A History of the World in 100 Objects

A History of the World in 100 Objects was a joint project of BBC Radio 4 and the British Museum, comprising a 100-part radio series written and presented by British Museum director Neil MacGregor. In 15-minute presentations broadcast on weekdays on Radio 4, MacGregor used objects of ancient art, industry, technology and arms, all of which are in the British Museum's collections, as an introduction to parts of human history. The series, four years in planning, began on 18 January 2010 and was broadcast over 20 weeks.[1] A book to accompany the series, A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor, was published by Allen Lane on 28 October 2010.[2] The entire series is also available for download along with an audio version of the book for purchase. The British Museum won the 2011 Art Fund Prize for its role in hosting the project.

Cover of A History of the World in 100 Objects, the companion book by Neil MacGregor

In 2016, a touring exhibition of several items depicted on the radio program, also titled A History of the World in 100 Objects, travelled to various destinations, including Abu Dhabi (Manarat Al Saadiyat), Taiwan (National Palace Museum in Taipei), Japan (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Tokyo, Kyushu National Museum in Daizafu, and Kobe City Museum in Kobe), Australia (Western Australian Museum in Perth and National Museum of Australia in Canberra), and China (National Museum of China in Beijing and Shanghai Museum in Shanghai).[3][4][5]

Content

Object 68, the Hindu deity couple Shiva and Parvati sculpture with radio series information panel.

The programme series, described as "a landmark project",[6] is billed as 'A history of humanity' told through a hundred objects from all over the world in the British Museum's collection.

In these programmes, I'm travelling back in time, and across the globe, to see how we humans over 2 million years have shaped our world and been shaped by it, and I'm going to tell this story exclusively through the things that humans have made: all sorts of things, carefully designed, and then either admired and preserved, or used, broken and thrown away. I've chosen just a hundred objects from different points on our journey, from a cooking pot to a golden galleon, from a Stone Age tool to a credit card.[7]

Telling history through things, whether it's an Egyptian mummy or a credit card, is what museums are for, and because the British Museum has collected things from all over the globe, it's not a bad place to try to tell a world history. Of course, it can only be "a" history of the world, not "the" history. When people come to the museum they choose their own objects and make their own journey round the world and through time, but I think what they will find is that their own histories quickly intersect with everybody else's, and when that happens, you no longer have a history of a particular people or nation, but a story of endless connections.[7]

Accompanying the series is a website, described by The Guardian as "even more ambitious [than the radio series itself] that encourages users to submit items of their own for a place in world history", along with much interactive content, detailed information on all the objects featured in the radio programmes and links to 350 other museum collections across the UK.[8] The radio programmes are available on the website permanently for listening or downloading.

The museum has adapted exhibitions for the series by including additional easily identifiable plaques for the 100 objects with text based on the programme and adding a section to the gallery maps showing the location and numbers of the 100 objects.

On 18 January 2010, an hour-long special of The Culture Show on BBC2 was dedicated to the launch of the project.[9]

The first part of the series was broadcast on weekdays over six weeks between 18 January and 26 February 2010. After a short break, the series returned with the seventh week being broadcast in the week beginning 17 May 2010.[10] It then took another break in the middle of July and returned on 13 September 2010, running until the 100th object was featured on Friday 22 October 2010.

Reception

Maev Kennedy of The Guardian described the programme as "a broadcasting phenomenon", while Tim Davie, head of music and audio at BBC radio, commented that "the results have been nothing short of stunning", exceeding the BBC's wildest hopes for the programme. At the time of the writing of Kennedy's article, just before the start of the last week of the series, the radio broadcasts regularly had up to four million listeners, while the podcast downloads had totalled 10,441,884. Of these, just over half, 5.7 million, were from the UK. In addition, members of the public had uploaded 3,240 objects with the largest single contribution coming from Glasgow historian Robert Pool who submitted 120 objects all relating to the City of Glasgow, and other museums a further 1,610, and 531 museums and heritage sites across the UK had been mounting linked events – an unprecedented partnership, MacGregor said. Museums all over the world are now copying the formula, as thousands of visitors every day set out to explore the British Museum galleries equipped with the leaflet mapping the objects.[11]

Writing in The Independent, Philip Hensher described the series as "perfect radio", saying "Has there ever been a more exciting, more unfailingly interesting radio series than the Radio 4/British Museum venture, A History of the World in 100 Objects? It is such a beautifully simple idea, to trace human civilisations through the objects that happen to have survived. Each programme, just 15 minutes long, focuses on just one thing, quite patiently, without dawdling. At the end, you feel that you have learnt something, and learnt it with pleasure and interest. For years to come, the BBC will be able to point to this wonderful series as an example of the things that it does best. It fulfils, to a degree that one thought hardly possible any more, the BBC's Reithian agenda of improvement and the propagation of learning and culture."[12]

Dominic Sandbrook in The Telegraph said that the "joyously highbrow" series "deserves to take its place alongside television classics such as Kenneth Clark's Civilisation and Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man."[13]

Objects

Making us human (2,000,000–9,000 BC)

"Neil MacGregor reveals the earliest objects that define us as humans."[14] First broadcast week beginning 18 January 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
1Mummy of HornedjitefEgypt300–200 BCBBCBMAmartya Sen, John Taylor
2Stone (basalt) chopping toolOlduvai Gorge, Tanzania1.8–2 million years oldBBCBMSir David Attenborough, Wangari Maathai
3Hand axeOlduvai Gorge, Tanzania1.2–1.4 million years oldBBCBMSir James Dyson, Phil Harding, Nick Ashton
4Swimming Reindeer from Montastruc rock shelterFrance13,000 years oldBBCBMThe Most Reverend Rowan Williams, Steve Mithen
5Clovis spear pointNew Mexico, USA13,000 years oldBBCBMMichael Palin, Gary Haynes

After the Ice Age: food and sex (9,000–3,000 BC)

"Why did farming start at the end of the Ice Age? Clues remain in objects left behind."[14] First broadcast week beginning 25 January 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
6Bird-shaped pestlePapua New Guinea4,000–8,000 years oldBBCBMMadhur Jaffrey, Bob Geldof, Martin Jones
7Ain Sakhri loversIsraelabout 11,000 years oldBBCBMMarc Quinn, Ian Hodder
8Clay model of cattleEgyptabout 3500 BCBBCBMFekri Hassan, Martin Jones
9Maya maize god statueHondurasAD 715BBCBMSantiago Calva, John Staller
10Jōmon potJapanabout 5000 BCBBCBMSimon Kamer, Takashi Doi

The first cities and states (4,000–2,000 BC)

"What happens as people move from villages to cities? Five objects tell the story."[14] First broadcast week beginning 1 February 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
11King Den's sandal labelEgyptabout 2,985 BCBBCBMToby Wilkinson, Steve Bell
12Standard of UrIraq2600–2400 BCBBCBMLamia Al-Gailani, Anthony Giddens
13An Indus sealPakistan2600–1900 BCBBCBMRichard Rogers, Nayanjot Lahiri
14Jadeite axefrom the Alps, found in England4000–2000 BCBBCBMMark Edmonds, Pierre Petrequin
15Early writing tabletIraq3100–3000 BCBBCBMGus O'Donnell, John Searle

The beginning of science and literature (1500–700 BC)

"4,000 years ago, societies began to express themselves through myth, maths and monuments."[14] First broadcast week beginning 8 February 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
16Flood tabletIraq700–600 BCBBCBMDavid Damrosch, Jonathan Sacks
17Rhind Mathematical PapyrusEgyptabout 1550 BCBBCBMEleanor Robson, Clive Rix
18Minoan Bull-leaperCrete1700–1450 BCBBCBMSergio Delgado, Lucy Blue
19Mold gold capeWales1900–1600 BCBBCBMMary Cahill, Marie Louise Sørensen
20Statue of Ramesses IIEgyptabout 1,250 BCBBCBMAntony Gormley, Karen Exell

Old world, new powers (1100–300 BC)

"Across the world new regimes create objects to assert their supremacy."[14] First broadcast week beginning 15 February 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
21Lachish ReliefsIraq700–692 BCBBCBMPaddy Ashdown, Antony Beevor
22Sphinx of TaharqaSudanabout 680 BCBBCBMZeinab Badawi, Derek Welsby
23Early Zhou dynasty gui ritual vesselChina1100–1000 BCBBCBMDame Jessica Rawson, Wang Tao
24Paracas TextilePeru300–200 BCBBCBMZandra Rhodes, Mary Frame
25Gold coin of CroesusTurkeyc. 550 BCBBCBMJames Buchan, Paul Craddock

The world in the age of Confucius (500–300 BC)

"Can meanings hidden in friezes and flagons tell us as much as the writings of great men?"[14] First broadcast week beginning 22 February 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
26Oxus chariot modelTajikistan500–300 BCBBCBMMichael Axworthy, Tom Holland
27Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and LapithGreeceabout 440 BCBBCBMMary Beard, Olga Palagia
28Basse Yutz FlagonsFrancec. 450 BCBBCBMJonathan Meades, Barry Cunliffe
29Olmec stone maskMexico900–400 BCBBCBMCarlos Fuentes, Karl Taube
30Chinese bronze bellChina500–400 BCBBCBMDame Evelyn Glennie, Isabel Hilton

Empire builders (300 BC – AD 1)

"Neil MacGregor continues his global history told through objects. This week he is with the great rulers of the world around 2,000 years ago."[15] First broadcast week beginning 17 May 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
31Coin of Lysimachus with head of AlexanderTurkey305–281 BCBBCBMAndrew Marr, Robin Lane Fox
32Pillar of AshokaIndiaabout 238 BCBBCBMAmartya Sen, Michael Rutland
33The Rosetta StoneEgypt196 BCBBCBMDorothy Thompson, Ahdaf Soueif
34Chinese Han lacquer cupChinaAD 4BBCBMRoel Sterckx, Isabel Hilton
35Meroë Head or Head of AugustusSudan27–25 BCBBCBMBoris Johnson, Susan Walker

Ancient pleasures, modern spice (AD 1–600)

"Neil MacGregor explores the ways in which people sought pleasure 2,000 years ago."[14] First broadcast week beginning 24 May 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
36The Warren CupIsraelAD 5–15BBCBMBettany Hughes, James Davidson
37North American otter pipeUSA200 BC – AD 100BBCBMTony Benn, Gabrielle Tayac
38Ceremonial ballgame beltMexicoAD 100–500BBCBMNick Hornby, Michael Whittington
39Admonitions ScrollChinaAD 500–800BBCBMShane McCausland, Charles Powell
40Hoxne pepper potEnglandAD 350–400BBCBMChristine McFadden, Roberta Tomber

The rise of world faiths (AD 200–600)

"Neil MacGregor explores how and when many great religious images came into existence."[14] First broadcast week beginning 31 May 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
41Seated Buddha from GandharaPakistanAD 100–300BBCBMClaudine Bautze-Picron, Thupten Jinpa
42Gold coin of Kumaragupta IIndiaAD 415–450BBCBMRomila Thapar, Shaunaka Rishi Das
43Silver plate showing Shapur IIIranAD 309–379BBCBMTom Holland, Guitty Azarpay
44Hinton St Mary MosaicEnglandAD 300 – 400BBCBMDame Averil Cameron, Eamonn Duffy
45Arabian bronze handYemenAD 100–300BBCBMJeremy Field, Philip Jenkins

The Silk Road and beyond (AD 400–700)

"Five objects from the British Museum tell the story of the movement of goods and ideas."[14] First broadcast week beginning 7 June 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
46Gold coins of Abd al-MalikSyriaAD 696–697BBCBMMadawi Al-Rasheed, Hugh Kennedy
47Sutton Hoo helmetEnglandAD 600–700BBCBMSeamus Heaney, Angus Wainwright
48Moche warrior potPeruAD 100–700BBCBMGrayson Perry, Steve Bourget
49Korean roof tileKoreaAD 700–800BBCBMJane Portal, Choe Kwang Shik
50Silk princess paintingChinaAD 600–800BBCBMYo Yo Ma, Colin Thubron

Inside the palace: secrets at court (AD 700–950)

"Neil MacGregor gets an insight into the lives of the ruling elites 1200 years ago."[14] First broadcast week beginning 14 June 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
51Yaxchilan Lintel 24, Maya relief of royal blood-lettingMexicoAD 700–750BBCBMSusie Orbach, Virginia Fields
52Harem wall painting fragmentsIraqAD 800–900BBCBMRobert Irwin, Amira Bennison
53Lothair Crystalprobably GermanyAD 855–869BBCBMLord Bingham, Rosamund McKitterick
54Statue of TaraSri LankaAD 700–900BBCBMRichard Gombrich, Nira Wickramasinghe
55Chinese Tang tomb figures, specifically the Tang dynasty tomb figures of Liu TingxunChinaabout AD 728BBCBMAnthony Howard, Oliver Moore

Pilgrims, raiders and traders (AD 900–1300)

"How trade, war and religion moved objects around the globe 1000 years ago."[14] First broadcast week beginning 21 June 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
56Vale of York HoardEnglandabout AD 927BBCBMMichael Wood, David and Andrew Whelan
57Hedwig glass beakerprobably SyriaAD 1100–1200BBCBMJonathan Riley-Smith, David Abulafia
58Japanese bronze mirrorJapanAD 1100–1200BBCBMIan Buruma, Harada Masayuki
59Borobudur Buddha headJavaAD 780–840BBCBMStephen Bachelor, Nigel Barley
60Kilwa pot sherdsTanzaniaAD 900–1400BBCBMBertram Mapunda, Abdulrazek Gurnah

Status symbols (AD 1200–1400)

"Neil MacGregor examines objects which hold status and required skilful making."[14] First broadcast week beginning 28 June 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
61Lewis Chessmenprobably made in Norway, found in ScotlandAD 1150–1200BBCBMMartin Amis, Miri Rubin
62Hebrew astrolabeSpainAD 1345–1355BBCBMSir John Elliott, Silke Ackermann
63Bronze Head from IfeNigeriaAD 1400–1500BBCBMBen Okri, Babatunde Lawal
64The David VasesChinaAD 1351BBCBMJenny Uglow, Craig Clunas
65Taino Ritual SeatSanto Domingo, CaribbeanAD 1200–1500BBCBMJose Oliver, Gabriel Haslip-Viera

Meeting the gods (AD 1200–1400)

"Objects from the British Museum show how the faithful were brought closer to their gods."[14] First broadcast week beginning 5 July 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
66Holy Thorn ReliquaryFranceAD 1350–1400BBCBMSister Benedicta Ward, Right Reverend Arthur Roche
67Icon of the Triumph of OrthodoxyTurkeyAD 1350–1400BBCBMBill Viola, Diarmaid MacCulloch
68Shiva and Parvati sculptureIndiaAD 1100–1300BBCBMShaunaka Rishi Das, Karen Armstrong
69Sculpture of TlazolteotlMexicoAD 900 – 1521BBCBMMarina Warner, Kim Richter
70Hoa Hakananai'aEaster IslandAD 1000–1200BBCBMSir Anthony Caro, Steve Hooper

The threshold of the modern world (AD 1375–1550)

"Neil MacGregor explores the great empires of the world in the threshold of the modern era."[14] First broadcast week beginning 13 September 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
71Tughra of Suleiman the MagnificentTurkeyAD 1520–1566BBCBMElif Şafak, Caroline Finkel
72Ming banknoteChinaAD 1375BBCBMMervyn King, Timothy Brook
73Inca gold llamaPeruabout AD 1500BBCBMJared Diamond, Gabriel Ramon
74Jade dragon cupCentral Asiaabout AD 1420–49BBCBMBeatrice Forbes Manz, Hamid Ismailov
75Dürer's RhinocerosGermanyAD 1515BBCBMMark Pilgrim, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

The first global economy (AD 1450–1600)

"Neil MacGregor traces the impact of travel, trade and conquest from 1450 to 1600."[14] First broadcast 20 September 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
76Mechanical GalleonGermanyc. 1585BBCBMLisa Jardine, Christopher Dobbs
77Benin plaque: the oba with EuropeansNigeria16th centuryBBCBMSokari Douglas Camp, Wole Soyinka
78Double-headed serpentMexico15th–16th centuryBBCBMRebecca Stacey, Adriana Diaz-Enciso
79Kakiemon elephantsJapanlate 17th centuryBBCBMMiranda Rock, Sakaida Kakiemon XIV
80Pieces of eightfrom Spain, found in BoliviaAD 1589–1598BBCBMTuti Prado, William J. Bernstein

Tolerance and intolerance (AD 1550–1700)

"Neil MacGregor tells how the great religions lived together in the C16th and C17th."[14] First broadcast week beginning 27 September 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
81Shi'a religious parade standardIranLate 17th century BBCBMHaleh Afshar, Hossein Pourtahmasbi
82Miniature of a Mughal princeIndiaabout AD 1610BBCBMAsok Kumar Das, Aman Nath
83Shadow puppet of BimaJava1600–1800BBCBMMr Sumarsam, Tash Aw
84Mexican codex mapMexicoLate 16th century BBCBMSamuel Edgerton, Fernando Cervantes
85Reformation centenary broadsheetGermanyAD 1617BBCBMKaren Armstrong, Ian Hislop

Exploration, exploitation and enlightenment (AD 1680–1820)

"Neil MacGregor on the misunderstandings that can happen when different worlds collide."[14] First broadcast 4 October 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
86Akan Drumfrom Africa, found in the USA18th centuryBBCBMBonnie Greer, Anthony Appiah
87Hawaiian feathered helmetHawaii18th centuryBBCBMNicholas Thomas, Kyle Nakanelua
88North American buckskin mapUSA1774-5BBCBMMalcolm Lewis, David Edmunds
89Australian bark shieldAustralia1770BBCBMPhil Gordon, Maria Nugent
90Jade bi with poemChina1790BBCBMJonathan Spence, Yang Lian

Mass production, mass persuasion (AD 1780–1914)

"How industrialisation, mass politics and imperial ambitions changed the world."[14] First broadcast week beginning 11 October 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
91Ship's chronometer from HMS BeagleEngland1795–1805BBCBMNigel Thrift, Steve Jones
92Early Victorian tea setEngland1840–1845BBCBMCelina Fox, Monique Simmonds
93Hokusai's The Great Wave off KanagawaJapanc. 1829–32BBCBMChristine Guth, Donald Keene
94Sudanese slit drumSudan19th centuryBBCBMDominic Green, Zeinab Badawi
95Suffragette-defaced pennyEngland1903BBCBMFelicity Powell, Helena Kennedy

The world of our making (AD 1914–2010)

"Neil MacGregor explores aspects of sexual, political and economic history of recent times."[14] First broadcast week beginning 18 October 2010.

ImageNumberObjectOriginDateBBC websiteBM websiteAdditional contributors
96"Kapital", a Russian Revolutionary Plate designed by Mikhail AdamovichRussia1921BBCBMEric Hobsbawm, Mikhail Piotrovsky
See
In the dull village
97Hockney's In the dull villageEngland1966BBCBMShami Chakrabarti, David Hockney
98Throne of WeaponsMozambique2001BBCBMKofi Annan, Bishop Dinis Sengulane
99Sharia-compliant Visa credit cardUnited Arab Emirates2009BBCBMMervyn King, Razi Fakih
100Solar-powered lamp and chargerChina2010BBCBMNick Stern, Aloka Sarder, Boniface Nyamu

Special editions

A special radio programme on Radio 4, first broadcast on 18 May 2011, featured one of the many thousands of items nominated on the BBC website by members of the public as an object of special significance.[16] The object chosen to be featured on the programme was an oil painting depicting a young woman that was nominated by Peter Lewis. The painting, which belonged to Lewis' uncle, Bryn Roberts, was painted from a postcard photograph of Roberts' girlfriend (and later wife), Peggy Gullup, by an anonymous Jewish artist for Roberts whilst he was a prisoner of war at Auschwitz in Poland.[17][18]

Another special programme was broadcast on 25 December 2020. Neil MacGregor and a roundtable of guests discussed adding a 101st object to represent how the world has changed in the past decade since the end of the original series.[19] The objects ultimately chosen were the British Museum's collection of 'Dark Water, Burning World' sculptures by Syrian-British artist Issam Kourbaj. They depict small, fragile boats filled with matchsticks - representing the plight of refugees of the Syrian Civil War in particular and migrants in general.

Art Fund Prize

The British Museum won the 2011 Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries for its part in the A History of the World in 100 Objects series. The prize, worth £100,000, was presented to the museum by Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, in a ceremony at London on 15 June 2011.[20]

The chairman of the panel of judges, Michael Portillo, noted that the judges were "particularly impressed by the truly global scope of the British Museum's project, which combined intellectual rigour and open heartedness, and went far beyond the boundaries of the museum's walls".[21] The judges were also very impressed by the way that the project used digital media in ground-breaking and novel ways to interact with audiences.[21]

Touring exhibition

During 2016 and 2017 a touring exhibition of many of the one hundred objects, also titled History of the World in 100 Objects, was held in a number of countries and territories, including Australia, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, and China (first at the National Museum of China in Beijing, and then at Shanghai Museum).[22][23] Due to the conditions encountered while touring different countries some exhibits had to be returned to the British Museum for maintenance during tour, and were replaced by other objects from the British Museum collections. Some controversial exhibits were excluded from the exhibition in some countries. Object 90 (Jade bi with poem) was not included in the exhibition held in China because it may have been looted from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing. In addition, a piece of Chinese brocade that had been included in the touring exhibition elsewhere was not included in the exhibition in China because it was collected from the Mogao Caves by Aurel Stein under controversial circumstances.[23]

See also

References

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  18. Jessica Elgot (19 May 2011). "He put colour in her cheeks: did her smile save his life?". Jewish Chronicle.
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