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22 X 1 HOUR DOCUMENTARY SERIES / INTERACTIVE WEB SITE

There are thousands of museums around the world, but only a few are recognized worldwide.

Museums like the Louvre, the Vatican Museums, the Egyptian Museum, the Natural History Museum in London, the Royal Ontario Museum, the State Hermitage Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Chateau of Versailles and the Metropolitan Museum of Art are renowned for their incredibly rich collections, stunning architecture, and the prominent roles they have played in the history of world art, culture, cutting-edge research and achievement.

Museum Secrets takes viewers on an insider's tour of these venerable institutions. Each one-hour documentary focuses on a different museum and profiles 6 objects and stories from the collection. Renowned historians, experts and curators reveal the great stories behind these objects, stories of inspiration and passion, science and discovery, protection and preservation. From the best-known iconic objects we thought we knew to the obscure pieces in museum storerooms and vaults, the series probes their fascinating history with dramatic story-telling techniques and stunning cinematography.

Season One takes us to the Louvre, the Vatican Museums, the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, London's Natural History Museum, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.

Season Two takes us inside Athens' Archaeological Museum, The State Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, the American Museum of Natural History, the Imperial War Museum in London, the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum, and Museum Island in Berlin.

Season Three takes us to the State Historical Museum in Moscow, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Palacio Real in Madrid, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., London's National Maritime Museum, the Chateau of Versailles and Tunisia's Bardo Museum.

Museum Secrets is broadcast across the world and exposes millions of people to the beauty and mystery of the world's greatest museums and the significance of their collections.

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Executive Producer
ROBERT LANG

Supervising Producer
TARA JAN

Series Producer
MARIANNE KUSHMANIUK

Episode Producer
BILL ROBERTSON

Directors
MARY ANNE ALTON
PETER FINDLAY
LARA FITZGERALD
PAUL KILBACK
VICTOR KUSHMANIUK
GARY LANG
ROBERT LANG
DAVID LANGER
DAVID NEW
REBECCA SNOW
KENTON VAUGHAN

Directors of Photography
MARK CASWELL
CHRIS ROMEIKE

2nd Unit Camera
IRIS NG

Editors
CHRIS CASSINO
GRAEME BALL
JENNIFER ESSEX-CHEW
GREG HOPEN
GREG WEST
ROBERT SWARTZ
ENZO ANILE
CATHY GULKIN

Music Composers
ERIC CADESKY
NICK DYER

Sound Recordists
MARGUS JUKKUM
SCOTT CHAPPEL
SEAN FELDSTEIN
STEVIE DRANITSARIS
AO LOO

Production Manager
KIM DE SIMONE
KIM CREELMAN

Post Supervisor
CATHERINE COPELIN

Research
SEANN GALLAGHER
LARA FITZGERALD
VICTOR KUSHMANIUK
JOANNE LOTON
BEN TUCKER

Visual Research
ANITA TURCOTTE
MAGGIE MCCAW

Writer
ALLEN BOOTH
HUGH HARDY

Produced by KENSINGTON COMMUNICATIONS in association with HISTORY TV, HISTORIA TV, UKTV, and BBC Worldwide, with the financial participation of the CANADIAN TELEVISION FUND, ROGERS CABLE NETWORK FUND and ROGERS TELEFUND

interactive

Based on the 22-part television series, Museum Secrets Interactive is a media rich website which further explores the stories behind the museums’ treasures through web-exclusive videos and game-like experiences.

The series also extends to mobile devices, placing the rich layers of history hidden in each object into the hands of museum visitors in an entertaining and informative augmented reality experience that reinvents the classic museum tour. This mobile application is currently in development with History Television and Ryerson University.

Executive Producer
ROBERT LANG

Interactive Producers
IRENE VANDERTOP
DAVID OPPENHEIM

Supervising Producer
TARA JAN

Writer, Web
ALLEN BOOTH

Creative Director & Designer
ERIC LIPHARDT

Project Manager
VENICIA WOOD

Producers, Web Video
MARIANNE KUSHMANIUK
BILL ROBERTSON
STEPHEN MILTON

Editors, Web Video
GRAEME BALL
CHRIS CASSINO
JENNIFER ESSEX-CHEW
GREG HOPEN
NEIL CAVALIER
GREG WEST
CATHY GULKIN
CALVIN GRANT

Directors, Original Footage
MARY ANNE ALTON
PETER FINDLAY
LARA FITZGERALD
PAUL KILBACK
VICTOR KUSHMANIUK
GARY LANG
ROBERT LANG
DAVID LANGER
DAVID NEW
REBECCA SNOW
KENTON VAUGHAN

Director of Photography
MARK CASWELL
CHRIS ROMEIKE

Narrator
Colm Feore

Music Composed by
ERIC CADESKY & NICK DYER

Flash Programming
JONATHAN COE
GRAY BARTON

Web Application Programming
MIKE LINKOVICH

HTML Programming
ANDREY TABACHNIK

3D Animation
MARCIN POREBSKI
MARK AZVEDO

Additional Graphic Designers
IRENE VANDERTOP
STEVEN BALABAN

Sound Mixer
MARK MATUSOFF

Post Production Supervisor
DAVID METH
CATHERINE COPELIN

Post Production Coordinator
SHAWN GERRARD

Researchers
SEANN GALLAGHER
LARA FITZGERALD
VICTOR KUSHMANIUK
JOANNE LOTON
BEN TUCKER

Visual Researchers
ANITA TURCOTTE
MAGGIE MCCAW

Additional Editing
BAUN MAUH

Assistant Editor
JOSEF BEEBY

Social Media Manager, Blogger
AMANDA CONNON-UNDA

Social Media Coordinator
SANDRA SADOWSKI

Production Assistant
MICHELLE GROVES

Stills Photography
IRIS NG
JEREMY BERNATCHEZ
SCOTT BURTON
CHRIS LOGAN
ADAM MAKARENKO
JASON VIEIRA
ANDJE BOROJEVIC

Graphic Novel Animation
OPTIX DIGITAL PICTURES

Project Consultant
RICHARD LACHMAN

Production Accounting
MICHELE DAVIS

Legal Affairs
DANIEL WEBBER

Accounting
KAY & WARBURTON CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

MOBILE PRODUCERS:
David Oppenheim

Museum Secrets Interactive Season 1 and Season 2 were produced by Kensington Communications in association with History Television, with the participation of the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund.