Season 2 takes us to Topkapi Palace
We went to Istanbul, a city of mosques and bazaars, to find out the secrets of the splendid Topkapi Palace, the primary residence of the Ottoman Sultans during their reign in power for nearly 400 years from 1465-1856. Through the objects in the wonderful collection of the Topkapi we hope to find out the secrets of the Ottomans.
A 19th century crime that was ‘bigger than OJ’
On Museum Secrets: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which broadcasts tonight on History Television (Canada) at 8 PM ET/PT, a mysterious tale is told, of a young woman named Evelyn Nesbit, who was once thought to be the model for the nude sculpture which sat atop Madison Square Garden.
Watch our Director Commentary Video with Gary Lang to learn more about this murderous tale
Director explains what creative decisions went into making Museum Secrets at the Met
Prior to the broadcast of Museum Secrets: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art on History Television tonight at 10 PM ET/PT, read this interview with the director of the episode, Gary Lang, explaining how the motion control time-lapse video technique works and more.
Watch an assemblage of motion control time-lapse video clips from the Met episode
Things to do at the Met in New York
Upon return from his visit in Manhattan to attend the History Makers Conference, our Museum Secrets series producer Steve Gamester provided us with some information about some of the most interesting objects he found at the Met, when he was there earlier, scouting the museum for the development of Episode 6 of Museum Secrets: Inside the Met. Steve snapped some shots from his trip last year that we’ve included here too, along with his recommendations. Get ready for Museum Secrets: Inside the Met airing tomorrow on History Television (Canada) at 10 PM ET/PT.
Check out these Insider Tips from our series producer, Steve Gamester.
Museum Secrets director and an explosives engineer test secret weapons
On Museum Secrets: Inside the Natural History Museum, which broadcasts again tonight on History Television (Canada) at 8 PM ET/PT, Paul Kilback worked with an explosives engineer named Sidney Alford in London, in order to conduct a risky experiment. We asked the questions and found interesting answers. What top secret weapons were invented at the NHM? And how did one of these weapons come within a hair’s breadth of killing Adolph Hitler? These secrets are revealed when the show airs tonight (and tomorrow night at 7 PM ET/PT) on History Television. Find more about the story here.
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