I attended a service at St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in Edinburgh fifty years ago. My American friend and I were introduced to Cardinal Gray and he was kind enough to allow us to view embroideries by Mary Queen of Scots. They were beautifully done.
@@TheMuseumGuideI have some napkins that my grandmother purchased in Ceylon. She lived there in the 1920s. Men came to her door to sell her linens and garments.
On a visit to London in 2016 I inadvertently came across these pieces of damage. I appreciate the fact it was chosen to remain. On each visit Ive tried to imagine what it may have been like to live during WW2. Terrifying !!
I love museums and you do a good job of picking items for a relaxed curated sample rather than trying to run down every hall but never really see anything. I'll definitely check out the rest of your channel, thanks be to the algorithm for bringing me here. The Topkapi palace museums are fabulous, of course, but the one full of fun weird stuff is the room of religious relics. The caliphate collected robes, staffs, hair, whatever came along if it had a story about belonging to any ancient biblical character. I think they had the remains of the apple Eve handed Adam... it was that believable. But kooky fun!
Oh my gosh, yes! She does tours at just the right pace. I like to watch Jacob, The Carpetbagger because he goes to museums a lot.... I love his tours, but when he went to a Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum, I had to put him on pause a lot just to see the shakers!
Mum and i made pomander balls every christmas with oranges and cloves. Fantastic videos, i watched two and subbed. Very interesting and informing. I am british but sadly no longer live there so it really is so enjoyable for me to see and learn about these places some of which i have been to years ago. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this great video..I lived in London for a few years in the late 80s and The Victoria and Albert was one of my favourite museums. .you brought back so many great memories . 👑
Have you ever heard of the Shrine of the Holy Relics, in Maria Stein, OH, USA? The shrine itself is gorgeous. It's bedecked with relics all over it. There is a directory that tells you where the various relics are located and what saint to which they belonged. There is also a museum about the Society of the Prescious Blood. This site was a convent. It even has covered cloisters! It is well worth seeing. It's in the middle of a part of rural Ohio settled by German and French Catholics.
@@TheMuseumGuide I used to live near there and visited it several times. It would definitely fill your need for the odd and macabre. The nun's chapel has hand painted walls with angels and the like. The museum had quite a collection of antique dolls and you know how those can be! That entire area of Ohio has a whole lot of Catholic churches built and decorated by a family that were from Carthagena OH, in the 19th century. They are all designed to look like European cathedrals, but on a smaller scale. They are full of hand painted walls, statues and stained glass. Some are very small and others are quite large. Some have been modernized, but many are original in decoration. They are located as far north as Glandorf, as far south as Sidney and Russia and as far west as Trinity IN. All are worth a visit.
Loved your video! I once lived at the tip of the triangle made up of the Brompton & Fulham Roads, in a flat with perfect views of posh weddings held at the Brompton Oratory, which was the view that filled all our living room's HUGE windows. Very. Heaven. It was just a short block west to go to Thurloe Square Garden, where I imagine Sir Henry Cole and his dog Jimmy spent many summer hours walking the winding paths through the two-block garden or enjoying a cigar on a secluded bench before crossing the road to the museum. There's a Blue Plaque on a huge corner house that was Cole's home for many years. The house is the first one on the northeast side of Thurloe Square, across from the neighbors-only, locked gate gardens, wild with greenery and flowers--we felt blessed to have a key, though I hate the exclusionary thing they do so well in big cities. I am rambling -- your video woke up so many memories of when I was 30-something, free to wander while my daughter was at school, and the V&A was free. I had read that William Morris declared that NO one had spent more hours in the V&A than he, and I was determined to beat his record (which was impossible but still...). It was open till 8 and the cafe was inexpensive and excellent; I could go there for coffee n the morning, pick my daughter up from school on Queensgate and take her there for a snack and a wander-round. She was very game about competing with Morris; we both knew that there was a lifetime of things to examine in that magnificent cathedral to the decorative arts, and in fact, I was so inspired by everything I saw there--especially the exhibitions--that all my decorations, crafts, and artwork owe their existence to that museum. I would have included the Beasts of Dacre, and the crazy 18th-century wide dress, which forced architects to change the size of doors in the aristo palaces so the ladies could steer the 4 feet-wide skirts of their dresses without too much comedy. I would love for you to do a video on The Old Operating Museum, in Guy's Hospital, which has an early 19th-century operating room and a few rooms displaying many of the ghastly medical equipment used in the grim past. It's not everyone's cuppa but I loved it. Thanks for the video and your channel, and sorry for gassing on like this. Ah England, that green and pleasant land. I miss it more than you can imagine.
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment and sharing your stories! I do love the Beasts of Dacre- it didn’t occur to me to include them! If you watch my video about the strangest museums in London, I included the Old Operating Theatre. :)
I've been fascinated with antiques, oddities, the cabinets of curiosities since reading about them and seeing woodcuts at about age 7 or 8 (I spent many hours in my church's library, which had a ton of very old books on every subject imaginable, including a few multi-volume 18th century sets on antiquarianism -- Which was kind of a combination of archeology, history, naturalism and antique collecting). I even attempted to make a couple of my own as a preteen, using old wooden TV-stand cupboards and a few of those small parts chests with 100 little drawers. Apparently I've been a giant nerd from birth. EDIT: And I'd seriously buy a copy/replica of that cow head!
Osteoma: My first husband had a genetic condition that caused numerous osteomas throughout his body. The one in that ox head is close to the size of one removed from his leg. So I doubt its from a whale!
@@TheMuseumGuide lovely rumour-mongering. and you with tinkling bells as you tour... you are a delight of variability! I found myself intrigued and entranced. I had to subscribe.
@@TheMuseumGuide - I just came upon your channel 15 minutes ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Have you toured the British Museum? I’d love to see their Egyptian collection. Thank you from 🇨🇦!
I so love the V&A and go there every time I'm in London. I'll have to take one of your tours as I always spend most of my time with the clothing section.
I really liked the living chandelier! And thank you for a possible Christmas idea for my young neighbours: Their very own cabinets of curiosity! (I've been wondering what the fancy jewelry boxes I see in thrift stores could be used for, instead of jewelry...) There's a store in Hamilton, Ontario, called "Cabinet of Curiosities", specializing in the strange and unusual. I've not yet been, sadly.
I loved the reliquaries. I always find those a fascinating topic and would love to see more of those. If you're interested in the medieval reliquary business I recommend reading Furta Sacra by Patrick Geary. I really liked the embroideries by Mary too!
I had the joy of going to the A&V museum. If anyone has an answer to this please let me know. There were coffins with knights with their left legs bent. Why it was carved with intention?
As a child the art books my parents had contained the David with leaf. When my mother explainedsex to me…nit very well…I thought leaf was the body part and decided I wanted nothing to with THAT!
We just cover ourselves in scents now. No need for containers. I wonder what we do now that will look odd in the future? Already things were common in the 1950s through the 1980s seem odd to young people today.
@@TheMuseumGuide There are still relics in some of the objects. When the V&A redisplayed the galleries they worked with input from the church to make sure they were treated in accordance with church rules. Many relics are held outside churches.
The automaton is a statement against colonialism by the Raj. It's not "whimsical". You come from a colonized country, that is Canada. Racism and misogyny was at its high then. Unless you are from Saskatoon, then no shade, you are perfectly divine.
I am so happy TH-cam put you in my path. I loved your video. Thank you and now I’m a new fan, time to binge your videos. I love museums when I travelled, the oddities were my favourite. I really liked the information about the bombing from WW2 and the little dogs. Things that most people don’t see or give notice are my favourites. 😊 I can’t help but feel we’ve met before too. Strange and cool all at the same time. Keep up the fantastic work. I’m lovin’ it! Love and respect from Calgary, Alberta Canada 🇨🇦 🫰🏼
Thank you so much! Messages like yours make this so worthwhile. I think you'll like the next video (most macabre things in London churches) - trying to get it ready for tomorrow!
love it, one of my favorite museums, just odd enough to feel like a real old time museum...BUT my favorite odd museum, is the "Bone museum" in Paris. Near the zoo (another oddity as the animals are housed in fairy cages), there is the regular modern Museum of Natural History, and across from the McDonalds, the VINTAGE NO ONE HAS CHANGED A THING, museum. It's basically ALL BONES and there is a skull of the DEVIL you are allowed to sit with and sort of wear the skull on your head for photos. DO NOT MISS the back staircase down to the gift shop where there is a fabulous Tree of Life lamp, where you push buttons and learn about the different branches of how life developed. (no one ever sees it!) You may need to do two videos. Everything in this museum, is strange.
I recently found your channel while surfing YT and am so thankful that I did. You are fabulous. I have also always been fascinated with the macabre and bizarre, ever since I was a very little child. I had a thing with graveyards when I was a toddler, and would ask my parents and other adults the weirdest questions. They all thought I was a very strange child. I was, admittedly! Now, I am a strange adult. I am sure most people still find me to be rather bizarre and perhaps slightly macabre in my thinking. It is always so special when you find someone who shares your passion for the strange, odd and macabre, and I am absolutely addicted to your channel now. I just can't get enough! ( yes, a Depeche Mode reference and further proof of my bizarre thinking process ). Please keep up the great research, and keep touring all the different museums throughout London and England in general. I so want to go to England and perhaps one day, I shall. However, I am afraid that if I do, I won't return to the USA. At least for a long time. Yes, there is History here in the USA, but it doesn't compare to what there is to be found in England and Europe. My partner is the curator of our local museum, so I am well versed in History and it is my favourite subject. I have been encouraging him to start our own 'bizarre and macabre' collection at that museum, and am planning on using some objects and artefacts from my own collection. Thank you so much for another fabulous tour and thank you most of all, for sharing with us all. All the best to you and your family, Jessica.
"Whimsically macabre". Brilliant. And I'd love to get my hands on a breathing chandelier! Thank you for another entertaining and decidedly odd episode!
This is such a great presentation. I enjoy your personality and the way in which you bring these intriguing artifacts to life. I have been to the V&A several times but your video was full of things I had never seen. I look forward to following for more.
You are a wonderful hostess. You add you charming personality without making yourself the center of attention. In short, you embellish the story instead of taking it over. It is a hard balancing act. I love history in all forms, and you have really done your homework. Keep up the good work. Cheers and Blessings
Fear based objects..used to ward off bad spells and tragedy..this idea makes for interesting History. I LOVE history! I had an inspiring History teacher in 5th grade. Her name was Ms. Keller. She taught us all about the Middle Ages. She made it interesting! What a GREAT TEACHER! We got right down to business making Dioramas of Notre Dame, what a great classroom that was. 11 years old.
We loved the V&A museum in 2011. The cast courts were amazing. We enjoyed the special free guided tours. The Great Bed was cool. We toured the museum all day and only saw less than half.
Tipu Sultan was not defeated and killed by the British Army but by the forces of the British East India Company in alliance with the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad, not exactly the same thing.
Very good point! That said, they were so heavily backed by the government that they might as well have been the same thing! Many of the artefacts are held at British military museums.
While in Paris, the CLUNY is a must. You need to look UP in the chapel inside and see the "tinkers rabbits" or three rabbits with only three ears between them, it's a sort of optical illusion. A lot of people miss it but anyone working there can point it out to you.
I was actually just reading about this pagan rabbit symbols! They occur throughout the UK as well. Apparently they’re all over the world! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_hares I will definitely go to the Cluny next time I am in Paris.
The monastery museumin Kremsmunster Austria has a number of intesting artifacts including Ottoman weapons captured by Austrian forces and a fish hatchery with designed by the architect of the Summer Palace in Vienna
about 9:00 into the vlog : youtube, Cathy Hay, peacock dress. Some controversy about her attempt to recreate a famous dress a couple of years ago using same beetle.
I knew the Victorian's were weird but this is rediculous I've been interested in oddies, strange stuff and people, the supernatural and historical but this is interesting I've always wanted to see the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia
Jessica. Would you provide me with a list of all your videos. It is difficult for this old 82 year old guy to with little or very little computer knowledge to search the web.
well personally i think the tiger should be gifted back to india but, that said knowing the management of museums in 3rd world countries i also think the tiger is in the best place it could be for the time being until museums in these countries get 21st century tech to preserve their objects only then must it go back.
I live about 20 minutes away I love visiting all of the museums in South Kensington I,m there a few times a week there's always things you might have missed on previous visits
On my first trip to London, I stayed in South Kensington specifically to see the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. I wasn't too keen on seeing the V & A because it is usually advertised as a "design museum", and that's not really my thing. But I had a free day, so I decided to go anyway, and man I'm glad I did. It turned out to be my favorite of all the museums I visited that trip. I ended up going back 3 more times to see everything I could.
I visited the V&A only once when I was in my 20s. There were so many things to see that my visit was quite frustrating. I haven't had the opportunity to go back since but I’d love to, with a more educated eye.
I was there once, sometime between 2000 and 2005. There was a bomb scare, and we all had to exit the museum. That made it memorable, but I liked the museum even without the extra excitement.
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The authentic embroidery from Mary is amazing. I was previously unaware of its existence. Thank you!
Isn’t it wonderful? So happy you enjoyed it.
I attended a service at St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in Edinburgh fifty years ago. My American friend and I were introduced to Cardinal Gray and he was kind enough to allow us to view embroideries by Mary Queen of Scots. They were beautifully done.
@@TheMuseumGuideI have some napkins that my grandmother purchased in Ceylon. She lived there in the 1920s. Men came to her door to sell her linens and garments.
On a visit to London in 2016 I inadvertently came across these pieces of damage. I appreciate the fact it was chosen to remain. On each visit Ive tried to imagine what it may have been like to live during WW2. Terrifying !!
It is such a dark time in our history. Thank you for watching!
I love museums and you do a good job of picking items for a relaxed curated sample rather than trying to run down every hall but never really see anything. I'll definitely check out the rest of your channel, thanks be to the algorithm for bringing me here.
The Topkapi palace museums are fabulous, of course, but the one full of fun weird stuff is the room of religious relics. The caliphate collected robes, staffs, hair, whatever came along if it had a story about belonging to any ancient biblical character. I think they had the remains of the apple Eve handed Adam... it was that believable. But kooky fun!
Oh, cool! I’ve been to Istanbul but I didn’t tour Topkapi. I will next time! Thank you for your compliments. :)
Oh my gosh, yes! She does tours at just the right pace. I like to watch Jacob, The Carpetbagger because he goes to museums a lot.... I love his tours, but when he went to a Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum, I had to put him on pause a lot just to see the shakers!
I love the host's personality.
That's honestly the kindest compliment I could ever recieve!
I abhor her appearance! UGLY!
It is amazing that a piece as old as that candlestick actually survived intact.
It’s so awe-inspiring. 😯
Mum and i made pomander balls every christmas with oranges and cloves. Fantastic videos, i watched two and subbed. Very interesting and informing. I am british but sadly no longer live there so it really is so enjoyable for me to see and learn about these places some of which i have been to years ago. Thank you.
For a truly oddity fuelled museum experience, I recommend the Museum of Hygiene in Dresden.
Oh, YES PLEASE! I love medical museums. I can't wait to feature them more on my channel!
Thank you so much for this great video..I lived in London for a few years in the late 80s and The Victoria and Albert was one of my favourite museums. .you brought back so many great memories . 👑
You’re very welcome!
Have you ever heard of the Shrine of the Holy Relics, in Maria Stein, OH, USA? The shrine itself is gorgeous. It's bedecked with relics all over it. There is a directory that tells you where the various relics are located and what saint to which they belonged. There is also a museum about the Society of the Prescious Blood. This site was a convent. It even has covered cloisters! It is well worth seeing. It's in the middle of a part of rural Ohio settled by German and French Catholics.
This sounds right up my alley. I need to visit!
@@TheMuseumGuide I used to live near there and visited it several times. It would definitely fill your need for the odd and macabre. The nun's chapel has hand painted walls with angels and the like. The museum had quite a collection of antique dolls and you know how those can be! That entire area of Ohio has a whole lot of Catholic churches built and decorated by a family that were from Carthagena OH, in the 19th century. They are all designed to look like European cathedrals, but on a smaller scale. They are full of hand painted walls, statues and stained glass. Some are very small and others are quite large. Some have been modernized, but many are original in decoration. They are located as far north as Glandorf, as far south as Sidney and Russia and as far west as Trinity IN. All are worth a visit.
Ooh, that's just a couple of hours from me (I'm in the Toledo area.) I'll have to check it out.
Loved your video! I once lived at the tip of the triangle made up of the Brompton & Fulham Roads, in a flat with perfect views of posh weddings held at the Brompton Oratory, which was the view that filled all our living room's HUGE windows. Very. Heaven. It was just a short block west to go to Thurloe Square Garden, where I imagine Sir Henry Cole and his dog Jimmy spent many summer hours walking the winding paths through the two-block garden or enjoying a cigar on a secluded bench before crossing the road to the museum. There's a Blue Plaque on a huge corner house that was Cole's home for many years. The house is the first one on the northeast side of Thurloe Square, across from the neighbors-only, locked gate gardens, wild with greenery and flowers--we felt blessed to have a key, though I hate the exclusionary thing they do so well in big cities. I am rambling -- your video woke up so many memories of when I was 30-something, free to wander while my daughter was at school, and the V&A was free. I had read that William Morris declared that NO one had spent more hours in the V&A than he, and I was determined to beat his record (which was impossible but still...). It was open till 8 and the cafe was inexpensive and excellent; I could go there for coffee n the morning, pick my daughter up from school on Queensgate and take her there for a snack and a wander-round. She was very game about competing with Morris; we both knew that there was a lifetime of things to examine in that magnificent cathedral to the decorative arts, and in fact, I was so inspired by everything I saw there--especially the exhibitions--that all my decorations, crafts, and artwork owe their existence to that museum. I would have included the Beasts of Dacre, and the crazy 18th-century wide dress, which forced architects to change the size of doors in the aristo palaces so the ladies could steer the 4 feet-wide skirts of their dresses without too much comedy. I would love for you to do a video on The Old Operating Museum, in Guy's Hospital, which has an early 19th-century operating room and a few rooms displaying many of the ghastly medical equipment used in the grim past. It's not everyone's cuppa but I loved it. Thanks for the video and your channel, and sorry for gassing on like this. Ah England, that green and pleasant land. I miss it more than you can imagine.
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment and sharing your stories! I do love the Beasts of Dacre- it didn’t occur to me to include them!
If you watch my video about the strangest museums in London, I included the Old Operating Theatre. :)
I've been fascinated with antiques, oddities, the cabinets of curiosities since reading about them and seeing woodcuts at about age 7 or 8 (I spent many hours in my church's library, which had a ton of very old books on every subject imaginable, including a few multi-volume 18th century sets on antiquarianism -- Which was kind of a combination of archeology, history, naturalism and antique collecting). I even attempted to make a couple of my own as a preteen, using old wooden TV-stand cupboards and a few of those small parts chests with 100 little drawers. Apparently I've been a giant nerd from birth. EDIT: And I'd seriously buy a copy/replica of that cow head!
Loved this!
Thank you! Happy to have you here.
I collect stuff from my travels. I love the tiger toy. ❤
I just subscribed! I’m a member of a wonderful community of vintage and antiques. Thank you so much for going far, far back!! ♥️🐩
You are so welcome!
This was so wonderful thank you for the tour!
You're very welcome! Lovely to have you as a subscriber!
There are samples of Mary's needlework in Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh.
I've never been to Holyrood! I need to head up to Scotland again soon - I love it there.
Really enjoying your films.
Thank you!
Wonderfully interesting thankyou 😊
Fantastic tour, Thank You ❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Lovely to have you hear on my channel.
Osteoma: My first husband had a genetic condition that caused numerous osteomas throughout his body. The one in that ox head is close to the size of one removed from his leg. So I doubt its from a whale!
Wow! Did you show him the video?
@@TheMuseumGuide I would - but he passed. Not from the osteomas though.
@@suzannecooke2055 Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that! I misread your initial message.
I'm sorry to hear about your husband and what he went through.
Well done video commentary, Jessica The Museum Guide.
Thank you kindly!
I'd love to see some of queen Elizabeth's gowns
I've heard rumours that King Charles III will turn Balmoral into a museum dedicated to QEII - if so, I will be there with bells on!
@@TheMuseumGuide lovely rumour-mongering. and you with tinkling bells as you tour... you are a delight of variability! I found myself intrigued and entranced.
I had to subscribe.
The museums in London are amazing! I would love to be fifty years younger and able to trawel!
I'm glad I can help you visit virtually? What other museums would you like to see?
@Susan: I’m in the same boat; totally understand!
@@TheMuseumGuide - I just came upon your channel 15 minutes ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Have you toured the British Museum? I’d love to see their Egyptian collection. Thank you from 🇨🇦!
@@elaineculbert8594 Yes, I have two BM videos. :)
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I so love the V&A and go there every time I'm in London. I'll have to take one of your tours as I always spend most of my time with the clothing section.
There is so much to see! I'd love to guide you in the future.
I really liked the living chandelier! And thank you for a possible Christmas idea for my young neighbours: Their very own cabinets of curiosity! (I've been wondering what the fancy jewelry boxes I see in thrift stores could be used for, instead of jewelry...) There's a store in Hamilton, Ontario, called "Cabinet of Curiosities", specializing in the strange and unusual. I've not yet been, sadly.
You are so welcome! That's a great idea for kids - they can really get involved.
I really enjoyed it! Thanks you
You’re very welcome! Thanks so much for watching.
I just discovered you an I love your videos an you!! You explain so much! An I love your tattoos 😍
Thank you so much!!
Love your channel. Best to you, patrick
Thank you, Patrick!
How sweet of you to respond. 😀
I loved the reliquaries. I always find those a fascinating topic and would love to see more of those. If you're interested in the medieval reliquary business I recommend reading Furta Sacra by Patrick Geary. I really liked the embroideries by Mary too!
Must visit the V&A when next in London
I recommend the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff (if you haven't already covered it)..
Thank you! I haven't done it, but I do love Cardiff. Happy to go back!
I had the joy of going to the A&V museum. If anyone has an answer to this please let me know. There were coffins with knights with their left legs bent. Why it was carved with intention?
Sorry for just getting to this now! This was called the Templar posture, and it signifies vows of humility and poverty.
Love this ❤
Depending on when Victoria saw the statue, she probably just compared it unfavourably to Albert!
Well, we all know what big fan she was of what Albert was packing!
I remember people back in the 50s used to have fake shrunken heads, it was cool for them.
The British Museum recently repatriated hundreds of Māori shrunken heads!
Thanks!
Thank you so much, Linda!
Fabulous!
As a child the art books my parents had contained the David with leaf. When my mother explainedsex to me…nit very well…I thought leaf was the body part and decided I wanted nothing to with THAT!
We just cover ourselves in scents now. No need for containers. I wonder what we do now that will look odd in the future? Already things were common in the 1950s through the 1980s seem odd to young people today.
Absolutely. There’s even a Y2K room at the Museum of the Home!
14:49 She did really good on the elephant!
I agree!
Tipu’s personal symbol was also a tiger, he had it included in all of his regalia.
I think I did know this - thank you for reminding me! That makes this object even more meaninful.
Thank you, from south africa 🇿🇦
You're very welcome!
Beautiful building and its history and wired content explained with great knowledge.
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Thank you!
Very interesting
Thank you!
I'm amazed you don't refer to the snake headed seated figure beside the statue of David ???
There’s so many wonderful objects! This video could be 4 hours long. Thanks for watching!
The first home air purifier. Kewl.
Victoria probably thought David was sexy. She often went on about handsome men in letters some of which are quite surprising.
What a saucy gal!
Good old Great Grandma Vicky!
My whole house is a cabinet.
GOALS! I’d love to see it.
Where have st antigus's relics gone?
I’m not familiar with them?
I feel sorry for poor David... He got less than a cocktail weiner. Philadelphia USA
Honor, you've really made me laugh!
I dunno, there's a lot to be said for elasticity!
Beatle wings like “these”. Not “ these ones”.
Potato / potato! Thanks for watching
Where the people whom collected these curious objects men? Real, or artificial?
Mostly men, historically! But the collection is varied.
If there are any relics still in those reliquaries they need to be returned to the catholic church. We catholics still honor & venerate saints relics
I’m not sure if they still have their relics, but the museum holds many Catholic objects!
@@TheMuseumGuide There are still relics in some of the objects. When the V&A redisplayed the galleries they worked with input from the church to make sure they were treated in accordance with church rules. Many relics are held outside churches.
@@bogarte7185 thank you so just for this info! Do you know where I can read more?
p.m.I have the 6th King Geo necklace. Does anyone have it?< Buyer for him
Ok!
Yes, I have the medal of King Geo, King VI, is itWho will take it from me in exchange for my money?
What is the statue to the left of David? Reptilian dressed like a person?@28;10
It’s just a helmet.
Oh! Now I see it> Thanks@@TheMuseumGuide
Other than yourself ??
To quote Lydia Deetz, “I myself am strange and unusual.”
The automaton is a statement against colonialism by the Raj. It's not "whimsical". You come from a colonized country, that is Canada. Racism and misogyny was at its high then. Unless you are from Saskatoon, then no shade, you are perfectly divine.
It can be both a statement against colonisation (don’t I say he deserved it? I can’t remember) AND whimsical.
Things can be more than one dimensional.
@@TheMuseumGuide very true, I take your point
I am so happy TH-cam put you in my path. I loved your video. Thank you and now I’m a new fan, time to binge your videos. I love museums when I travelled, the oddities were my favourite. I really liked the information about the bombing from WW2 and the little dogs. Things that most people don’t see or give notice are my favourites. 😊 I can’t help but feel we’ve met before too. Strange and cool all at the same time. Keep up the fantastic work. I’m lovin’ it! Love and respect from Calgary, Alberta Canada 🇨🇦 🫰🏼
Thank you so much! Messages like yours make this so worthwhile.
I think you'll like the next video (most macabre things in London churches) - trying to get it ready for tomorrow!
Really loved your choice of objects. Excellent balance of facts and intrigue. I look forward to more history through objects!
Glad you enjoyed it! I think you'll like my next video - Most Macabre and Interesting Objects in London Churches.
@@TheMuseumGuide I look forward to it!
love it, one of my favorite museums, just odd enough to feel like a real old time museum...BUT my favorite odd museum, is the "Bone museum" in Paris. Near the zoo (another oddity as the animals are housed in fairy cages), there is the regular modern Museum of Natural History, and across from the McDonalds, the VINTAGE NO ONE HAS CHANGED A THING, museum. It's basically ALL BONES and there is a skull of the DEVIL you are allowed to sit with and sort of wear the skull on your head for photos. DO NOT MISS the back staircase down to the gift shop where there is a fabulous Tree of Life lamp, where you push buttons and learn about the different branches of how life developed. (no one ever sees it!) You may need to do two videos. Everything in this museum, is strange.
Thank you so much! This sounds great, I will definitely head there the next time I am in Paris.
I recently found your channel while surfing YT and am so thankful that I did. You are fabulous. I have also always been fascinated with the macabre and bizarre, ever since I was a very little child. I had a thing with graveyards when I was a toddler, and would ask my parents and other adults the weirdest questions. They all thought I was a very strange child. I was, admittedly! Now, I am a strange adult. I am sure most people still find me to be rather bizarre and perhaps slightly macabre in my thinking. It is always so special when you find someone who shares your passion for the strange, odd and macabre, and I am absolutely addicted to your channel now. I just can't get enough! ( yes, a Depeche Mode reference and further proof of my bizarre thinking process ). Please keep up the great research, and keep touring all the different museums throughout London and England in general. I so want to go to England and perhaps one day, I shall. However, I am afraid that if I do, I won't return to the USA. At least for a long time. Yes, there is History here in the USA, but it doesn't compare to what there is to be found in England and Europe. My partner is the curator of our local museum, so I am well versed in History and it is my favourite subject. I have been encouraging him to start our own 'bizarre and macabre' collection at that museum, and am planning on using some objects and artefacts from my own collection. Thank you so much for another fabulous tour and thank you most of all, for sharing with us all. All the best to you and your family, Jessica.
Thank you so much Cort, from one strange adult to another. ;)
I love the V&A! Every time I visit I find new rooms and objects. It’s fascinating! Really interesting video, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! It's such an amazing maze of objects.
My parents lived through this blitz. Horrifying stories. Good video.
What amazing and harrowing stories they must have had. Thank you for watching!
Tell us!!! If that’s ok
They were lucky.
Very few few survived the GENOCIDE of the British blanket-bombing of DRESDEN.
9/11 every night.
"Whimsically macabre". Brilliant. And I'd love to get my hands on a breathing chandelier! Thank you for another entertaining and decidedly odd episode!
You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching.
This is such a great presentation. I enjoy your personality and the way in which you bring these intriguing artifacts to life. I have been to the V&A several times but your video was full of things I had never seen. I look forward to following for more.
Wow, thank you! That's so kind. :)
I love how you go for the darker side of museums. Thank you. New follower here from the US.
Welcome!
You are a wonderful hostess. You add you charming personality without making yourself the center of attention. In short, you embellish the story instead of taking it over. It is a hard balancing act.
I love history in all forms, and you have really done your homework. Keep up the good work.
Cheers and Blessings
Wow, thank you!
Excellent! You spotted many things I never knew were there! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Loved that candle stick 😲😊👍👍
It’s so remarkable in person. Glad you enjoyed it!
Me too, also the cool antique air purifier/ lamp
I really enjoyed this! I am planning on going back again soon and will surely visit the exhibits in your video. Thank you!
You should! I'll be your guide. ;)
Fear based objects..used to ward off bad spells and tragedy..this idea makes for interesting History. I LOVE history! I had an inspiring History teacher in 5th grade. Her name was Ms. Keller. She taught us all about the Middle Ages. She made it interesting! What a GREAT TEACHER! We got right down to business making Dioramas of Notre Dame, what a great classroom that was. 11 years old.
I remember my favourite teacher from a similar time in my life! Ms McLean.
I had never seen Tipu’s Tiger before, what an unusual and novel piece. Like you said, it’s very macabre but whimsical.
I saw it in a book on the American Revolution. Tipu was America's ally (Ali was his son) during the revolution.
There's a video of it being played on the V&A TH-cam channel
This was a very nice video to find on this dark afternoon, under the thick clouds of sub tropical South Florida ! Very nice indeed!
So wonderful to hear that! Glad to brighten your day.
We loved the V&A museum in 2011. The cast courts were amazing. We enjoyed the special free guided tours. The Great Bed was cool. We toured the museum all day and only saw less than half.
It is immense!
Excellent video, both entertaining and enlightening. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you.
Absolutely loved it! Thanks for sharing Jessica :)
Thank you!
Monstrances are for displaying a consecrated host. Not usually for relics.
Good to know! I did see many combination monstrances/reliquaries in the V&A - I think it was more common to combine them in the medieval period?
@@TheMuseumGuide probably. I recall contemporary use of the monstrance on special holy days for the Roman Catholic Church.
The pomanders are much tinier than I would have thought! This whole video was fascinating. Thank you!
Some are absolutely tiny! Thank you for watching.
My first look at your channel and loved it. You’ve got a new subscriber!
Thank you! Glad to have you here.
Fabulous thank you 👍
Thank you for watching!
Tipu Sultan was not defeated and killed by the British Army but by the forces of the British East India Company in alliance with the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad, not exactly the same thing.
Very good point! That said, they were so heavily backed by the government that they might as well have been the same thing! Many of the artefacts are held at British military museums.
There's a funeral industry history museum in Houston, Texas that I might go to. I'll try not to jinx myself.
That might actually be my dream museum! We have a funeral museum here too, but it is very small. I need to go check it out!
I have also been to the Hearse Museum in Barcelona...
While in Paris, the CLUNY is a must. You need to look UP in the chapel inside and see the "tinkers rabbits" or three rabbits with only three ears between them, it's a sort of optical illusion. A lot of people miss it but anyone working there can point it out to you.
I was actually just reading about this pagan rabbit symbols! They occur throughout the UK as well. Apparently they’re all over the world! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_hares
I will definitely go to the Cluny next time I am in Paris.
War booty isn't theft, it's the natural result of LOSING a battle or war.
The monastery museumin Kremsmunster Austria has a number of intesting artifacts including Ottoman weapons captured by Austrian forces and a fish hatchery with designed by the architect of the Summer Palace in Vienna
Sounds like my kind of place!
I thought my favourite thing was the excellent diction of the commentator.....Full of wonder and passion, but NOT over the top.
Thank you!
about 9:00 into the vlog : youtube, Cathy Hay, peacock dress. Some controversy about her attempt to recreate a famous dress a couple of years ago using same beetle.
Thank you so much! I will look into this.
I knew the Victorian's were weird but this is rediculous I've been interested in oddies, strange stuff and people, the supernatural and historical but this is interesting I've always wanted to see the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia
They were extremely unusual. 🤣
Tipu the 🐯
Jessica. Would you provide me with a list of all your videos. It is difficult for this old 82 year old guy to with little or very little computer knowledge to search the web.
Hopefully you got my other comment with the link! If not, here is the list:
youtube.com/@TheMuseumGuide
When I went to the museum in the 1960's Tippu's tiger was still accessible and I pressed the button and heard the growl etc
I'm so jealous! I would love to see and hear it.
Fascinating! I love the oddities. Thanks for sharing
They're my favourite, too. Thanks for watching!
well personally i think the tiger should be gifted back to india but, that said knowing the management of museums in 3rd world countries i also think the tiger is in the best place it could be for the time being until museums in these countries get 21st century tech to preserve their objects only then must it go back.
India definitely has some excellent museums, including Mysore Palace.
I enjoyed this immensely, thank you, more please.
You're very welcome!
I live about 20 minutes away I love visiting all of the museums in South Kensington I,m there a few times a week there's always things you might have missed on previous visits
What a brilliant place to live - and it's true, you can never see it all.
@@TheMuseumGuide i will be there on wednesday and friday this week
On my first trip to London, I stayed in South Kensington specifically to see the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. I wasn't too keen on seeing the V & A because it is usually advertised as a "design museum", and that's not really my thing. But I had a free day, so I decided to go anyway, and man I'm glad I did. It turned out to be my favorite of all the museums I visited that trip. I ended up going back 3 more times to see everything I could.
It’s so great- I’m glad you went!
I liked the beetle embroidery and the David cast.
The beetles are some of my favourites. 🪲
I've read about Tippu's tiger, so seeing it was fun.
Pity they wouldn't crank it for you.
To be fair, I didn't ask. I would love to hear it in person!
There are several video documentaries online- it is a bit disappointing, the sound is weak.
@@ericalbany thanks, I'll look into it.
I visited the V&A only once when I was in my 20s. There were so many things to see that my visit was quite frustrating. I haven't had the opportunity to go back since but I’d love to, with a more educated eye.
I love revisiting museums at different times in my life. I hope you make it back to the V&A soon!
I was there once, sometime between 2000 and 2005. There was a bomb scare, and we all had to exit the museum. That made it memorable, but I liked the museum even without the extra excitement.
I had the same thing happen to me at the Tate Britain once! It's certainly an experience to remember.
such good story telling..I really feel like I'm literally there
Thank you!