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Great Museums

Season 1

37 episodes

  1. 1. New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music

    An intimate look at the traditions associated with New Orleans music and the preservation of those traditions through the work of local musicians and educators who mentor young talent.

  2. 2. National Music Museum

  3. 3. Institute of Texan Cultures

  4. 4. The Charleston Museum

  5. 5. The Deta Blues Museum

  6. 6. DuSable Museum of African-American History

  7. 7. The National Baseball Hall of Fame

  8. 8. Ellis Island Immigration Museum

  9. 9. Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

  10. 10. National D-Day Museum

  11. 11. The Library of Congress

  12. 12. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

  13. 13. Molly Brown House Museum

  14. 14. Colorado History Museum

  15. 15. California Surf Museum

  16. 16. Autry Museum of Western Heritage

  17. 17. The National Museum of Racing

  18. 18. The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  19. 19. The Museum of Modern Art

  20. 20. George Eastman House

  21. 21. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

  22. 22. China: West Meets East at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

  23. 23. The Great Museums of Havana

  24. 24. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

  25. 25. National Museum of Women in the Arts

  26. 26. An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

  27. 27. Riches, Rivals & Radicals: 100 Years of Museums in America

  28. 28. The Walker Art Center

  29. 29. Morris Museum of Art

  30. 30. The Smithsonian National Zoo

  31. 31. The Franklin Institute

  32. 32. The Boston Children's Museum

  33. 33. The Whale Museum

  34. 34. New York City Fire Museum

  35. 35. The Henry Ford

  36. 36. California State Railroad Museum

  37. 37. The Art of Islam at The Met and The Louvre

    2019-06-20

    Explore the splendor of Islamic art at The Met and The Louvre in Great Museums Television’s "The Art of Islam at The Met and The Louvre: Foreign Yet Familiar." Narrated by Philippe de Montebello, Director Emeritus of The Met, the one-hour special showcases extraordinary Islamic masterpieces, highlighting connections between Western and Islamic traditions in art, science, and literature.

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