Category: Art & Artists
The Ellis Island Immigration Museum
More than 100 million Americans can trace their ancestry to New York's Ellis Island. Ellis Island is more than a museumit is hallowed ground;...
Devil’s Bible
Allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys the Codex Gigas is the world's largest and most mysterious medieval manuscript. According to legend, the...
Episode 1 A Divided Land
Andrew Graham-Dixon begins his exploration of German art by looking at the rich and often neglected art of the German middle ages and Renaissance....
Episode 13 Turner
A major 14 part television series in which art historian Tim Marlow takes a fresh look at the most important artworks of some of...
Trial By Fire The New York City Fire Museum
Housed in a 1904 firehouse the former home of Engine 30 this museum chronicles the history of firefighting from colonial times to the presentincluding...
Hastings 1066 Tapestry of a Battle
The great battle fought near the English seaside town of Hastings on October 14th 1066 was perhaps the most significant in England's history. This...
Episode 2 Dream And Machine
Andrew Graham-Dixon continues his exploration of German art by looking at the tumultuous 19th century and early 20th centuryand how artists were at the...
A Woman’s Touch The National Museum of Women in the Arts
The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C. offers the single most important collection of art by women in the world....
Triumph of the Spirit The National D-Day Museum
Now called The National World War Two Museum this New Orleans-based museum talks about war in human terms and celebrates the American spirit through...
Japan in Colour The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn
In 1908the French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn launched one of the most ambitious projects in the history of photography. A pacifist, internationalist and...