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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: Tat’s Life – The secrets behind “Cursed Objects” in gift shops
Description: What explains the world better? The unattainable relics and archaeological finds that fill museums – or the simple snowglobes, plushies and other knick-knacks in their gift shops? Ahead of a new exhibition Cursed Objects in Museum Shops, curator and Podmasters veteran Kasia Tomasiewicz unearths the true meanings of the souvenirs and objets de tat we often ignore but shouldn’t. Includes discussion of the rubber Charles Duckens, a cuddly Black Death Plague Flea and the Hello Kitty Pearl Harbor collection.
• Visit the exhibition Cursed Objects in Museum Shops from 2 May-26 June.
Written and presented by Group Editor An...