Museums in Strange Places

43 EpisodesProduced by Hannah HethmonWebsite

I believe that museums are one of the best ways to discover a place, whether it’s your first time visiting or you’ve lived there your whole life. Join me on this adventure as I get to know the world….one museum as a time. I’m your host, Hannah Hethmon. In each episode, I visit a different museum to … read more

About the Host

Hannah Hethmon

Creator and Host

Hannah Hethmon is a consultant and producer specializing in all things podcasting for museums, history organizations, and cultural nonprofits. She is the creator and host of two shows: Museums in Strange Places and London is Ok I Guess. She is the author of the book Your Museum Needs a Podcast: A Step-By-Step Guide to Podcasting on a Budget for Museums, History Organizations, and Cultural Nonprofits. Her production and consulting work includes shows and projects for the UK National Archives, the Smithsonian Institution, the Science History Institute, the Peale Center, and the Vagina Museum. Hannah holds an MA in Viking and Medieval Norse Studies from the University of Iceland and is a Fulbright alumni. Originally from the greater Washington, D.C. area, she has lived in Iceland, Denmark, and Poland and currently lives in London….which is ok she says.

What fans say about the podcast

Takes You There!

What a gem of a podcast! The host really takes you with her on the visits and you feel as though you can look up and see the places and experience the locations. The cohosts/ interviewees are really knowledgable as well so it's a great listen.

— Karbar1100 (on Apple Podcasts)

Thoroughly Researched and Always Compelling

Thoroughly researched and always compelling, “Museums in Strange Places” has brought dozens of important but little-known cultural sites to global attention. Hethmon knows the tools of her trade as intimately as the needs of both museums and their audiences, and her podcast is a perfect meeting ground for both – as well as a cracking good listen!

— Nancy Proctor

Featured episodes

July 01, 2019

Slavery in Maryland: Facing Our Whole History at Sotterley Plantation

So much of Maryland was built on the back of enslaved Africans, yet it’s easy to avoid confronting the history of slavery in Maryland’s former plantation country. Historic Sotterley is …

November 27, 2018

Museum Time Machine: The Peale Center (S02/E04)

There’s a time machine in downtown Baltimore on Holliday Street. A time machine that will take you back to the origin of public collections of art, …

June 19, 2018

We Always Come Back to Home Island (S01/E18)

No matter what happens on the Westman Islands off Iceland's south coast–invading pirates, mass Mormon exoduses, months-long volcanic eruptions, …

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