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Museum Secrets

2011 Canadian TV series or program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Museum Secrets
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Museum Secrets is a TV series on History Television in Canada[1] and a website with videos and games exploring the world's renowned museums and their most enigmatic objects. Narrated by Canadian actor Colm Feore, the TV series ran for three seasons. Museum Secrets was produced by Kensington Communications Inc.

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The show won two awards at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for Best Factual Series and Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series[2]

The Royal Ontario Museum held a special exhibit during winter 2011, featuring objects from the Museum Secrets series. Several Canadian newspapers previewed the exhibit: National Post,[3] Toronto Sun,[4] Torontoist[5] and Toronto Star.[6]

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Broadcasts

History Television in Canada
Historia in French Canada
BBC Knowledge in Australia and New Zealand
Yesterday channel (UKTV) in the UK
National Geographic Channel (Canada)
Smithsonian Channel (US)
TVB J2 (Hong Kong)
Canal Encuentro (Argentina)

Seasons

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Each season, the series travels to the world's greatest museums in search of the mysteries behind their objects.

Season 1 episodes

Season 2 episodes

Season 3 episodes

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Interactive

The program's website features shorter web videos for the 14 episodes and an object navigator with 90 objects.[7]

Awards and nominations

Canadian Screen Awards, 2014
  • Best Factual Series [2]
  • Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series [2]
History Makers Awards, 2012 (now IMPACT Awards)
  • Best Interactive Production[8]
  • Most Innovative Production[8]
26th Annual Gemini Awards, 2011
  • Best Cross-platform Project Non-fiction (Robert Lang and David Oppenheim)[9]
  • Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research (Rebecca Snow)[9]
  • Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series (Eric Cadesky and Nick Dyer)[9]
Interactive Rockie Awards at Banff World Media Festival, 2011
  • Best Cross-platform Project[10]
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