Welcome to the Seasoned Migrant Podcast! In this episode, we’re diving deep into the politics of national museums. We often visit museums without realizing the intentions of those standing behind the scenes. These buildings aim to capture the most important moments in a nation’s history, but who gets to decide what these moments and how to portray them? Perhaps most importantly, why do we accept the fact that the nation needs to have a single voice and a single national story? We discuss the origins of the national museum, its original class tensions, and we look at the ideological challenges of museums in China, Iran, and Peru.
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