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Secrets of the Museum
| Website: | https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/secrets-of-the-museum?srsltid=AfmBOoqI2io1xGul8CObjYFk3pez2h83q55ffLL4wH1WsyvFZExBqIxo |
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| Next Airing: | Mon, Dec 30th, 2024 at 2:00 PM on UEN-TV |
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SECRETS OF THE MUSEUM goes behind-the-scenes at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, the world-famous home of art, design and performance, where only a fraction of their two million item collection is on public display. Follow the V&A's specialist teams to reveal the painstaking craftsmanship and expertise involved - from storage, conservation and cleaning; to acquisition, loans, and display.
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Jacob Jordaens: Renaissance Watercolors
Behind the scenes at the V&A, a suit from glam rockers Slade needs some TLC, a Michelangelo gives up its secrets and a rare Renaissance watercolor requires urgent attention.
Next Airing: Mon, Dec 30th, 2024 at 2:00 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:46:57 Usage rights: 4/1/2023 to 3/31/2025 -
Behind the scenes at the Victoria and Albert Museum: the restoration of a 100-year-old hand-made toy elephant; the identity of a woman depicted on an ornate snuffbox; and creating bespoke mannequins for a spectacular Christian Dior exhibition.
Next Airing: Fri, Jan 3rd, 2025 at 6:00 AM on UEN-TV Length: 00:47:00 Usage rights: 4/1/2022 to 3/31/2024 -
Epic Iran
Some of the largest paintings ever seen at the V&A are unveiled, Manuel's costume from Fawlty Towers goes on show, and the museum's oldest teddy bear has a special visitor.
Next Airing: Mon, Jan 6th, 2025 at 2:00 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:47:00 Usage rights: 4/1/2023 to 3/31/2025 -
Behind the scenes at the Victoria and Albert Museum: priceless Raphael paintings give up their secrets; getting hands-on with Beyonce's diamond butterfly ring; a bronze Renaissance statuette is restored and put back on display.
Next Airing: Fri, Jan 10th, 2025 at 6:00 AM on UEN-TV Length: 00:47:00 Usage rights: 4/1/2022 to 3/31/2024 -
Alice In Wonderland
At the V&A, a rare set of Lucian Freud prints creates a stir, a fragile 600-year-old tapestry is on the move, and a new exhibition attempts to bring Alice in Wonderland to life.
Next Airing: Mon, Jan 13th, 2025 at 2:00 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:47:00 Usage rights: 4/1/2023 to 3/31/2025 -
A Mary Quant minidress needs a deep clean; Queen Victoria's writing case is displayed; curators acquire the banners of Extinction Rebellion. And follow preparations for the return of a huge Victorian masterpiece to the V&A galleries: 'The Pilgrim Outside the Garden of Idleness', by renowned Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones.
Next Airing: Fri, Jan 17th, 2025 at 6:00 AM on UEN-TV Length: 00:47:00 Usage rights: 4/1/2022 to 3/31/2024 -
Bacchus Vase/Minton
At the V&A, Shirley Bassey's favorite outfit must look its best for its debut, a Victorian vase gets a chance to shine, and a rare Chinese painting brings huge challenges.
Next Airing: Mon, Jan 20th, 2025 at 2:00 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:47:00 Usage rights: 4/1/2023 to 3/31/2025 -
An original Star Wars costume is missing its head; the renovation of two of the largest galleries in the V&A museum, the Cast Courts; a rare David Bowie photo and an original road sign enter the collection. And follow fashion curators on a mission to acquire a piece representing the best of contemporary British craft.
Next Airing: Fri, Jan 24th, 2025 at 6:00 AM on UEN-TV Length: 00:47:00 Usage rights: 4/1/2022 to 3/31/2024 -
Bags Inside Out/Churchill Dispatch Box
Behind the scenes at the V&A, Winston Churchill's dispatch box needs attention, it's removal day for a 350-year-old doll's house, and a famous painting by Constable is on the move.
Next Airing: Mon, Jan 27th, 2025 at 2:00 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:47:00 Usage rights: 4/1/2023 to 3/31/2025 -
Ensuring the catalog of the 3,000 costumes in the V&A Theatre and Performance collection before they are moved; Frankenstein's monster brought back to life; photographs of the real Alice in Wonderland; and Shakespeare's First Folio is repaired.
Next Airing: Fri, Jan 31st, 2025 at 6:00 AM on UEN-TV Length: 00:47:00 Usage rights: 4/1/2022 to 3/31/2024 -
Painting: The Great Renunciation of the Buddha
At the V&A, a Buddhist painting is a mystery, children's art goes on show, and Josiah Wedgwood's masterpiece - the Portland Vase - is brought into the 21st century.
Next Airing: Mon, Feb 3rd, 2025 at 2:00 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:47:00 Usage rights: 4/1/2023 to 3/31/2025 -
Transporting a unique car; a rare medieval jewel undergoes a deep clean and a mosaic piece has experimental surgery at the V&A; the latest acquisitions for the museum's collection relating to The Beatles; and the delivery of a rare medieval cluster brooch unearthed by metal detector.
Next Airing: Fri, Feb 7th, 2025 at 6:00 AM on UEN-TV Length: 00:47:47 Usage rights: 4/1/2022 to 3/31/2024
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