Great museums. Discs 4-7 / Great Museums, LLC. ; Eureka Foundation ; executive producers, Marc Doyle and Chesney Blankenstein Doyle.
Title:
Great museums. Discs 4-7 / Great Museums, LLC. ; Eureka Foundation ; executive producers, Marc Doyle and Chesney Blankenstein Doyle.
ISBN:
9781608837588
Publication Information:
[United States] : PBS, [2012]
[United States] : distributed by PBS Distribution
©2012
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (13 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from container.
Originally aired as single episodes of a television program.
"A documentary series celebrating the world of museums."--Container
"As seen on Public Television."--Container
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo., NTSC.
Contents:
Disc 4. Metropolitan Museum of Art: a world of art -- Museum of Modern Art: in our time -- George Eastman House: picture perfect -- Isabella Stewart Gardner museum: collective vision -- disc 5. China: west meets east: at the Metropolitan Museum of Art -- Great Museums of Havana: curious about Cuba -- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: art gets a start in America -- National Museum of Women in the arts: a woman's touch -- disc 6. An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello and the the Metropolitan Museum of Art -- Riches, Rivals & Radicals: 100 years of museums in America -- Walker Art Center: creative catalyst -- Morris Museum of Art: the art of the south -- disc 7. Smithsonian National Zoo: wild thing! -- Franklin Institute: wonderland of science --The Boston Children's Museum: mind over matter -- Whale Museum: science at sea -- New York City Fire Museum: trial by fire -- Henry Ford: made in America -- California State Railroad Museum: behind ties.
Summary:
Celebrate the world of museums with this award-winning series that opens the doors of the museum world to millions of viewers and discover why fact is even more fascinating than fiction.
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Language Note:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Audience:
Rating: Not rated.
OCLC Number:
ocn813175799
Availability:
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