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

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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

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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.

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Photo Set: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Browse our photos from The Metropolitan Museum of Art and see some of the objects featured in our sixth episode of the Museum Secrets series, premiering January 6th on History Television. There’s much more to these objects than you think!

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