Meet Me at the Museum – Details, episodes & analysis

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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 hears fascinating first-hand stories from visitors about the important and surprising role the museum plays in their lives, as a space of reflection, remembrance, and learning.

National Art Pass gives you great discounts at hundreds of museums, galleries and historic houses across the UK, while at the same time raising money to support them.

https://www.artfund.org/national-art-pass

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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 and Thomas Rowlandson’s depictions of Georgian society to the present day. Chatting to the museum’s experts, they look at how different drawing styles bring social and political commentary to life, and even make their own cartoon.

Notes:

The exhibition ‘This Exhibition is a Work Event!’ is at the Cartoon Museum until 16 April 2023.

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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 over luxury velvets in the neighbouring Warner Textile Archive, they learn about the skilled makers behind each piece and reflect on their own interests and inspirations as creatives.

Notes:

Entry to Braintree Museum is free with a National Art Pass.

The exhibition ‘The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Book Artists’ is at Braintree Museum until 1 July 2023.

The Warner Textile Archive is open by appointment only for research, group visits and schools. Charges may apply. For information on visiting, see: warnertextilearchive.co.uk/visiting-the-archive

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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 to an early games console, hand-crafted furnishings to an ancestor wall, each object and display sparks conversations across three generations about the meaning of home.

Notes:

Did you know? You can now add Plus Kids to your National Art Pass to include member benefits for children in your family under the age of 16. Experience museums together. 

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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 written. From the dining table where the sisters shared their work, to early reviews of Wuthering Heights, intimate objects and artefacts prompt conversations about Amy and Zaffar’s own inspirations as writers. And, after exploring the house and museum, they head out into the landscape and discover a poem in the wild. 

Notes:  

The exhibition Defying Expectations: Inside Charlotte Brontë’s Wardrobe is at the Brontë Parsonage Museum until 1 January 2023. 

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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.

Wherever you go in London this autumn there is so much to love and enjoy. Be inspired, calmed, enthralled and entertained. Make a date with London. #LoveLondon

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