Opening the Box

Museum Secrets - A podcast by Ashmolean Museum

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Join teaching curator Jim Harris as he peers inside a tiny tortoiseshell box. The little box holds a secret portrait of a woman, with a lock of her hair. The tiny empty space inside is stuffed with hidden stories, about wealth and the often ugly means of making it. This polite and pretty little box has so much us to tell us about memory.Portrait of Sophie Schutz in a tortoiseshell box – Find out moreIf you want to take a closer look at artwork in this episode, you can view it at the link abov...

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