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Museum Secrets, Series 1, 1, Inside the Vatican Museums
directed by Rebecca Snow, fl. 1978-2013 and Robert Lang, fl. 1985-2012, in Museum Secrets, Series 1, 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 47 mins
We climb a scaffold to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to discover the secret of Michelangelo's genius and why he feuded with the Pope, then hunt for the miscreants who defaced a Raphael masterpiece with hate filled graffiti. We reveal the censor responsible for putting fig leaves on penises, then gain access to...
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directed by Rebecca Snow, fl. 1978-2013 and Robert Lang, fl. 1985-2012, in Museum Secrets, Series 1, 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 47 mins
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We climb a scaffold to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to discover the secret of Michelangelo's genius and why he feuded with the Pope, then hunt for the miscreants who defaced a Raphael masterpiece with hate filled graffiti. We reveal the censor responsible for putting fig leaves on penises, then gain access to the secret Vatican Archives to
uncover the true story of the Knights Templar. We find out why a Vatican scientist took an Egyptian mu...
We climb a scaffold to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to discover the secret of Michelangelo's genius and why he feuded with the Pope, then hunt for the miscreants who defaced a Raphael masterpiece with hate filled graffiti. We reveal the censor responsible for putting fig leaves on penises, then gain access to the secret Vatican Archives to
uncover the true story of the Knights Templar. We find out why a Vatican scientist took an Egyptian mummy to the hospital, then finally... We examine a statue that depicts a man under attack by snakes to discover who he was and if he deserved such a horrible fate.
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Art & Architecture
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Colm Feore, 1958-
Author / Creator
Rebecca Snow, fl. 1978-2013, Robert Lang, fl. 1985-2012
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Museum Secrets, Series 1
Speaker / Narrator
Colm Feore, 1958-
Person Discussed
Michelangelo, 1475-1564
Topic / Theme
Fine arts, Christianity, Censorship, Religious artifacts
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Museum Secrets, Series 1, 2, Inside the Louvre
directed by David New, fl. 1985-2012, in Museum Secrets, Series 1, 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 47 mins
We chase the brazen thief who stole the Mona Lisa to find out how she was recovered and how she became so famous, then scrutinize the official portrait of Napoleon's coronation to reveal a canvas of lies. We re-stage the jousting accident that killed a king to discover whether his head wound was inevitably fatal,...
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directed by David New, fl. 1985-2012, in Museum Secrets, Series 1, 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 47 mins
Description
We chase the brazen thief who stole the Mona Lisa to find out how she was recovered and how she became so famous, then scrutinize the official portrait of Napoleon's coronation to reveal a canvas of lies. We re-stage the jousting accident that killed a king to discover whether his head wound was inevitably fatal, then enter the turbulent life of a young artist to find out whether he was driven mad by sexual guilt or his attempts to paint a traged...
We chase the brazen thief who stole the Mona Lisa to find out how she was recovered and how she became so famous, then scrutinize the official portrait of Napoleon's coronation to reveal a canvas of lies. We re-stage the jousting accident that killed a king to discover whether his head wound was inevitably fatal, then enter the turbulent life of a young artist to find out whether he was driven mad by sexual guilt or his attempts to paint a tragedy at sea. And finally, we probe a king's assassination to discover if the assailant was a lone knife-man or in league with an evil Queen.
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Field of Study
Art & Architecture
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Colm Feore, 1958-
Author / Creator
David New, fl. 1985-2012
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Museum Secrets, Series 1
Speaker / Narrator
Colm Feore, 1958-
Person Discussed
Napoléon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Topic / Theme
Portraits, Art museums, Paintings
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Museum Secrets, Series 1, 3, Inside the Royal Ontario Museum
directed by Kenton Vaughan, fl. 2011, in Museum Secrets, Series 1, 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 47 mins
We unwrap a tiny mummy to find out how an Egyptian baby died 2000 years ago, then test two theories about 12th Century Islamic pottery by smoking hashish and blowing things up. We tell the embarrassing tale of a dinosaur lost for decades within the museum's walls, then visit a hard-hat construction zone where cura...
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directed by Kenton Vaughan, fl. 2011, in Museum Secrets, Series 1, 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 47 mins
Description
We unwrap a tiny mummy to find out how an Egyptian baby died 2000 years ago, then test two theories about 12th Century Islamic pottery by smoking hashish and blowing things up. We tell the embarrassing tale of a dinosaur lost for decades within the museum's walls, then visit a hard-hat construction zone where curators piece bones together into the colossal skeleton of a Barosaurus. We field test a crossbow against a musket to find out which is th...
We unwrap a tiny mummy to find out how an Egyptian baby died 2000 years ago, then test two theories about 12th Century Islamic pottery by smoking hashish and blowing things up. We tell the embarrassing tale of a dinosaur lost for decades within the museum's walls, then visit a hard-hat construction zone where curators piece bones together into the colossal skeleton of a Barosaurus. We field test a crossbow against a musket to find out which is the deadliest killing machine, then meet the great-great grandson of Sitting Bull, who uses spiritual means to discern whether the museum’s prized Sioux headdress was ever worn by his illustrious ancestor. And finally, we examine the stuffed remains of a prize-winning bulldog to uncover a disturbing revelation about the dangers of unnatural selection.
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Field of Study
Art & Architecture
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Colm Feore, 1958-
Author / Creator
Kenton Vaughan, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Museum Secrets, Series 1
Speaker / Narrator
Colm Feore, 1958-
Topic / Theme
Archaeological artifacts, American Indians, Natural history museums, Vietnamese
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Museum Secrets, Series 1, 4, Inside the Egyptian Museum
directed by Paul Kilback, fl. 2001-2013, in Museum Secrets, Series 1, 4 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 53 mins
We search for the lost tomb of Ramesses the Great, then, guided by a mummy's head wounds, we recreate the last moments of an ancient king to discover if he was a brave man or a coward. We visit the stomping grounds of Indiana Jones to discover how a poor Pharaoh amassed a hoard of gold to rival King Tut, then ente...
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directed by Paul Kilback, fl. 2001-2013, in Museum Secrets, Series 1, 4 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 53 mins
Description
We search for the lost tomb of Ramesses the Great, then, guided by a mummy's head wounds, we recreate the last moments of an ancient king to discover if he was a brave man or a coward. We visit the stomping grounds of Indiana Jones to discover how a poor Pharaoh amassed a hoard of gold to rival King Tut, then enter an underground animal necropolis to find out why ancient Egyptians mummified cats, baboons and falcons by the millions. We discover c...
We search for the lost tomb of Ramesses the Great, then, guided by a mummy's head wounds, we recreate the last moments of an ancient king to discover if he was a brave man or a coward. We visit the stomping grounds of Indiana Jones to discover how a poor Pharaoh amassed a hoard of gold to rival King Tut, then enter an underground animal necropolis to find out why ancient Egyptians mummified cats, baboons and falcons by the millions. We discover cryptic inscriptions on a pyramid's capstone that reveal the secret of the pyramid's spiritual power, and finally... We enter the pyramid of King Khufu to search for his true likeness in a chamber from which we can spy a
locked unopened door.
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Field of Study
Art & Architecture
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Colm Feore, 1958-
Author / Creator
Paul Kilback, fl. 2001-2013
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Museum Secrets, Series 1
Speaker / Narrator
Colm Feore, 1958-
Topic / Theme
Historical museums, Archaeological artifacts, Monarchs
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Museum Secrets, Series 1, 5, Inside the Natural History Museum
directed by Paul Kilback, fl. 2001-2013, in Museum Secrets, Series 1, 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 47 mins
We examine a skull to discover if prehistoric Britons were cannibals, then pull a killer shark from a pool of formaldehyde to find out how it helped swimmers win Olympic gold. We dare a curator to handle a famous gem said to kill all who touch it, then enter a once top-secret room where WWII spymasters created a b...
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directed by Paul Kilback, fl. 2001-2013, in Museum Secrets, Series 1, 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 47 mins
Description
We examine a skull to discover if prehistoric Britons were cannibals, then pull a killer shark from a pool of formaldehyde to find out how it helped swimmers win Olympic gold. We dare a curator to handle a famous gem said to kill all who touch it, then enter a once top-secret room where WWII spymasters created a bomb that came within a hair's-breadth of killing Hitler. We view the remains of Barbary Lions to find out why they spent their lives in...
We examine a skull to discover if prehistoric Britons were cannibals, then pull a killer shark from a pool of formaldehyde to find out how it helped swimmers win Olympic gold. We dare a curator to handle a famous gem said to kill all who touch it, then enter a once top-secret room where WWII spymasters created a bomb that came within a hair's-breadth of killing Hitler. We view the remains of Barbary Lions to find out why they spent their lives in the Tower of London, then consider a perfectly preserved specimen of a Dodo, to discover whether the flightless bird’s extinction was really as inevitable as we have been led to believe.
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Art & Architecture
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Colm Feore, 1958-
Author / Creator
Paul Kilback, fl. 2001-2013
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Museum Secrets, Series 1
Speaker / Narrator
Colm Feore, 1958-
Topic / Theme
Scientific research, Archaeological artifacts, Natural history museums
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Museum Secrets, Series 1, 6, Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art
directed by Gary Lang, fl. 1996-2014, in Museum Secrets, Series 1, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 47 mins
We examine the armor of Henry VIII to discover how he got so fat and crazy, then enter New York high-society to reveal how a nude sculpture led to a brutal murder. Inside a vast Egyptian temple, enclosed within the museum's walls, we search a secret chamber to discover why the temple's statues celebrate the foreig...
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directed by Gary Lang, fl. 1996-2014, in Museum Secrets, Series 1, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 47 mins
Description
We examine the armor of Henry VIII to discover how he got so fat and crazy, then enter New York high-society to reveal how a nude sculpture led to a brutal murder. Inside a vast Egyptian temple, enclosed within the museum's walls, we search a secret chamber to discover why the temple's statues celebrate the foreign emperor who conquered the land of the Pharaohs. We touch the Holy Grail (or maybe not) to discover what gives religious relics their...
We examine the armor of Henry VIII to discover how he got so fat and crazy, then enter New York high-society to reveal how a nude sculpture led to a brutal murder. Inside a vast Egyptian temple, enclosed within the museum's walls, we search a secret chamber to discover why the temple's statues celebrate the foreign emperor who conquered the land of the Pharaohs. We touch the Holy Grail (or maybe not) to discover what gives religious relics their power, then discover how a museum curator invented modern body armor. And finally, in a lab equipped with the latest NASA technology, we discover
how museum scientists use art to solve mysteries of the past and present.
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Field of Study
Art & Architecture
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Colm Feore, 1958-
Author / Creator
Gary Lang, fl. 1996-2014
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Museum Secrets, Series 1
Speaker / Narrator
Colm Feore, 1958-
Topic / Theme
Scientific research, Natural history museums, Religious artifacts
Copyright Message
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