DVD

Great museums

Doyle, Marc. (Added Author). Doyle, Chesney Blankenstein. (Added Author). Great Museums (Firm) (Added Author). Eureka Foundation. (Added Author). Echo Pictures. (Added Author). PBS Video. (Added Author). PBS Distribution (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: An in-depth look at some of the United States' most notable museums.

Record details

ISBN: 9781608837588
ISBN: 1608837580
Physical Description: videodisc
7 videodiscs (approximately 22 hr., 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [United States] : PBS Distribution, [2012]
Copyright: ©2012

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. New Orleans : a living museum of music -- National Music Museum : America's shrine to music -- Institute of Texan Cultures : behind the Lone Star -- Charleston Museum : America's first museum -- Deta Blues Museum : the Blues lives on! -- DuSable Museum of African-American History : American soul -- disc 2. National Baseball Hall of Fame : home base -- Ellis Island Immigration Museum : face of America -- Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian : native voice -- National D-Day Museum : triumph of the spirit -- Library of Congress : volumes to speak -- Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum : water ways -- disc 3. Molly Brown House Museum : the unsinkable -- Colorado History Museum : crossroads of culture -- California Surf Museum : proudly we wave -- Autry Museum of Western Heritage : spirit of the west -- National Museum of Racing : horse power -- 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 : binding ties.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated ; TV: G.
System Details Note:	DVD ; widescreen ; NTSC, region 1 ; stereo.
Language Note:	English SDH subtitles.