Repeat Broadcast Air Dates for Season 2 in Canada
Did you catch all of the latest episodes from Season 2? There were 8 new episodes that recently premiered on History Television… but if you didn’t see them all, now is your last chance to catch them when they air again.
Here’s the repeat broadcast schedule for Museum Secrets Season 2 on History Television Canada.
Season 3 Gets Green-Light!
After a second hit season on History Television Canada, Kensington Communications Inc. has begun prep work for another batch of Museum Secrets shows, to roll out early in 2013. Our terrific production team is back, many of the same people from last year, digging up more secrets ‘dark and strange’.
Photos from the #MuseumSecrets Viewing Party
On March 1st we hosted several dozen bloggers in Toronto to watch Museum Secrets: Inside the Pergamon and Neues Museums, Berlin. Guests were treated to a Viking sword fight demonstration to wet their appetites for the upcoming episode, and then played trivia to test their knowledge of the show.
As viewers watched on History Television, they tweeted. The event caused quite a stir, with viewers and event guests generating hundreds of tweets with the #MuseumSecrets hashtag - A testament to our growing online community.
Can you find poison that kills in a modern day Istanbul market?
During the Ottoman Empire, no fewer than 19 Sultans were assassinated. So when the Sultans slept in Topkapi Palace, he was inclined to keep one eye open. Everyone around him was a potential enemy - a traitorous vizier, a jealous wife, or an ambitious son could all have a motive to kill them. Join crime novelist - and expert in all things Sultan - Jason Goodwin, as he takes us on a tour of Istanbul’s ancient spice market, in search of a poison fit to kill a Sultan.
Watch Museum Secrets: Inside the Topkapi Palace Museum on History Television this Thursday at 10 PM to find out why so many Sultans were murdered and what the perfect way to murder them was.
Director’s Secrets: Challenges of Filming The Wall Around Topkapi Palace
How did a young Muslim Sultan named Mehmet breech a wall that had kept invaders out of the city for more than a thousand years? What tactics and technology turned the tide in Mehmet’s favour? - All will be revealed on Museum Secrets: Inside the Topkapi Palace Museum.
Join episode director Peter Findlay as he tells secrets about the challenges of shooting the once impenetrable wall around Topkapi Palace. Be sure to watch our latest video to get a behind the scenes perspective on the episode that airs this Thursday.
Discover An Amazing Way to Explore Istanbul
For centuries, Istanbul has been Europe’s cultural crossroads between East and West. Today, it’s a cosmopolitan city of more than 13 million people who represent cultures and religions from all over Asia, Europe and the Middle East. During the inaugural festival of ‘Istancool” in 2010, Istanbul was named the ‘European Capital of Culture,’ for its commitment to preserving - and celebrating - the architecture and historical influences of the Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern eras in the city.
Watch our video with director Peter Findlay as he shows you a great way to explore Istanbul.
Join us this week to learn the secrets of the Ottoman Empire, on Museum Secrets: Inside The Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul.
Behind the Scenes on the Falconry Shoot
How did an emperor’s love for falconry help him win a crusade? And how did it help bring Europe out of the Dark Ages?
Join our Producer Stephen Milton as he takes us behind the scenes on our shoot with a master falconer and his birds of prey. This was an exciting shoot with some unexpected surprises and you can see the exciting results in our upcoming episode Inside the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Video: Exploring a Living Museum, The Berlin Wall
Director David Langer explores The Berlin Wall, renowned for its historical significance and present day mural art. We shot this video while we were working on our episode of Museum Secrets in Berlin. Catch Museum Secrets: Inside the Pergamon and Neues Museums, Berlin, to discover the allure of Nefertiti, the power of the Pergamon altar and Viking sword fighting techniques.
