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Tolerance and Intolerance (AD 1550-1700)

Reformation Centenary Broadsheet

Neil MacGregor with a souvenir of the 100th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.

• 14 mins

Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (AD 1680-1820)

Akan Drum

Neil MacGregor with an African drum taken to America during the slave trade

• 14 mins

Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (AD 1680-1820)

Hawaiian feather helmet

Neil MacGregor with a feathered helmet given to Captain Cook by Pacific Islanders.

• 15 mins

Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (AD 1680-1820)

North American Buckskin Map

Neil MacGregor with a buckskin map from North America

• 14 mins

Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (AD 1680-1820)

Australian Bark Shield

Neil MacGregor with a bark shield brought from Australia by Captain Cook

• 14 mins

Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (AD 1680-1820)

Jade bi

Neil MacGregor with an object from the 18th-century Chinese Enlightenment - a jade disc

• 14 mins

Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)

Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle

Neil MacGregor with a chronometer that accompanied Darwin to South America.

• 14 mins

Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)

Early Victorian tea set

Neil MacGregor tells the story of the global trade in tea - with a Victorian tea set.

• 14 mins

Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)

Hokusai's The Great Wave

Neil MacGregor with a familiar image - Hokusai's The Great Wave.

• 14 mins

Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)

Sudanese slit drum

Neil MacGregor with a wooden drum from Sudan that Kitchener presented to Queen Victoria.

• 14 mins

Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)

Suffragette-defaced penny

Neil MacGregor with a penny coin defaced by suffragettes with the words "Votes for women".

• 14 mins