S04E08: Christmas Special

C is for: Crimbo Ho ho ho! We review our predictions for 2018 and make some new ones for 2019, listen to a museum version of The Night Before Christmas, and play a parlour game! Also tune in for this year’s version of 12 Days of Christmas with St Edmund’s Choir, plus a seasonal Dear Jane! 02:34 Museum advent calendars 06:57 Our predictions for 2018 from last year 13:56 Our new predictions for 2019 21:02 The Curator’s 12 Days of Christmas 25:22 Let’s play twenty— oh, TEN questions! 48:50 The Night Before Christmas 50:43 Dear Jane 52:38 Need a Christmas gift? 53:25 Patreon shout-out Show Notes: - Examples of suffragette exhibitions in the UK during 2018: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/jan/31/centenary-votes-for-women-anniversary-events-parades-exhibitions-suffragette-pankhurst - Spanish ‘restorations’ make headlines again: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/botched-st-george-restoration-spain-1309535 - St Edmund’s Choir: http://www.stedmundschoir.com - Alphonsine bulldog magnet: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/667943519/bulldog-magnet-design-collection-first - Conservator Secret Santa Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/thecwordpodcast/conservator-secret-santa/ - Conservator Gift Ideas Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/thecwordpodcast/conservator-gift-ideas/ !! SPOILERS !! Museums from 10 Questions game: - Pitt Rivers Museum: https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/ - V&A Dundee: https://www.vam.ac.uk/dundee - Vindolanda Museum: http://www.vindolanda.com/roman-vindolanda/vindolanda-museum - The Pencil Museum: https://www.derwentart.com/en-gb/c/about/company/derwent-pencil-museum - The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic: https://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/ - The Gordon Museum of Pathology: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/gordon/index.aspx Support us on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/thecword Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Christina Rozeik. Intro and outro music by DDmyzik used under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Additional sound effects and music by Calum Robertson and SoundBible. Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. A Wooden Dice production, 2018.

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We talk about all sorts of things from the perspective of conservation professionals, from museum trends and new technology to the big issues like pay and staying safe at work. In some museums conservation can be a bit of a naughty word but we think it ought to be celebrated!