Museum Secrets — Season 2
Season Two takes us inside Athens’ Archaeological Museum, The State Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, the American Museum of Natural History, the Imperial War Museum in London,
About this season
Season Two takes us inside Athens’ Archaeological Museum, The State Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, the American Museum of Natural History, the Imperial War Museum in London, the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum, and Museum Island in Berlin.
Episodes (8)
1. Inside the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul
Aired 12 January 2012 • 44 min
From assassins who plot to poison a Sultan to bitter enemies who sign the world's first peace treaty, discover the secrets inside the Topkapi Palace Museum.
2. Inside the American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Aired 19 January 2012 • 44 min
From a dinosaur embryo that solves a murder mystery to a spacecraft catching a comet's tail, discover the secrets inside the American Museum of Natural History.
3. Inside the Imperial War Museum, London
Aired 26 January 2012 • 44 min
From Churchill risking his life in the Blitz to 21st Century soldiers who become invisible, discover the secrets inside the Imperial War Museum.
4. Inside the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
Aired 2 February 2012 • 44 min
From ancient athletes who kick a severed head to a peasant dress that brings down an empire, discover the secrets inside the National Museum of Anthropology.
5. Inside the Pergamon and Neues Museums, Berlin
Aired 9 February 2012 • 44 min
From Vikings who break unbreakable swords to curators who solve the world's hardest jigsaw puzzle, discover the secrets inside the Pergamon and Neues Museums.
6. Inside the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Aired 1 March 2012 • 44 min
From the alchemy of turning silver into gold to a dance craze that changed history, discover the secrets inside the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
7. Inside the National Archeological Museum of Athens
Aired 9 March 2012 • 44 min
From a dodgy archeologist who discovers a golden mask to an ancient gadget that reveals the future, discover the secrets inside the National Archaeological Museum.
8. Inside the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Aired 22 March 2012 • 44 min
From ancient mummies who sport tattoos to re-examining who really killed Rasputin, discover the secrets inside the State Hermitage Museum.