Derbyshire Record have a rather curious collection of little objects that relate to the life of Lady Jane Franklin, who the second wife of a famous Polar explorer but was an important woman in her own right. In this episode we talk to Ruth Larsen (University of Derby) about Lady Jane's Museum and women as collectors and curators of family history.
You can see a wonderful online exhibition of Lady Jane's Museum on Derbyshire Record Office's <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/lady-jane-s-museum/lgKCN59rx-QnLw">Google Arts and Culture</a> pages.
Lady Franklin's Lament' (trad) instrumental and vocals by Ewan D. Rodgers and Clare Mosley.

This series of ten mini podcasts looks at how objects in various Derbyshire collections can be the start of larger stories and honest conversations about our past, present and future. Through themes of exploration, exploitation and Empire, we will discover how these collections connect the local to the global, and how they continue to shape our city and county.

Created by the University of Derby for the Being Human festival 2020 and produced by Roger Morford.