Museum Secrets

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image	Museum Secrets TV Program Title Screen.jpg
caption	Title screen
genre	Documentary history
narrated	Colm Feore
country	Canada
language	English, French
num_seasons	3
num_episodes	22
executive_producer	Robert Lang
runtime	44 minutes
company	Kensington Communications, Inc.
network	History
first_aired
last_aired
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Museum Secrets is a TV series on History Television in Canada 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 ran for three seasons. Museum Secrets was produced by Kensington Communications Inc.

The show won two awards at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for Best Factual Series and Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

The Royal Ontario Museum held a special exhibit during winter 2011, featuring objects from the Museum Secrets series. Several Canadian newspapers previewed the exhibit: National Post, Toronto Sun, Torontoist and Toronto Star.

Broadcasts

;History Television in Canada ;Historia in French Canada ;BBC Knowledge in Australia and New Zealand ;Yesterday channel (UKTV) in the UK ;National Geographic Channel (Canada) ;Smithsonian Channel (US) ;TVB J2 (Hong Kong) ;Canal Encuentro (Argentina)

Seasons

Each season, the series travels to the world's greatest museums in search of the mysteries behind their objects.

Season 1 episodes

• "Inside the Royal Ontario Museum" (Toronto, Canada)
• "Inside the Natural History Museum" (London, United Kingdom)
• "Inside the Louvre" (Paris, France)
• "Inside the Vatican Museums" (Rome, Italy)
• "Inside the Egyptian Museum" (Cairo, Egypt)
• "Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art" (New York City, United States)

Season 2 episodes

• "Inside the Hermitage Museum" (St. Petersburg, Russia)
• "Inside the Topkapı Palace Museum" (Istanbul, Turkey)
• "Inside the National Archaeological Museum of Athens" (Athens, Greece)
• "Inside the American Museum of Natural History" (New York City, United States)
• "Inside the Imperial War Museum" (London, Duxford and Manchester; United Kingdom)
• "Inside the National Museum of Anthropology" (Mexico City, Mexico)
• "Inside the Pergamon and Neues Museums" (Berlin, Germany)
• "Inside the Kunsthistorisches Museum" (Vienna, Austria)

Season 3 episodes

• "Inside the Palacio Real de Madrid" (Madrid, Spain)
• "Inside the Israel Museum" (Jerusalem, Israel)
• "Inside the Uffizi Gallery" (Florence, Italy)
• "Inside the State Historical Museum" (Moscow, Russia)
• "Inside the Smithsonian Institution" (Washington D.C., United States)
• "Inside the Château de Versailles" (Versailles, France)
• "Inside the Royal Museums Greenwich" (London, United Kingdom)
• "Inside the Bardo National Museum" (Tunis, Tunisia)

Interactive

The program's website features shorter web videos for the 14 episodes and an object navigator with 90 objects.

Awards and nominations

;Canadian Screen Awards, 2014:

• Best Factual Series
• Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

;History Makers Awards, 2012 (now IMPACT Awards):

• Best Interactive Production
• Most Innovative Production

;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)

;Interactive Rockie Awards at Banff World Media Festival, 2011:

• Best Cross-platform Project

References

References

1. "Museum Secrets Schedule on History Television Canada". History Television.
2. "2014 Award Winner List". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
3. "Museum Secrets reveals the history behind historical objects". National Post.
4. "ROM secrets head for TV Museum's hidden treasures featured on new show". Toronto Sun.
5. "ROM Secrets Revealed". Torontoist.
6. (January 20, 2011). "Royal Ontario Museum's secret mummy babies revealed". Toronto Star.
7. "Solving the mystery of "Degenerate Art" in Berlin". Boing Boing.
8. (January 27, 2012). "Congratulations To The Canadian Winners At The History Makers Awards » Village Gamer".
9. "26th Annual Gemini Awards".
10. "Interactive Content Nominated for Banff World Media Fest".

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