WREXHAM is playing a part in a national project organised by the BBC and the British Museum.
A History of the World in 100 Objects is part of a BBC move to tell the story of how the world developed through the objects humans left behind.
Each of the 100 episodes in the Radio 4 series focuses on a different object from the British Museum's collection.
The BBC has asked museums throughout the UK to put forward a number of objects that they feel would represent the history of their country.
Fifty objects have been chosen and two of them come from Wrexham.
The first object is a “boring bar” from Bersham Heritage Centre.
The bar dates back to 1775 and was the revolutionary invention of John Wilkinson, a leading figure of the industrial revolution and original owner of Bersham Ironworks.
The bar meant that iron cannon could be cast without imperfections and, therefore, weaknesses.
BBC Wales also chose a bottle from the Wrexham Lager brand.
It dates back to the 1880s, the decade that Wrexham Lager was founded and became the first successful lager brewery in Britain.
BBC Cymru Wales will be broadcasting a new series, Wales and the History of the World, presented by rugby commentator and journalist Eddie Butler, telling the story of Wales’ influence on the world and the world’s influence on Wales through museum artifacts.
The programme, which will air in the spring, covers the themes of Welsh “firsts”, trade and industry, conflict, and identity and belief.
Roy Noble’s programme on BBC Radio Wales will also be taking a look at some of the best Welsh objects from now until the spring while Nia Roberts’ programme on BBC Radio Cymru will feature regular updates on some of the website artifacts and some of the listeners’ objects for five weeks, from Monday, January 25.
As well as browsing the various objects on the website bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld, everyone in Wales can also upload their own treasures to help build the digital museum.
Clare Hudson, acting director of BBC Wales, said: “This is an opportunity to help create a unique digital museum, where not just famous objects that have imparted their knowledge to us, but also those very personal things kept at home or in the attic which still have a story to tell, can take their place.”