Channel Title: The Museum Guide Channel Description: Join me, Jessica the Museum Guide, and explore the most famous museums, galleries, and graveyards in the UK and beyond. Tour iconic objects and hidden gems as you dive into history and culture with a critical lens. I recently started a Patreon, which gives you access to tons of extra content and videos. Join here: https://www.patreon.com/themuseumguide Whether you're planning your own trip to these museums or you just want to relax and learn from your own home, I make you feel like you're there in person! Like and subscribe, and make sure you click the notification bell so you never miss a museum tour. I'm always happy to answer questions, so pop them in the comments section. Interested in booking a private museum tour in London? Email me at jessica@themuseumguide.com Watched a great tour and want to leave me a tip? You can tip me at paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide <video> The Most Famous Graves of Père Lachaise Cemetery Paris -Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf & More Description: The first 500 people to go to https://skl.sh/themuseumguide01251?r=qr will receive a one-month free trial of Skillshare! Get started today!! To my viewers in other languages - Youtube automatically dubbed my video with AI. Im so sorry! I had no control over it. In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a detailed guided tour through the magnificent Pére Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. If you like cemetery tours, watch my tour of Highgate Cemetery next. https://youtu.be/wNwlsxubs5A 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about this wonderful cemetery. 👉🏻Join me for exclusive content ONLY on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/themuseumguide In December it was a tour of the British Library’s Medieval Women exhibition, and in January it will be a tour of a French museum located in an Art Deco swimming pool! 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual cemetery tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide 👉🏻Join my new Facebook Community for Museum Lovers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/762985481524581 I only guide in London - but if you are looking for a great guided tour of Père Lachaise, check out this small group tour guided by the Great Sibylle - https://www.getyourguide.com/paris-l16/the-pere-lachaise-cemetery-guided-by-the-great-sibylle-t477930/?ranking_uuid=099f5e9a-150b-450d-92d2-f0c00257c761/?partner_id=41VTBEO If you prefer a Private Guided Tour of Père Lachaise, check this one out -https://www.getyourguide.com/paris-l16/paris-pere-lachaise-cemetery-exclusive-private-guided-tour-t876701/?ranking_uuid=e06e4fe5-7f45-4edf-9409-c8d9cbf290f1/?partner_id=41VTBEO 👉🏻Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at jessica@themuseumguide.com VIDEO SUMMARY 0:00 - Introduction to the tour 1:58 - Edith Piaf - Singer and Icon 3:22 - Amedeo Modigliani and Jeanne Hébuterne - Painters with a Tragic Story 7:20 - Jane Avril - Dancer and "It Girl" 10:04 - Mur des Féderés - Memorial to a Massacre 10:51 - Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas - Writers and Art Patrons 12:45 - History of Père Lachaise cemetery 16:22 - Moliére - Writer and Actor 17:53 - Jean de la Fontaine - Fabulist 18:19 - Heloise and Abelard - Medieval Lovers 19:40 - Oscar Wilde - Writer and Bon Vivant 22:45 - Cremation and the Columbarium (including Isadora Duncan and Paul Landowski) 24:44 - Maria Callas - Soprano 25:48 - Richard Wright - Writer 27:08 - Sarah Bernhardt - Actress and Icon 29:39 - Holocaust Memorials 30:23 - World War One Memorial Wall 31:43 - Why is "In Perpetuité" written on some of the tombs? 33:39 - Gustave Caillebotte - Painter 37:22 - Marcel Proust - Writer and Philosopher 39:22 - Hubertine Auclert - Human Rights Activist 40:10 - Honoré de Balzac - Writer 41:20 - Eugéne Delacroix - Painter 43:17 - Théodore Gericault - Painter 4433 - La Memoire Necropolitaine 45:12 - Pierre Casimir Perier - Banker and Prime Minister of France 46:00 - Jim Morrison - Singer for The Doors 48:46 - Suzon Garrigues - Languages Student killed at the Bataclan 49:57 - Miguel Angel Asturius - Writer and Nobel Prize Winner 50:16 - Vivant Denon - Egyptologist and Curator at the Louvre 51:56 - Frédéric Chopin - Composer 54:00 - Jacques Louis David - Artist 55:44 - Colette - Writer and Performer 57:50 - Famille Dantan - Sculptors 58:19 - Georges-Eugéne Haussman - City Planner 59:39 - Georges Méliès - Pioneer of Film 1:01:01 - Joseph Crocé-Spinelli and Théodore Sinel - Balloonists 1:03:02 - Georges Seurat - Post-Impressionist Painter 1:04:51 - Victor Noir - Journalist with a Famous Bulge 1:08:09 - Pierre Bourdieu - Sociologist 1:08:44 - Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Painter 1:10:42 - Honoré Daumier - Caricaturist 1:11:22 - Camille Corot - Painter 1:12:15 - Marcel Marceau - Mime 1:13:50 - Jean-François Champollion - Egyptologist who cracked the Rosetta Stone 1:14:51 - Fernand Arbelot - Banker with a famous grave 1:16:03 - Camille Pissaro - Impressionist Painter Like The Museum Guide on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/themuseumguide </video> <video> The Strangest Paintings in the National Gallery - An In-Depth Museum Tour Description: In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a guided museum tour of the strangest paintings in London’s National Gallery. 👉🏻Join me for exclusive content ONLY on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/themuseumguide 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about these wonderful paintings (and mosaics). What did I miss? 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide 👉🏻Join my new Facebook Community for Museum Lovers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/762985481524581 👉🏻 Get free entry to 90+ other attractions with the London Pass - https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-london-passr-save-up-to-50-includes-london-eye-t26207/?ranking_uuid=41e1e705-94ce-43d5-afdb-c34b5936c5b6/?partner_id=41VTBEO Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at jessica@themuseumguide.com VIDEO SUMMARY In today’s tour, we’re mainly focusing on Renaissance art – maybe there’s a part 2 in our future! We start in Florence with Filippo Lippi and his rendition of the Medicis’ favourite saints, including one poor soul with a butcher knife through his noggin. We then move on to Southern Germany to meet a handsome woman with a realistic fly gag on her head, followed by two saints associated with the plague and a mysterious self-flagellating sect by Siena’s Giovanni de Paolo. Still in the 15th century, we explore the mysteries of Piero di Cosimo’s Procris and Cephalus (Laelaps, is that you?), and move into the 16th century with Quentin Massys’s iconic Old Woman who has spawned a thousand memes. But was the Ugly Duchess actually a woman with Paget’s Disease? We then head back to Germany to talk about Lucas Cranach’s vaguely seductive mother and son with Cupid Complaining to Venus, before visiting Bronzino’s explicitly seductive mother and son in the Allegory with Venus and Cupid (aka Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time). Making our way into the 17th century, we spend some time with Domenichino’s punishment – a dwarf chained in the bottom of his Apollo Killing the Cyclops, and get chills down our spine with Rosa’s Lovecraftian Witches at their Incantations. Finally, we end our museum tour with Winston Churchill, of all people, in Boris Anrep’s Mosaics. 0:00 - Introduction to the tour 1:33 - Seven Saints by Fra Filippo Lippi (1450) 5:00 - Portrait of a Woman of the Hofer Family by A Swabian Artist (1470) 8:25 - Saints Fabian and Sebastian – Giovanni de Paolo (1475) 12:20 - Satyr Mourning Over a Nymph – Piero di Cosimo (1495) 16:42 - Ugly Duchess - Quentin Massys (1513) 21:07 - Cupid Complaining to Venus - Lucas Cranach (1526) 24:40 - Allegory with Venus and Cupid – Bronzino (1545) 29:19 - Apollo Killing the Cyclops - Domenichino (1616) 32:40 - Witches at their incantations - Salvatore Rosa (1646) 35:38 - Anrep Mosaics – Boris Anrep (1928-1952) Videos mentioned in this tour The Top Ten Paintings in the National Gallery: https://youtu.be/prgeZ13fDHA Ten MORE Must-See Paintings in the National Gallery: https://youtu.be/rn3KDjNpVG0 Saint Denis, the Cephalaphore Saint, in the Louvre - https://youtu.be/v5X3VDbbJ50 The Origin of the Cyclops in the Musée Fragonard - https://youtu.be/xCY8lChxNQw Paget’s Disease at the Hunterian Museum: https://youtu.be/F3pHXYNi_98 Like The Museum Guide on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/themuseumguide You should really join the London Urban Oddities Facebook group to submit your favourite weird places in London. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2037408773114764 Hana Elvy creates my thumbnails – you can hire her to make your YouTube thumbnails here: https://www.peopleperhour.com/hourlie/design-youtube-thumbnail/856969 </video> <video> The Surprising History of Death Masks | A Guided Tour of Death Masks in London Museums & Cemeteries Description: In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a guided tour through the long history of death masks, life masks, funerary masks, and phrenology skulls. It’s a bumpy ride (pun intended) as we visit more than a dozen museums and cemeteries to learn all about this fascinating topic. The Book Mentioned in the Video: All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell US link - https://amzn.to/3A7OFcw UK link - https://amzn.to/3NPkNEV 👉🏻Join me for exclusive content ONLY on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/themuseumguide In October it’s a patron-only video about the Spookiest Objects at the British Museum! 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about this bizarre and macabre place. 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide 👉🏻Join my new Facebook Community for Museum Lovers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/762985481524581 👉🏻 See FREE IMAX movies at the Science Museum (normally £12 per person) and free entry to 90+ other attractions with the London Pass - https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-london-passr-save-up-to-50-includes-london-eye-t26207/?ranking_uuid=41e1e705-94ce-43d5-afdb-c34b5936c5b6/?partner_id=41VTBEO 👉🏻Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at jessica@themuseumguide.com VIDEO SUMMARY 0:00 - Introduction to the tour 2:15 - Marc Quinn’s “Self” – A Death Mask made of Jellied Blood 4:30 - The Ancient History of Funerary Masks 10:00 - Death Masks during the Renaissance 12:36 – Death Masks and Funerary Effigies 14:04 - Madame Tussaud – Badass Master of Wax 16:50 – Criminality, Death Masks, and Phrenology 22:25 – The Unknown Woman of the Seine and CPR 24:00 – Highgate Cemetery West 25:25 – Nick Reynolds – The Last British Death Mask Caster 29:38 – Death Mask Room at the National Portrait Gallery – William Blake, Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Oliver Cromwell, John Keats and more 34:39 – Modern Art and the Death Mask – Tracey Emin, Gillian Wearing and more Videos mentioned in this tour: The Most Macabre Things in London’s Churches: The Most Unusual Memorials in London Secrets of Highgate Cemetery West Secrets of Highgate Cemetery East Like The Museum Guide on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/themuseumguide You should really join the London Urban Oddities Facebook group to submit your favourite weird places in London. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2037408773114764 </video> <video> The Jack the Ripper Museum - The Most Exploitative Museum in the UK? A Former Ripper Guide Weighs in Description: In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) explores the complicated ethics of Jack the Ripper tourism at the Jack the Ripper Museum in East London. As a former Ripper tour guide, I have a lot of thoughts on this topic – and, as I feared, the controversial Jack the Ripper Museum celebrates the worst excesses of exploitation. Instead of focusing on the victims, the museum presents a series of dioramas riddled with half-truths, conspiracy theories, and nonsense. 👉🏻Join me for exclusive content ONLY on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/themuseumguide 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about this museum and Ripper tourism in general. 👉🏻Join my new Facebook Community for Museum Lovers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/762985481524581 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at jessica@themuseumguide.com VIDEO SUMMARY We spend our time touring through the five rooms of the museum, with plenty of sidebars to talk about Ripperology, exploitation of the poor, antisemitism, women and true crime, commemorating the victims of serial killers, and so much more. 0:00 - Introduction to the Tour 3:08 – Who were the victims of Jack the Ripper? 5:46 – Entering the Museum 6:08 – The Controversies and Protests surrounding the Museum 7:48 - Room 1: Mitre Square 8:58 – Were the Ripper's victims all prostitutes? 11:18 – Jack the Ripper as a Victorian anti-hero 12:25 – Room 2: The Ripper's Flat 14:06 – Thinking about Jack the Ripper and modern serial killers 15:10 – Who do I think was Jack the Ripper? 18:29 – The Stairwell: Sensational Victorian Journalism and Anti-Semitism 20:06 – Room 3: The Detective's Office 22:05 - Women and True Crime 25:02 - Room 4: The Victims' Bedroom 27:28 - The Changing East End 28:01 - Room 5: The Mortuary 30:38 - Final Thoughts 👉🏻Like The Museum Guide on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/themuseumguide 👉🏻You should really join the London Urban Oddities Facebook group to submit your favourite weird places in London. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2037408773114764 👉🏻Hana Elvy creates my thumbnails – you can hire her to make your YouTube thumbnails here: https://www.peopleperhour.com/hourlie/design-youtube-thumbnail/856969 </video> <video> The Saddest Museum in London: The Foundling Hospital Museum Description: In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a guided tour through the Foundling Hospital Museum, exploring the poignant story of sea captain Thomas Coram and his mission to help orphaned and abandoned children in 18th century London. This isn’t a cheery tale, but it is a deeply moving place with a fascinating history. Together we’ll explore the tokens that desperate mothers left for their babies to help identify them in the future, the story of how the hospital began, and what daily life was like for 18th century orphans, and the hospital’s impressive art collection. 👉🏻Join me for exclusive content ONLY on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/themuseumguide In November it is a guided tour through the Medieval Musée de Cluny in Paris, and in December it will be a tour of the British Library’s Medieval Women exhibition. 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide 👉🏻Join my new Facebook Group for Museum Lovers! https://www.facebook.com/groups/762985481524581 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about this wonderful castle. 👉🏻Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at jessica@themuseumguide.com 👉🏻 Get your entry to the Foundling Hospital Museum and more than 90 other attractions with the London Pass - https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-london-passr-save-up-to-50-includes-london-eye-t26207/?ranking_uuid=41e1e705-94ce-43d5-afdb-c34b5936c5b6/?partner_id=41VTBEO VIDEO SUMMARY 0:00 - Introduction to the tour - Who was Thomas Coram, and why was he so appalled at 18th-century London? - "The Great and the Good" step in to help - The Early Days - baby hatches, a lottery, and anguished mothers - The Heartbreaking Token System - What was daily life like for the Foundlings? - Handel, Hogarth, and Hetty Feather - The Staircase and The March of the Guards to Finchley - The Rococo Court Room - The Gallery Videos mentioned in this tour: Like The Museum Guide on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/themuseumguide </video> <video> London’s Most Bizarre and Macabre Memorials Description: Like this? Watch The Strangest Things in London's Pubs next - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-tgvjm5M6A In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a guided tour of London’s most unusual memorials. As we traverse the capital, we’ll explore some truly macabre deaths, confusing corpses, and sweet homages. 👉🏻If you like my content, be sure to check out my Patreon. By becoming one of my patrons, you'll get loads of bonus content and cool perks, including free in-person tours and extra videos. https://www.patreon.com/c/themuseumguide 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about these strange memorials, and tell me which ones I should include in the future. 👉🏻Join my new Facebook Community for Museum Lovers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/762985481524581 👉🏻Buy your skip-the-line tickets to the Tower of London here: https://www.getyourguide.com/tower-of-london-l2708/skip-the-line-tower-of-london-t21253/?partner_id=41VTBEO 👉🏻 Get free entry to the Tower of London and 90+ other attractions with the London Pass - https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-london-passr-save-up-to-50-includes-london-eye-t26207/?ranking_uuid=41e1e705-94ce-43d5-afdb-c34b5936c5b6/?partner_id=41VTBEO 👉🏻Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, pub, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at jessica@themuseumguide.com VIDEO SUMMARY 0:00 - Introduction to the Tour 1:57 – Stratford Martyrs Memorial to the Marian Martyrs 4:57 – Tyburn Hanging “Tree” Memorial 8:37 – Jeremy Bentham’s Auto-Icon 11:45 – Charles I’s Confusing Clock 16:42 – Postman’s Park – The Monument to Heroic Self-Sacrifice 19:34 – Memorial to the Tower Hill Executions 22:49 – William Wallace’s Grisly Memorial 27:41 – Embankment Station’s Sweet Farewell Like The Museum Guide on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/themuseumguide </video> <video> Oddities and Secrets of Westminster Abbey Description: In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a guided museum tour of the weird and wonderful oddities of Westminster Abbey, London’s iconic thousand-year-old church. 👉🏻Visiting Westminster Abbey? Book your tickets here - https://www.getyourguide.co.uk/westminster-abbey-l2710/london-westminster-abbey-entrance-ticket-t399163/?partner_id=41VTBEO 👉🏻Join me for exclusive content ONLY on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/themuseumguide 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about these wonderful oddities and lesser known secrets of Westminster Abbey. What did I miss? 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide 👉🏻Join my new Facebook Community for Museum Lovers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/762985481524581 👉🏻Buy your Westminster Abbey tickets in advance and avoid disappointment (trust me, it's sold out when I have tried to go in the past!) - https://www.getyourguide.co.uk/westminster-abbey-l2710/london-westminster-abbey-entrance-ticket-t399163/?partner_id=41VTBEO 👉🏻 Get free entry to Westminster Abbey and 90+ other attractions with the London Pass - https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-london-passr-save-up-to-50-includes-london-eye-t26207/?ranking_uuid=41e1e705-94ce-43d5-afdb-c34b5936c5b6/?partner_id=41VTBEO Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at jessica@themuseumguide.com VIDEO SUMMARY On today’s tour we’re focusing on the lesser-known oddities and secrets of this fascinating institution – the thousand-year old Westminster Abbey. 0:00 - Introduction to the tour 2:22 - Charles Darwin – Science and Religion Co-existing 3:23 - Ben Jonson’s Vertical Grave 6:26 - Medieval Cost-Cutting 7:33 - The Juicy Scandal of Thomas Thynn 8:43 - The Morbid Monument to Elizabeth Nightingale 10:52 - John Islip’s Play on Words 11:30 - Frances Sydney’s Porcupines 12:48 - Stolen Tiles from Henry III’s tomb 13:29 - Edward II’s Very Plain Tomb 14:30 - The Princes in the Tower? 15:25 - Blitz Bomb Damage in the RAF Chapel 16:25 - The Saga of Oliver Cromwell’s Head 19:12 - Profane Carvings on Misericords 21:10 - St Wilgefortis, the Bearded Lady 22:32 - Elizabeth Russell and her Skull 23:28 - Old (Very Old) Tom Parr 25:19 - A Repurposed Roman Sarcophagus 25:58 - Funeral Effigies 29:43 - A Very Old Taxidermy Parrot 30:31 - Mary II’s Graffitied Coronation Chair 31:35 - The Oldest Door in England 32:13 - Edmond Halley's Comet 32:35 - Martin Luther King’s Statue </video> <video> The Most Famous Graves in Highgate Cemetery East - A Guided Cemetery Tour Description: In this video, Jessica, the Museum Guide (that’s me!), takes you on a comprehensive guided cemetery tour of the most famous graves on the East Side of Highgate Cemetery. We explore the history, symbolism, and architecture of this iconic place of rest, and visit its most remarkable residents. Be sure to watch Part 1, about the older West Side, which delves deeper into the history of the cemetery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNwlsxubs5A 👉🏻If you like my content, be sure to check out my Patreon. By becoming one of my patrons, you'll get loads of bonus content and cool perks, including free in-person tours and extra videos. https://www.patreon.com/c/themuseumguide 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about these strange memorials, and tell me which ones I should include in the future. 👉🏻Join my new Facebook Community for Museum Lovers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/762985481524581 👉🏻 Get free entry to 90+ attractions with the London Pass - https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-london-passr-save-up-to-50-includes-london-eye-t26207/?ranking_uuid=41e1e705-94ce-43d5-afdb-c34b5936c5b6/?partner_id=41VTBEO 👉🏻Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, pub, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at jessica@themuseumguide.com VIDEO SUMMARY As we enter the East Side of Highgate Cemetery, meander and stroll and learn all about the most famous and interesting graves 0:00 - Introduction to the Tour 1:33 – Bruce Reynolds of the Great Train Robbery 3:18 – William Foyle, Philip Gould, and Anna Mahler 5:17 – Jim Stanford Horn 6:22 - Douglas Adams 8:47 – George Eliot and Herbert Spencer 11:02 – Karl Marx 13:08 - Marxists: Claudia Jones, Mansoor Hekmat, Manuchehr Sebetian, and Yusuf Dadoo 15:22 – David Kirkaldy, Marx’s Original Grave, and Ernestine Rose 17:55 –Ann Jewson Crisp and George Honey 18:55 – Harry Thornton (The Piano Grave) 19:56 – Malcolm McLaren 21:51 – Sheila Gish and Hercules Belleville 24:23 – Jeremy Beadle and Patrick Caulfield (DEAD) 26:52 - Captain JS Henderson 29:07 – Titans of Cinema: Carl Mayer and William Friese-Greene Like The Museum Guide on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/themuseumguide </video> <video> The Surprisingly Fascinating London Postal Museum (and a Ride on Mail Rail) Description: In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a festive guided tour through the Postal Museum in London, including a ride on the Christmas-themed Mail Rail. We start by detailing the history of the Christmas card and letters to Santa. Then, we explore the history of the Royal Mail from its early days under Henry VIII through to Georgian stagecoaches, the RMS Titanic, the introduction of the Penny Black stamp, royal cyphers, mail during the Wars, and uniforms – and a lot more. After checking out the gift shop we cross the street to the Mail Rail attraction and go for a ride. 👉🏻Join me for exclusive content ONLY on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/themuseumguide In October it was a patron-only video about the Spookiest Objects at the British Museum, and November was a guided tour through the Medieval Musée de Cluny in Paris. 👉🏻 Click here for the full Mail Rail ride on Patreon – FREE for all members, including members at the Free Tier: https://www.patreon.com/posts/holiday-bonus-me-117257521 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about this wonderful museum. 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide 👉🏻Join my new Facebook Community for Museum Lovers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/762985481524581 👉🏻 Get your entry to the London Postal Museum and more than 90 other attractions with the London Pass - https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-london-passr-save-up-to-50-includes-london-eye-t26207/?ranking_uuid=41e1e705-94ce-43d5-afdb-c34b5936c5b6/?partner_id=41VTBEO 👉🏻Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at jessica@themuseumguide.com VIDEO SUMMARY 0:00 - Introduction to the tour 2:06 – A 1980 Letter to Santa 4:55 – History of the Christmas Card 7:25 – The Early Days of the Mail under Henry VIII and Charles II 8:23 – Stagecoaches 9:32 – Packet Ships and the Titanic 11:10 – The Penny Black Stamp 13:00 – Postboxes and Royal History 15:23 – Jessica Experiments with a Pneumatic Tube 16:05 – The Post Office at War 18:54 – Post-War Posters and Post Office Cats 20:53 – Stamps, the Post Bus and Uniform History 23:08 – Seasonal Mail Rail Like The Museum Guide on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/themuseumguide </video> <video> England’s Mysterious Bone Church - A Guided Tour of St Leonard's Church, Hythe Description: In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a guided tour of one of England’s only ossuaries, St Leonard’s Church in Hythe. Home to thousands of skulls and long bones, this medieval bone store is home to mysteries galore – modern bodysnatching, witch’s marks, Roman circus dwarves, and more. As the entrance sign states – this is a place of hope and light, not despair. 👉🏻Join me for exclusive content ONLY on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/themuseumguide In October it’s a patron-only video about the Spookiest Objects at the British Museum! 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about this bizarre and macabre place. 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide 👉🏻Join my new Facebook Community for Museum Lovers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/762985481524581 Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at jessica@themuseumguide.com VIDEO SUMMARY On today’s tour we visit one of only two ossuaries in the UK – St Leonard’s Church in Hythe, Kent, and investigate a medieval mystery of how they got there. 0:00 - Introduction to the tour 3:23 -The Church Interior - Graffiti and Witch''s Marks 5:41 - The History and Mysteries of the Crypt 7:31 - Whose Bones are these? 11:48 - Medieval Injury, Disease, and Trepanation 13:10 - Anaemia, Malaria, and Sugar 15:59 - Medieval Statuary 16:52 - The Graveyard 18:32 - 21 Skulls Stolen in 2018! </video> <video> The Most Famous Graves in Highgate Cemetery West Description: In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a comprehensive guided cemetery tour of the most famous graves in the West Side of Highgate Cemetery. We explore the history, symbolism, and architecture of this iconic place of rest and visit its most remarkable residents. Be sure to watch Part 2 all about the slightly more modern but still fascinating East Side of Highgate Cemetery. https://youtu.be/d9kUz6RhpC8 👉🏻If you like my content, be sure to check out my Patreon. By becoming one of my patrons, you'll get loads of bonus content and cool perks, including free in-person tours and extra videos. https://www.patreon.com/c/themuseumguide 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about these strange memorials, and tell me which ones I should include in the future. 👉🏻Join my new Facebook Community for Museum Lovers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/762985481524581 👉🏻 Get free entry to 90+ attractions with the London Pass - https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-london-passr-save-up-to-50-includes-london-eye-t26207/?ranking_uuid=41e1e705-94ce-43d5-afdb-c34b5936c5b6/?partner_id=41VTBEO 👉🏻Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, pub, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at jessica@themuseumguide.com VIDEO SUMMARY Starting with the history of Highgate, we meander and stroll through the quiet cemetery on a rainy May day when I had the place mostly to myself. 0:00 - Introduction to the Tour 1:40 – London’s Filthy Victorian Churchyards 7:04– James Selby and the Mears Family Memorial 11:28 – Mary Emden and Dr Frederick Akbar Mahomed 13:54– The Family Tomb of General Sir Loftus Otway 15:41 – Aleksander Litvenenko 18:38– Jane Arden and Jean Simmons 22:35 – Christina Rosetti and Lizzie Siddal 27:35 – Lucian Freud and George Michael 32:41 – Elizabeth Jackson – the first burial at Highgate 35:32– The Egyptian Avenue 39:15 – The Circle of Lebanon and Radclyffe Hall 44:52 – George Wombwell 47:35 – Elinor Goldschmied and the Dickens Family Plot 50:00 - The Catacombs and Robert Liston 51:40 – The Mausoleum of Julius Beer 54:07 – Mary Nichols – Angel on a Cloud 56:24 – John Atcheler’s Horse and Tom Sayers’ Dog 58:04 – Bees, the Glass House, and Michael Faraday Like The Museum Guide on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/themuseumguide </video> <video> France's "House of Horrors" - The Fragonard d'Alfort Museum Description: In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) explores the horror and the wonder of the truly macabre Musée Fragonard d’Alfort in Paris. This museum is filled with horrific veterinary specimens, oddities, and the infamous écorchés – flayed humans preserved with wax and fat. 👉🏻Join me for exclusive content ONLY on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themuseumguide - an extra museum tour every month! 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about this museum and medical museums in general. 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide 👉🏻Interested in the camera I use for filming in museums and churches? It's the Osmo Pocket 3 - find it here: https://amzn.to/3BO4SEb Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at jessica@themuseumguide.com 0:00 - Introduction to the tour 2:49 – The history of the Maisons d’Alfort Veterinary School and Museum 4:17 – The importance of studying horse anatomy in 18th century Paris 6:16 – A porpoise écorché 6:35 – A two-headed calf, 10-legged lamb, and circus sideshow gaffs 8:53 – The “Cyclops:” a one-eyed colt 9:20 – The skeletal menagerie 10:22 – What are wet specimens? 11:25 – Equine and bovine intestines and stones 13:05 – A dog with bone lesions 13:56 – Entering the ‘chamber of death’ – the écorché room 14:10 – The life and times of mad scientist Honoré Fragonard 18:21 – What happened to the other écorchés? 18:49 – A long tradition of death and art 20:07 – How did he do it? Fragonard’s écorché method 21:40 – Looking at each specimen in-depth – Horseman, Samson, dancing foetuses and more 24:25 – BodyWorlds, Gunter von Hagens, and the ethics of displaying corpses 26:32 – A Beauchêne or ‘exploded’ skull Thank you so much to my Patreon Patrons at all levels. Shout out to: Kathryn Johnson, Alanna Butler Gallagher, Kelly Henry, Edith Furlong, Kirstie Hayes, Christina Knevitt. Eve the Oracle, and Sophie Watson They're members at the Museum Aficionado level or higher. Thanks so much for your support! Like The Museum Guide on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/themuseumguide You should really join the London Urban Oddities Facebook group to submit your favourite weird places in London. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2037408773114764 Hana Elvy creates my thumbnails – you can hire her to make your YouTube thumbnails here: https://www.peopleperhour.com/hourlie/design-youtube-thumbnail/856969 </video> <video> The History of Surgery in London's Museums - A Tour of The Old Operating Theatre & 4 others Description: 👉🏻Join me for exclusive content ONLY on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/themuseumguide 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about these fascinating medical museums. What did I miss? 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide 👉🏻Join my new Facebook Community for Museum Lovers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/762985481524581 👉🏻 Get free entry to 90+ attractions and museums with the London Pass - https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-london-passr-save-up-to-50-includes-london-eye-t26207/?ranking_uuid=41e1e705-94ce-43d5-afdb-c34b5936c5b6/?partner_id=41VTBEO Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, pub, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at jessica@themuseumguide.com VIDEO SUMMARY On our tour, we take a guided museum tour of The Old Operating Theatre and four other London museums to learn all about the history of surgery. 0:00 - Robert Liston and the 300% Fatality Surgery 1:45 - Introduction to the Tour 3:38 - The History of the Old Operating Theatre 8:33 - Monastic Medicine at Bart's Hospital Museum 12:53 - Henry VIII, Barber-Surgeons, and Anatomical Knowledge 16:15 - Bloodletting and the Barber's Pole 20:12 - What was Surgery really like at the Old Operating Theatre? 22:08 - Chloroform and Pain Relief at the Anaesthesia Heritage Centre Museum 23:30 - Germ Theory, Joseph Lister, and Antiseptics 27:43 - Joseph Lister's Artefacts at the Science Museum Like The Museum Guide on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/themuseumguide You should really join the London Urban Oddities Facebook group to submit your favourite weird places in London. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2037408773114764 Hana Elvy creates my thumbnails – you can hire her to make your YouTube thumbnails here: https://www.peopleperhour.com/hourlie/design-youtube-thumbnail/856969 </video> <video> Christmas at Hever Castle: A Guided Tour of Anne Boleyn's Childhood Home Description: The first 1,000 people to click the link will get a full year of Premium membership to Craftsy for only $1.49: https://go.craftsy.com/themuseumguide/ In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a festive guided tour through the magnificent Hever Castle in Kent, England. This was Anne Boleyn’s childhood home, and it's the perfect place to explore the Twelve Days of Christmas as they were celebrated in the 16th century. This is the first time in nearly 500 years that the Boleyn apartments have been decorated for Christmas – I will take you on a detailed tour of the castle, Anne Boleyn’s life, and the magic of the Tudor holiday season. 👉🏻Join me for exclusive content ONLY on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/themuseumguide In November it a guided tour through the Medieval Musée de Cluny in Paris, and in December it will be a tour of the British Library’s Medieval Women exhibition. 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide 👉🏻Join my new Facebook Community for Museum Lovers! https://www.facebook.com/groups/762985481524581 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about this wonderful castle. 👉🏻Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at jessica@themuseumguide.com 👉🏻 Check out Get Your Guide for guided tours of Hever Castle - https://www.getyourguide.com/canterbury-l1071/private-kent-castles-t664192/?partner_id=41VTBEO 👉🏻Like Tudor History? Watch my videos on every Tudor in the National Portrait Gallery - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLaE___1Zw9ak66ZNw-NdbyqHMrFSISFR 👉🏻More Christmas videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLaE___1Zw9aQ1DvScfpnmqVgOrR_9epM CORRECTION - Mary Boleyn's daughter was Catherine, not Elizabeth. VIDEO SUMMARY 0:00 - Introduction to the tour 2:00 - The Boleyns and Hever Castle 3:36 - The Parlour and the 1st Day of Christmas - Christmas Eve 5:24 - Checking out the Gift Shop - An Anne Boleyn Teddy Bear? 7:12 - The Boleyn Nursery, Anne's Early Life, and Mummers 9:35 - Feasting in the Grand Chamber and the 1st Day of Christmas - Christmas Day 13:45 - The 2nd Day of Christmas - Boxing Day 14:43 - The Best Bedchamber, and Anne & Mary in France 16:43 - The Staircase Gallery and the 3rd Day of Christmas - Wassailing 18:10 - King Henry VIII's Bedchamber - Christmas trees in the Tudor Period? 18:43 - Anne and Henry Get Serious, and the 4th Day of Christmas - Childermas 21:55 - The Book of Hours Room - The End of Anne's Life 25:09 - The Long Gallery 26:05 - A Child's Room and the 7th Day of Christmas - New Year's Eve 26:30 - Back to the Boleyn Nursery for the 8th Day of Christmas - New Year's Day 27:09 - The Inner Hall and the 10th Day of Christmas - The Feast of Fools 28:42 - The Grand Hall and the 12th Day of Christmas - Twelfth Night and Epiphany (a note that some celebrate Epiphany as the 12th Day on Jan 6 (and start counting on Dec 26), and for others the 12th Day is Jan 5, then followed by Epiphany) Like The Museum Guide on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/themuseumguide </video> <video> MORE Macabre Objects in London Churches - A Guided Tour of Spooky Oddities in 9 Churches Description: Want the best VPN out there to protect your privacy online? Go to https://surfshark.com/themuseumguide for a whopping 88% discount and extra 4 months of Surfshark when you use this link. Thanks! Like this video? This is a sequel to The Most Macabre Objects in London Churches - watch it next. https://youtu.be/cVkfRqN4Qs0 In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a guided tour of nine different London churches and shows you the creepy and spooky objects inside. From a bloody whipping post to a coffin chain to deter body snatchers, a saint of the Black Death (and a dog saint) to a beheaded Archbishop’s prayer book, a boiled martyr’s body to doomed effigies, I have so many things to share with you. I can’t wait! 👉🏻Join me for exclusive content ONLY on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/themuseumguide In October it’s a patron-only video about the Spookiest Objects at the British Museum - https://www.patreon.com/posts/114008440?utm_campaign=postshare_creator 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about this bizarre and macabre place. 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide 👉🏻Join my new Facebook Community for Museum Lovers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/762985481524581 👉🏻 Get free entry into Westminster Abbey and 90+ other attractions with the London Pass - https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-london-passr-save-up-to-50-includes-london-eye-t26207/?ranking_uuid=41e1e705-94ce-43d5-afdb-c34b5936c5b6/?partner_id=41VTBEO 👉🏻Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, and graveyard tours in London and Canterbury. Get in touch at jessica@themuseumguide.com 0:00 - Introduction 1:53 - Westminster Cathedral and St John Southworth 5:50 - St Clement Danes' Coffin Chain and Bomb Damage 10:17 - St Martins in the Fields' Whipping Post 12:30 - Westminster Abbey and the tomb of Elizabeth Nightingale 14:23 - Temple Church's Famous Effigies of Knights Templar 18:18 - St Dunstan in the West and King Lud 21:28 - Southwark Cathedral and the Transi Tomb of Thomas Cure 24:44 - St Katherine Cree and beheaded Archibishop William Laud's prayer book 28:17 - All Hallows by the Tower and Saint Roch, the plague saint </video>

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