Museum Secrets Revealed Continues on Smithsonian Channel
For those of you in the US who have been watching the first US broadcast of our series on TV, we’ve got some great news! We’re pleased to announce that there are more broadcasts added to the schedule on the Smithsonian Channel.
“Museum Secrets Revealed” Premiere Broadcast in the USA
For those of you in the US who have been asking us about when you can see our series on TV, the wait is over. We’re pleased to announce that starting on Monday November 5, our hit series has its US premiere on the Smithsonian Channel.
Museum Secrets Screening at Friday Night Live @ROM
“Drinks. DJs. Dinos. History just got hot.” - That’s the new tagline for The Royal Ontario Museum’s new event series: Friday Night Live at the ROM.
Museum Secrets partners with the ROM for limited run exhibit
For a limited time only, objects featured on Museum Secrets: Inside the Royal Ontario Museum will be out of the vaults and on public display at a special exhibit at the ROM. ROM curators will talk about the artifacts as part of the ROM’s Out of the Vaults series, of which the Museum Secrets exhibit is a part.
When? Saturday, February 5 to Monday, February 27, 2011
Where? At the ROM in the Canada Court on the Museum’s Level 1.
Test Your Skills in “Crossbow Defender”
Crossbow Defender: Play Now.
Test your skills against enemy knights in our medieval first person shooter. One of our flash developers who worked on the Museum Secrets website hit a grand slam and was able to kill all of the knights on the battlefield with all 4 crossbows in a row. The challenge for you gamers, history and museums fans out there: go to this link, select your bow and try to hit a medieval grand slam! Post your comments below or on youtube (or even better, your video or photo showing your skills). Good luck!
Behind the scenes on a medieval weapons shoot
Tonight is the third night when you can catch Museum Secrets: Inside the ROM broadcasting on History Television (Canada) at 7 PM ET/PT. But before or after you do, you can hear from director Kenton Vaughan for a behind-the-scenes perspective on the filming of one of my favourite stories in the episode, the mystery of why medieval warriors put down a trusted crossbow and picked up the gun.
Watch our director commentary video with Kenton Vaughan.
A 3D video made from a CT scan reveals how a baby mummy died
Tonight on Museum Secrets: Inside the ROM at 10 PM on History Television (Canada), one of the stories we explore takes us behind closed doors to investigate the mysterious death of a baby mummy. In order to discover what ended their short lives, Gayle Gibson from the ROM and Professor Andrew Nelson examine a CT scan of the tiny mummified boy.
Check out the trailer for a glimpse of what you’ll see in the episode and an exclusive 3D video taking you inside the baby mummy.
Museum Secrets brings the ROM’s curatorial spaces to life
Prior to the broadcast of Museum Secrets: Inside the ROM this Thursday January 20 (that’s tomorrow!), at 10 PM ET/PT on History Television Canada, take a behind the scenes look at creating the episode at Canada’s largest museum of culture, archeology and natural history.
Director Q&A: Museum Secrets: Inside the ROM
An interview with Kenton Vaughan
Why did the crossbow become extinct on the battlefield?
On Museum Secrets: Inside the Royal Ontario Museum we tell you the story of a rare and deadly 15th Century crossbow that was the pinnacle of weapons technology before it disappeared from the battlefield.
Bungie the bulldog at the ROM
In the upcoming episode of Museum Secrets: Inside the Royal Ontario Museum we reveal mysteries that span lost dinosaurs to baby mummies. We also get to know a Bulldog named Bungie.
