Museum Secrets

Moscow’s State Historical Museum tells the story of Russia and her people from the stone age to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Visited by a million people every year, the Israel Museum features the most extensive collection of biblical and Holy Land archeology in the world.

Both a museum and the official palace of the Spanish royal family, the Palacio Real features armour, artworks and treasures that were once the private possessions of Spain’s kings and queens.

Visited by one and half million people every year, the Uffizi is one of the oldest art museums in the western world, boasting paintings and sculpture by the greatest masters of the Renaissance.

Established in 1846 by a scientist named James Smithson, The Smithsonian is the largest museum and research complex in the world, with over 10 million visitors every year, and nearly 137 million specimens and artifacts.

In Greenwich, a district of London known for its maritime history, sits a museum full of nautical objects - and secrets. Follow our team of experts as we unlock the mysteries, one by one. We'll fire musket balls at Lord Nelson to discover who really killed him, and join the Royal Navy on an anti-piracy commando raid. Finally, we'll board Captain Bligh's dingy to discover how he delivered his men to safety with the help of a musket ball, a coconut shell, and a horn beaker.

What was once a royal palace is now a museum of French culture and history attracting 3 million visitors every year.

Visit the historically rich nation of Tunisia and enter the Bardo Museum. Here, thousands of artifacts from local excavations fill the halls. Dating from the Carthaginian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman periods, each of these relics has a story to tell. Join us as we explore the world of gladiators, where fire catapults are tested for their killing power, and examine the truth behind an alleged dark ritual of child sacrifice. Then venture outside as we follow a Star Wars super-fan on his visit to the land where Luke Skywalker was raised.