3:21
Bronze heads and coral crowns, history stolen.
Assyrian Palace Reliefs | Room 7 17.08.2025 4:00
Walls that spoke of kings, conquest, and gods.
Flood Tablet | Room 55 17.08.2025 4:03
An ancient tablet that carries the first great flood story.
Clay Tokens & Envelopes | Room 56 17.08.2025 3:06
Before writing, people counted with clay tokens sealed in envelopes — the first step toward cuneiform.
King Ka Jar | Room 64 17.08.2025 3:08
A jar scratched with the birth of writing.
Lewis Chessmen | Room 40 17.08.2025 3:59
Chessmen from Norway, lost on a Scottish beach.
Astrolabe | Room 42 17.08.2025 3:32
A golden compass to read stars, time, and faith.
Maya Yaxchilan Lintels | Room 27 17.08.2025 3:45
A queen’s blood ritual carved in stone.
Tally Sticks | Room 1 17.08.2025 3:34
Wooden sticks that burned down Parliament — and lit the story of writing.
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