Meet Me at the Museum
by Art Fund
Famous faces take their best mate, their mum, their neighbour (whoever they want) for an afternoon at a favourite museum or gallery. As well as getting a peek behind the scenes, seeing what makes a museum tick, it's also the starting point for some great conversations about life, the universe and everything. As well as a chance to eat lots of cake in the cafe. Meet Me at the Museum is published by Art Fund, the UK’s national charity for art, which raises money for museums and galleries through the National Art Pass – a neat little card that gets you free or reduced-price entry to hundreds of great cultural venues and exhibitions around the country. The podcast is produced by Whistledown. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer
Episodes
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Mindful Museums: line, texture and the breath
In the last of our Mindful Museums series, tune in to your senses on your next museum or gallery visit. This audio guide will help you to notice the details of the space you’re in – from the architecture to the way the light falls. Just pop your headphones on, press play and take in your...
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Mindful Museums: colour and mood
What effect does colour have on you? This audio guide will help you to focus on colour, mood and atmosphere in any museum or gallery of your choice. Just find a colourful work of art, pop your headphones on and press play. Narrated by Louise Thompson of Mindful Museums, this Mindful Museum Audio...
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Mindful Museums: portraits and connection
What can a portrait tell us about a person? This audio guide will help you to connect with any portrait of your choice in a museum or gallery. Just find an image of someone that you’re drawn to, pop your headphones on and press play. Narrated by Louise Thompson of Mindful Museums, this Mindful...
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Mindful Museums: calm and curiosity
See things afresh with this audio guide, which will help you to look at a work of art in a new way. Just head to a museum or gallery of your choice, find a painting that you might normally pass by, and listen. Narrated by Louise Thompson of Mindful Museums, this Mindful Museum Audio Guide will…
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INTRODUCING Mindful Museums: A mindful walk around the gallery
Introducing our Mindful Museum audio guides. Narrated by Louise Thompson of Mindful Museums, this Mindful Museum Audio Guide will help you to slow down and relax, as well as connect more deeply with what you see. We'll be releasing five of these over the next week to help you make the most of…
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Meet You at the Museum: National Museum of Scotland
If you’ve enjoyed delving into museums with our celebrity guests on Meet Me at the Museum, then our new spin-off show, Meet You at the Museum, should be right up your street, as we get the lowdown from museum visitors themselves. Join host JP Devlin as he explores the National Museum of Scotland…
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Meet You at the Museum: Imperial War Museum London
If you’ve enjoyed delving into museums with our celebrity guests on Meet Me at the Museum, then our new spin-off show, Meet You at the Museum, should be right up your street, as we get the lowdown from museum visitors themselves. Join host JP Devlin as he explores Imperial War Museum London and...
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Meet You at the Museum: National Museum Cardiff
If you’ve enjoyed delving into museums with our celebrity guests on Meet Me at the Museum, then our new spin-off show, Meet You at the Museum, should be right up your street, as we get the lowdown from museum visitors themselves. Join host JP Devlin as he explores National Museum Cardiff and…
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Meet You at the Museum: Ashmolean Museum
If you’ve enjoyed delving into museums with our celebrity guests on Meet Me at the Museum, then our new spin-off show, Meet You at the Museum, should be right up your street, as we get the lowdown from museum visitors themselves. Join host JP Devlin as he explores the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford…
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Meet You at the Museum: Victoria and Albert Museum
If you’ve enjoyed delving into museums with our celebrity guests on Meet Me at the Museum, then our new spin-off show, Meet You at the Museum, should be right up your street, as we get the lowdown from museum visitors themselves. Join host JP Devlin as he explores the Victoria & Albert Museum in...
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Special episode: highlights from Scotland
In this special episode, we delve into the Meet Me at the Museum archive to pull out highlights from some of our visits to Scotland, including journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Wark at V&A Dundee, ‘Succession’ star Brian Cox at the National Gallery of Scotland, DJ and broadcaster Edith Bowman at...
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Special episode: highlights from museums by the sea
In this special episode, we delve into the Meet Me at the Museum archive to pull out highlights from our visits to museums near the coast, including writer and art historian Katy Hessel at the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden in St Ives, author and podcaster Robert Diament at the…
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Special episode: highlights from Wales
In this special episode, we delve into the Meet Me at the Museum archive to pull out highlights from our visits to Wales, including comedian Miles Jupp at Tredegar House, broadcaster Owain Wyn Evans at St Fagans Museum of National History, singer Kizzy Crawford at National Museum Cardiff, and...
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Special episode: highlights from north-west England
In this special episode, we delve into the Meet Me at the Museum archive to pull out highlights from our visits to the north-west of England, featuring comedian Russel Kane at the Whitworth Gallery, BBC favourites Jane Garvey and Fi Glover at Tate Liverpool, comedian Tez Ilyas at the National...
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Owain Wyn Evans at St Fagans National Museum of History
Broadcaster Owain Wyn Evans takes his husband Arran to St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff, where lovingly preserved buildings from different historical periods and contemporary exhibitions bring the story of Wales to life. As they explore the grounds, they uncover the extraordinary...
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Alexei Sayle at the Cartoon Museum
Comedian and author Alexei Sayle meets his friend, graphic novelist Oscar Zarate, at the Cartoon Museum in London, where they explore highlights from a collection of thousands of cartoons. Picking out some of their favourite artists, they follow the evolution of the art form, from William Hogarth...
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Amber Butchart at Braintree Museum
Dress historian Amber Butchart takes her partner, illustrator Rob Flowers, to Braintree Museum in Essex, where they uncover the area’s strong textiles heritage and explore what fabrics and design can tell us about society over time. As they discover an exhibition of book illustrations and pore…
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Kemi Lawson at the Museum of the Home
Creative director of lifestyle brand The Cornrow, Kemi Lawson enjoys a family visit to the Museum of the Home in London with her mum and daughters. Together they explore the museum’s recreations of different rooms through time, and what they reveal about the way people live. From a ‘space-age’ TV...
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Amy Liptrot at the Brontë Parsonage Museum
Writer Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun and The Instant, takes her friend, poet Zaffar Kunial, to the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, West Yorkshire. Together they explore the former home of the Brontë sisters – Charlotte, Emily and Anne – and see where some of their most famous novels were...
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Nabihah Iqbal at Leighton House
Musician, DJ and broadcaster Nabihah Iqbal invites her friend, fellow musician Lexy Morvaridi, to visit Leighton House in London, the former home of 19th-century artist Frederic, Lord Leighton. As they explore the unique interiors of this architectural gem, which Leighton filled with art from...
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Coming soon: Meet Me at the Museum – series 8
Join us for series 8 of Meet Me at the Museum from 17 November, where familiar faces take someone special to a museum they love. Join musician and DJ Nabihah Iqbal at Leighton House in London; writer Amy Liptrot at the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth; Kemi Lawson, creative director of The...
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Special episode: London highlights with Rob Crossan
In this special episode, broadcaster Rob Crossan takes a look back over some of our London-based episodes, including Siobhán McSweeney at the Wellcome Collection, Lolita Chakrabarti at the Horniman Museum & Gardens, Mel Giedroyc at Pitzhanger Manor, and Lemn Sissay at the Foundling Museum.…
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Testament at Manchester Art Gallery
Poet and hip-hop MC Testament takes his good friend Hannah Taylor Jackson to Manchester Art Gallery during Art Assembly, a day celebrating art and creativity across the city of Manchester which took place on 18 June 2022. Together they explore some of the inspiring work commissioned for the day,...
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Special episode: Meet Me at Art Assembly Live
Join comedian Russell Kane, poet and hip-hop MC Testament, plus artists Olivia Glasser, Raheel Khan, David Blandy and Suzanne Atkinson, for a special live episode of Meet Me at the Museum for Art Assembly in Manchester. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at HOME in Manchester…
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Join us at Meet Me at the Museum Live at Art Assembly 2022
Join comedian Russell Kane and hip-hop MC and poet Testament for a special live recording of Meet Me at the Museum for Art Assembly at HOME in Manchester on 18 June 2022 at 11am. Tickets to the recording are just £10 (£5 for National Art Pass members) and are available via https://homemcr.org The...
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Suzi Ruffell at Bletchley Park
Comedian Suzi Ruffell takes her pal, fellow comedian Jenny Bede, to Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes – once the top-secret home of Britain’s codebreakers during the Second World War. Together they take a look inside Alan Turing’s office and get up close to the Enigma cipher and Bombe codebreaking...
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Robert Diament at Turner Contemporary
Robert Diament, co-host of the Talk Art podcast, explores Turner Contemporary in Margate with his friend Naomi Evans, co-founder of Everyday Racism. As they bring their perspectives to different exhibitions in this visually striking gallery, they discuss their love of Margate, how the arts scene...
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Poppy Jay at the V&A, London
Podcaster and director Poppy Jay is joined by her friend Martin at the V&A in London, where they indulge their love of sharing art and culture together among the museum’s vast collection. Pieces of design such as the Refugee Nation flag spark conversations about identity, migration and empire,...
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Isy Suttie at Creswell Crags
Comedian, actor and writer Isy Suttie takes her friend Caroline to Creswell Crags – a place that’s very special to them both. As they explore the museum, caves and limestone gorge, they share their memories of visiting when they were younger and why this unique location is so close to their…
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Siobhán McSweeney at the Wellcome Collection
Actor Siobhán McSweeney takes her pal Kevin Brady to one of her favourite places in London, the Wellcome Collection. Together they explore exhibitions and items that shed light on the connections between science, health, life and art. They meet an astronaut, see a moving piece of art that prompts...
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Brian Cox at the Scottish National Gallery
Actor Brian Cox shares some of his favourite works of art at the Scottish National Gallery with fellow Dundonian actor Ava Hickey. The two explore some of the most iconic paintings in Scotland’s art collection, meet the Monarch of the Glen, and discuss their shared experiences of making creative...
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Coming soon: Meet Me at the Museum - series 7
Join us for series 7 of Meet Me at the Museum from 14 April, where our star presenters discover fascinating stories at some of their favourite museums across the UK. Join actor Brian Cox at the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh; Derry Girls’ Siobhan McSweeney at the Wellcome Collection in...
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Mark Radcliffe at the Science and Industry Museum, Manchester
Broadcaster and musician Mark Radcliffe takes his friend and bandmate Paul Langley to the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, where they explore how the ‘rainy city’ has been a place of ideas and invention through time. As they take a deep dive into an exhibition about one of Manchester’s...
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Deborah Frances-White and Russell Tovey at the Design Museum
Comedian and host of The Guilty Feminist podcast Deborah Frances-White takes her pal, the actor and Talk Art podcast co-host Russell Tovey, to the Design Museum in London, where they explore how art and design are integrated into the way we live. Together they discover how great pieces of design...
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Caleb Azumah Nelson at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Writer and photographer Caleb Azumah Nelson visits Bristol Museum & Art Gallery with his partner, theatre-maker and poet Esme Allman. Together they encounter art that speaks to Bristol’s radical history, explore an exhibition of work by one of their favourite artists, Ghanaian photographer James...
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Lolita Chakrabarti at the Horniman Museum & Gardens
Actor and writer Lolita Chakrabarti takes her friend, artist Sara Shamma, to the Horniman Museum & Gardens in London, where they explore a collection that’s full of surprises. As they wander the galleries and grounds, the unusual items they discover prompt conversations about their inspirations…
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Jack Lowden at the National Museum of Scotland
Actor Jack Lowden takes his friend and fellow actor Andrew Rothney to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, where they indulge their passion for Scottish history and explore the stories of key people and events, including Mary, Queen of Scots and the Jacobite uprisings. Together they...
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Coming soon: Meet Me at the Museum - series 6
Join us for series 6 of Meet Me at the Museum from 7 October, where our star presenters discover fascinating stories at some of their favourite museums across the UK. Join actor Jack Lowden at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh; actor and writer Lolita Chakrabarti at the Horniman Museum...
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Benjamin Zephaniah at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah explores Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery with his friend Robert, where they reminisce about growing up in the city, the people who’ve shaped it, and Birmingham’s cultural and political history. Together they look at Benjamin’s first-ever typewriter, where his...
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Mathew Horne at the Museum of Brands
Actor Mathew Horne visits the Museum of Brands in London with his partner, set designer Celina Bassili, where they encounter a remarkable collection of objects, packaging and design that tell a fascinating story about modern life. Together they enter the museum’s ‘time tunnel’, where iconic...
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Kizzy Crawford at National Museum Cardiff
Musician and singer-songwriter Kizzy Crawford takes her sister Neli Shields to National Museum Cardiff, where they take a trip through time and explore aspects of Welsh history and culture. Together they reflect on their ideas of home and belonging, growing up in a creative family, and how they…
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Malik Al Nasir at the International Slavery Museum
Poet and social activist Malik Al Nasir visits the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool with his friend and colleague Leona Vaughn, exploring the important and harrowing story of the transatlantic slave trade, resistance and abolition, and the enduring impact of these events on the world...
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Fern Brady at the Roman Baths
Comedian Fern Brady takes her boyfriend Conor to the Roman Baths in Bath, where they discover how the Romans’ ‘curse tablets’ compare to irate Facebook statuses of today, look at the representation of sexuality in Roman times, and even get to taste a sample of the water. During their visit they...
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Elizabeth Day at the Imperial War Museum, London
Writer and podcaster Elizabeth Day takes her husband Justin Basini to the Imperial War Museum in London, where they uncover poignant and personal stories of displacement, home and identity affecting people around the world today. Together they look at events from the First World War to the…
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Coming soon: Meet Me at the Museum - series 5
Meet Me at the Museum is back! Join us for series 5 of the silver British Podcast Award-winning show from 11 March, featuring six new episodes including Elizabeth Day at the Imperial War Museum, Benjamin Zephaniah at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, and Mathew Horne at the Museum of Brands. To...
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Art and Stuff: The Great Bed of Ware
A bonus episode of the new Art Fund podcast, Art and Stuff. Join Ben Miller as he explores the history of one of the grandest objects of furniture in the land, the Great Bed of Ware, part of the collection at the V&A in London. Made in the 16th century, it has been host to thousands of somnolent...
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Introducing: Art and Stuff
A short trailer to introduce a new podcast from Art Fund called Art and Stuff. Join guest presenter Ben Miller as he takes a closer look at some of the most fascinating stuff inside our museums. From bits of buried treasure to iconic portraits to outlandish furniture, what do these things say…
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Special: Why museums matter with Russell Kane
In this special episode, comedian Russell Kane speaks to a variety of guests about how the lockdown has affected cultural venues across the UK and explores why museums matter more than ever. Alistair Hudson, director of the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester and Elinor Morgan, head of programme at...
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Anneka Rice at Osborne House
Broadcaster Anneka Rice takes her friend, actor and writer Imogen Stubbs, to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, the former palatial holiday home of Queen Victoria, where they get to explore the house’s opulent interiors, reminisce about the time Anneka landed in a helicopter there for the 80s TV...
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Katy Hessel at the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden
Instagram influencer and host of The Great Women Artists podcast Katy Hessel visits the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden in St Ives with her friend, the artist Unskilled Worker. While there, they explore the stunning garden and discover more about the life and work of one of the 20th...
About this show
Famous faces take their best mate, their mum, their neighbour (whoever they want) for an afternoon at a favourite museum or gallery. As well as getting a peek behind the scenes, seeing what makes a museum tick, it's also the starting point for some great conversations about life, the universe and everything. As well as a chance to eat lots of cake in the cafe.
Meet Me at the Museum is published by Art Fund, the UK’s national charity for art, which raises money for museums and galleries through the National Art Pass – a neat little card that gets you free or reduced-price entry to hundreds of great cultural venues and exhibitions around the country. The podcast is produced by Whistledown.
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