Name: Mysteries at the Museum
Released: 2010-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Seth Porges, Katherine Alcock, Lawrence Derx

TV Show · Documentary · Travel

Museums are where America displays its treasures – important and sometimes strange remnants of the momentous events that have shaped our history. And behind each artifact are secrets waiting to be revealed.

2010 · 40m

Starring Seth Porges, Katherine Alcock, Lawrence Derx

EPISODE 1

The Invention of Cellophane

A roll of film that revolutionized the retail industry; a jacket that belonged to a prankster; a 500-year-old mystery is put to rest.

39 min
EPISODE 2

Zip to Zap

An aeronautical device with a claim to fame; a cane that thwarted presidential assassin; a souvenir T-shirt from an outlandish event.

40 min
EPISODE 3

Golfer Behind Enemy Lines

A play that sparked one of the biggest riots in NYC; a monocular used by a soldier; wrapper from a pungent product that sparked a postal feud.

40 min
EPISODE 4

Stolen Strad, Fall From Space

Host Don Wildman examines a concert program that marks one of the most infamous nights in the history of a prestigious music venue, a space capsule used by a heroic astronaut,

40 min
EPISODE 5

Birth of the Road Map

An iconic road sign; a tiny bee specimen; an unusual gas mask invented by a pioneering man.

40 min
EPISODE 6

Erno Rubik's Magic Cube

A classic toy from a Hungarian genius; a delicate silk sample; a quirky car designed to travel on land and water.

38 min