Medieval History
A museum can be the setting for exciting thrillers, and we?re not talking about the ones penned by Dan Brown. Museum Secrets, a six-part series on History Television, promises to uncover the mysteries and scandals of institutions such as the Vatican, the Louvre and Toronto?s Royal Ontario Museum. ?We find stories that people don?t know,? says producer Robert Lang, who travelled across the world to investigate prehistoric British cannibalism and the murder of a pharaoh. ?Behind every object, there?s a great story to tell. In every museum, there are millions of objects.? Melissa Leong went behind the scenes with curators at the ROM to learn about three mysterious objects and their stories.
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Medieval History
Museum Secrets reveals the history behind historical objects
A museum can be the setting for exciting thrillers, and we?re not talking about the ones penned by Dan Brown. Museum Secrets, a six-part series on History Television, promises to uncover the mysteries and scandals of institutions such as the Vatican, the Louvre and Toronto?s Royal Ontario Museum. ?We find stories that people don?t know,? says producer Robert Lang, who travelled across the world to investigate prehistoric British cannibalism and the murder of a pharaoh. ?Behind every object, there?s a great story to tell. In every museum, there are millions of objects.? Melissa Leong went behind the scenes with curators at the ROM to learn about three mysterious objects and their stories.
Click here to read this article from The National Post
Click here to see our page on Museum Secrets
- British Museum To Host Major Exhibition On Ancient Rome In 2013
The British Museum will be featuring the ancient Roman world in an exhibition during the spring and summer of 2013. Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum will bring together over 250 fascinating objects, both recent discoveries and celebrated finds...
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