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.

After the Viking sword fight demonstration, attendees also got to try on Viking gear.

Bloggers Brock Groombridge of backpackwithbrock.com and Mike Corey of Kickthegrind.tv tested their own Viking fight skills.

Along with director David Langer, other members from the Museum Secrets team joined in the festivities, including cinematographer Mark Caswell and music composers Eric Cadesky and Nick Dyer.

Bloggers Jesse Ship and Mike Corey discussed authentic Viking ways with Ilya Shkarupin from Toronto Viking Group, Torvik.

The grand prize winner of our trivia game was Dan Levy of levynewsnetwork.wordpress.com, for tickets to Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament.

Special thanks to our prize sponsors: the Royal Ontario Museum, Medieval Times, MAC and Steam Whistle.

Extra special thanks to Paulhillier.com for taking some great photos at the event.

Stay tuned to our facebook page for news about future viewing parties.