Stories from the Vaults
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- S1 E1 - Famous DonorsSeptember 2, 200727minHost Tom Cavanagh takes us to the origins of Smithsonian's collections with Roosevelt's hunting trophies, Steinbeck's sea urchins, and Phyllis Diller's joke file.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E2 - Superlatives!September 9, 200727minTom Cavanagh is on a mission: to discover what it means to be the best, the tiniest, the coldest, and the most misunderstood. Superlatives time!This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E3 - No Place Like HomeSeptember 16, 200727minTom Cavanagh unravels the idea of "Home Sweet Home" at the National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of the American Indian, and even in some sand.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E4 - BeautySeptember 29, 200727minThree Smithsonian curators offer their perspectives on the meaning of true beauty as it applies to their work with advertising, orchids, and ants.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E5 - FirstsNovember 4, 200727minEnter the vaults of the National Museum of American History and the National Air and Space Museum and discover earth-shattering firsts.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E6 - Life after DeathNovember 11, 200727minThe Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, the National Museum of Natural History, and the National Postal Museum all hold clues to the afterlife.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E7 - Random?November 18, 200727minTom Cavanagh dives into the heart of the world's largest museum complex, amidst more than 136 million objects, to show us that breadth doesn't equal randomness.This video is currently unavailable