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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...

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...

Objects, anything that created a negative stereotype about africa. though some things couldnt be changed, like the enduring presence of the monarch who established this place. so here, this hall represents really the two discourses that are taking place in the museum. and you can see, if you lift your head, the name of the late king leopold ii encrypted in everyones hall. but also, here you actually have an inscription that says in french, "la belgique apportant la civilisation "au congo." "belg...

So what we did is that we commissioned contemporary artists to present their alternative interpretation. so when the museum building says, "belgium brings security", he has the image of the belgian soldiers that brings security with eyes in his back. and its notjust the text. its as obvious as the colour of the statues. so here we have another inscription that says, "the wrestle with the snake." you do notice that the statue is black and the others are gold, because gold is seen as superior, as ...