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Museum Secrets, Series 3, Episode 6, Chateau Versailles
directed by Lara J. Fitzgerald, fl. 1998, in Museum Secrets, Series 3, Episode 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 43 mins
The incredible stories behind the world's greatest treasures
Why is a Vatican masterpiece covered in heretical graffiti? How does the Louvre protect the Mona Lisa? Why did Napoleon commission a painting full of lies? Museum Secrets travels to the world's most famous museums in search of weird, wonderful, amazing...
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directed by Lara J. Fitzgerald, fl. 1998, in Museum Secrets, Series 3, Episode 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 43 mins
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The incredible stories behind the world's greatest treasures
Why is a Vatican masterpiece covered in heretical graffiti? How does the Louvre protect the Mona Lisa? Why did Napoleon commission a painting full of lies? Museum Secrets travels to the world's most famous museums in search of weird, wonderful, amazing and fascinating stories connected with both the well-known and the more obscure exhibits held in their collections. From new revelation...
The incredible stories behind the world's greatest treasures
Why is a Vatican masterpiece covered in heretical graffiti? How does the Louvre protect the Mona Lisa? Why did Napoleon commission a painting full of lies? Museum Secrets travels to the world's most famous museums in search of weird, wonderful, amazing and fascinating stories connected with both the well-known and the more obscure exhibits held in their collections. From new revelations on the Mona Lisa, the Sistine Chapel and the golden mask of King Tutankhamun to the mysterious 'tank room' of Britain's Natural History Museum, this series combines surprising revelations about things we recognise with amazing revelations about things we've never seen before.
Museum Secrets is a BBC history series looking at some of the world's greatest museum exhibits.
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Field of Study
Art & Architecture
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Colm Feore, 1958-
Author / Creator
Lara J. Fitzgerald, fl. 1998
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Museum Secrets
Speaker / Narrator
Colm Feore, 1958-
Topic / Theme
Historical research and historiography, Museums, Art & Architecture
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 BBC Worldwide
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