Museum Secrets
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| Genre | Documentary history |
| Format | Live-action |
| Narrated by | Colm Feore |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English, French |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Robert Lang |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Kensington Communications, Inc. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | History |
| Original run | January 6, 2011 – present |
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| Website | |
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Museum Secrets is a TV series on History Television in Canada[1] and a website with videos and games; exploring the world’s renowned museums and their most enigmatic objects. Narrated by Canadian actor Colm Feore, the TV series is now in production for a third season. Museum Secrets is produced by Kensington Communications Inc.
The Royal Ontario Museum held a special exhibit during the winter of 2011, featuring objects from the Museum Secrets series. Several Canadian newspapers previewed the exhibit: National Post,[2] Toronto Sun,[3] Torontoist[4] and Toronto Star.[5]
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Broadcasts [edit]
- History Television in Canada
- Historia in French Canada
- BBC Knowledge in Australia and New Zealand
- Yesterday channel (UKTV) in the UK
Seasons [edit]
Each season, the series travels to the world’s greatest museums in search of the mysteries behind their objects.
Season 1 episodes [edit]
- Vatican
- Louvre
- Royal Ontario Museum[[6]]
- Cairo's Egyptian Museum
- Natural History Museum in London
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Season 2 episodes [edit]
- The Hermitage
- American Museum of Natural History
- National Archaeological Museum of Athens
- Imperial War Museum
- National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City
- Pergamon and Neues Museums in Berlin
- Kunsthistorisches Museum
- Topkapi Palace
Season 3 episodes [edit]
- Palacio Real Madrid
- Israel Museum in Jerusalem
- Uffizi Gallery
- State Historical Museum in (Moscow)
- Smithsonian
- Chateau Versailles
- Royal Museums Greenwich
- Bardo National Museum
Interactive [edit]
The website, museumsecrets.tv[7] features shorter web videos for the 14 episodes and an object navigator with 90 objects. The Museum Secrets facebook page, currently features updates about the season 3 production, taking place all over the world.
Awards & nominations [edit]
- 26th Annual Gemini Awards, 2011
- Best Cross-platform Project Non-fiction (Robert Lang and David Oppenheim)
- Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research (Rebecca Snow)
- Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series (Eric Cadesky and Nick Dyer)
- Rocky Awards at Banff World Media Festival, 2011
- Best Cross-platform Project.
- History Makers Awards, 2011
- Best Interactive Production
- Most Innovative Production
References [edit]
- ^ "Museum Secrets Schedule on History Television Canada". History Television. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ "Museum Secrets reveals the history behind historical objects". National Post. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "ROM secrets head for TV Museum's hidden treasures featured on new show". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "ROM Secrets Revealed". Torontoist. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Royal Ontario Museum’s secret mummy babies revealed". Toronto Star. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Museum Secrets reveals the history behind historical objects". The National Post. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Solving the mystery of "Degenerate Art" in Berlin". Boing Boing. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
