Sir Hans Sloane and the British Museum

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 23.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Sir Hans Sloane’s legacy is a bit mixed. He is the reason there’s a British Museum, but there are a lot of problematic aspects to the way he gathered his collection.

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0:00.0	Had enough of this country?
0:02.0	Ever dreamt about starting your own?
0:04.0	I planted the flag.
0:05.0	This is mine.
0:06.0	I own this.
0:07.0	It's surprisingly easy.
0:08.0	There's 55 gallons of water,
0:10.0	500 pounds of concrete.
0:11.0	Or maybe not.
0:13.0	No country willingly gives up their territory.
0:15.0	Oh my God.
0:16.0	What is that?
0:17.0	Bullets.
0:18.0	Listen to Escape from Zakistan.
0:20.0	That's Escape from Zakistan.
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0:35.5	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, a production of I Heart Radio.
0:43.3	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:44.3	I'm Holly Fry.
0:46.0	And I'm Tracy V. Wilson.
0:50.6	I was in London a few weeks ago and I finally went to the British Museum.
0:51.1	Yeah.
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