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hundreds are known to have died with many more injured. those pulled from the wreckage were taken to nearby hospitals where they spoke of the horror of the crash. translation: when the accident occurred we realised _ that there was a fire. when it caught fire nobody could escape. some did manage to get out, some were able to run out of the carriage. but the train had fallen over another train. koshida had to watch as her only daughter died in front of her. translation: as we kept i rol...

hello and welcome to the travel show with me, rajan datar. now, its widely believed that the first—ever museum was built more than 2,500 years ago in babylon, or modern day iraq. and now unesco reckons there are 100,000 of them throughout the world. but today, many museums are putting a lot of time and effort into thinking about how they can make their collections more engaging and more in tune with modern audiences. and that is what were looking at in this weeks show, starting here ...

on the travel show: im in belgium, where past, present and future meet. now, its widely believed that the first—ever museum was built more than 2,500 years ago in babylon, or modern day iraq. and now unesco reckons there are 100,000 of them throughout the world. but today, many museums are putting a lot of time and effort into thinking about how they can make their collections more engaging and more in tune with modern audiences. and that is what were looking at in this weeks show, s...

and demanding that these bronzes stay where they are so we can have access to these. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, rajan datar. now, its widely believed that the first ever museum was built more than 2,500 years ago in babylon, or modern day iraq. and now unesco reckons there are 100,000 of them throughout the world. but today, many museums are putting a lot of time and effort into thinking about how they can make their collections more engaging and more in tune with mo...

about how they can make their collections more engaging and more in tune with modern audiences. and that is what were looking at in this weeks show, starting here in belgium. the african museum in tervuren, just outside of brussels, is marking its 125th anniversary. and along with a range of events associated with that, the museums taken the opportunity to reflect on its colonial past. five years ago, the museum underwent a massive renovation, removing problematic statues, changing the...

From the netherlands in the 19th century, the western nations scramble for africa was in full throttle. now, king leopold wanted a piece of the action, but without the support of his own government, he had to win over investors and the public. the exposition was a huge success, and so began belgiums long and violent history in the congo. when i arrived there in 2001 as director, i found a museum that basically hadnt changed since 1956. basically the year when i first visited the museum... as a c...