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Secrets of the Museum

With access to some of the world's best restorers and the beguiling collection of the V&A, this series takes the audience behind the scenes of the museum .

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Every day, the V&A's curators
and conservators are at work - Secrets of the Museum

Every day, the V&A's curators and conservators are ...

The V&A strives to be a haven of
the very best of craft and design. - Secrets of the Museum

The V&A strives to be a haven of the very best of craft ...

The museum may have
over seven miles of galleries, - Secrets of the Museum

The museum may have over seven miles of galleries,

There are more than two million
items in the V&A's collection. - Secrets of the Museum

There are more than two million items in the V&A's ...

The V&A is home to treasures
as ancient as 3,000 years old. - Secrets of the Museum

The V&A is home to treasures as ancient as 3,000 years o...

Deep down in the stores, - Secrets of the Museum

Deep down in the stores,

But some of the treasures
in the stores are in need - Secrets of the Museum

But some of the treasures in the stores are in need

But Raphael's cartoons are now
considered to be priceless treasures - Secrets of the Museum

But Raphael's cartoons are now considered to be pricele...

Carrying lots of heavy wood
through high-value space is scary. - Secrets of the Museum

Carrying lots of heavy wood through high-value space is scar...

Ahead of a major refurbishment of
the gallery next year, - Secrets of the Museum

Ahead of a major refurbishment of the gallery next year,

It's also an opportunity to check
the paintings for any signs of decay. - Secrets of the Museum

It's also an opportunity to check the paintings for any...

The first painting to be tackled
is Christ's Charge To Peter. - Secrets of the Museum

The first painting to be tackled is Christ's Charge To ...

One object lying dormant
for decades in storage - Secrets of the Museum

One object lying dormant for decades in storage

LOUD BANG - Secrets of the Museum

It's crucial the frame is - Secrets of the Museum

It's crucial the frame is

This is the original full-scale
model for the famous monster - Secrets of the Museum

This is the original full-scale model for the famous monster

You always want it to be over with
like pulling off a plaster, - Secrets of the Museum

You always want it to be over with like pulling off a plaste...

Some of the finest
of all the V&A's one-offs - Secrets of the Museum

Some of the finest of all the V&A's one-offs

It's amazing, the colour just comes
to life. - Secrets of the Museum

It's amazing, the colour just comes to life.

I've never seen these before
without the glass. - Secrets of the Museum

I've never seen these before without the glass.

This Victorian cast depicts
the Virgin Mary ascending to heaven, - Secrets of the Museum

This Victorian cast depicts the Virgin Mary ascending to hea...

Julius has unearthed one
of these Indian marvels - Secrets of the Museum

Julius has unearthed one of these Indian marvels

The craft of cast making was big
business in the 19th century. - Secrets of the Museum

The craft of cast making was big business in the 19th centur...

From Trajan's column in Rome
to Michelangelo's David in Florence, - Secrets of the Museum

From Trajan's column in Rome to Michelangelo's Dav...

While the stories of some objects
in the museum are still being - Secrets of the Museum

While the stories of some objects in the museum are still be...

My fingers do not have - Secrets of the Museum

My fingers do not have

It's almost irresistible
not to place it on your finger, - Secrets of the Museum

It's almost irresistible not to place it on your finger...

There's a nice mystique attached to
her having worn it. - Secrets of the Museum

There's a nice mystique attached to her having worn it.

I wouldn't wear it in real life, no. - Secrets of the Museum

I wouldn't wear it in real life, no.

Whatever an object's age, - Secrets of the Museum

Whatever an object's age,

The first is a raspberry pink
cocktail dress with - Secrets of the Museum

The first is a raspberry pink cocktail dress with

In the rock and pop collection, - Secrets of the Museum

In the rock and pop collection,

The museum has always been a magnet
for donations of precious - Secrets of the Museum

The museum has always been a magnet for donations of preciou...

So this is a lovely woven Baluchari
sari from West Bengal. - Secrets of the Museum

So this is a lovely woven Baluchari sari from West Bengal.

The V&A prides itself
on acquiring pieces unique - Secrets of the Museum

The V&A prides itself on acquiring pieces unique

It was owned by the '40s
film star Martita Hunt, - Secrets of the Museum

It was owned by the '40s film star Martita Hunt,

The dress has a real fairy-tale
quality to it. - Secrets of the Museum

The dress has a real fairy-tale quality to it.

Curator Jane is dealing
with more theatrical costumes - Secrets of the Museum

Curator Jane is dealing with more theatrical costumes

Let's just have a quick look. - Secrets of the Museum

Let's just have a quick look.

Down in the technical services
workshop, the team must find ways - Secrets of the Museum

Down in the technical services workshop, the team must find ...

She needs to throw the net wider,
looking for portraits - Secrets of the Museum

She needs to throw the net wider, looking for portraits

So I searched and found this lady, - Secrets of the Museum

So I searched and found this lady,

Can you see that
it looks a bit weird? - Secrets of the Museum

Can you see that it looks a bit weird?

So, yeah. - Secrets of the Museum

We'll take this to the lab - Secrets of the Museum

We'll take this to the lab

The first step is to check
what elements are present. - Secrets of the Museum

The first step is to check what elements are present.

The X-rays displace the electrons
inside each atom. - Secrets of the Museum

The X-rays displace the electrons inside each atom.

Like the writing case, this salver -
or serving dish - takes functional - Secrets of the Museum

Like the writing case, this salver - or serving dish - takes...

Some of the hardest objects
to preserve - Secrets of the Museum

Some of the hardest objects to preserve

The Mary Quant mini dress has
arrived at the textile workshop... - Secrets of the Museum

The Mary Quant mini dress has arrived at the textile worksho...

All right? Are we in? - Secrets of the Museum

All right? Are we in?

But when particularly fragile
treasures are moved, - Secrets of the Museum

But when particularly fragile treasures are moved,

In the medieval and Renaissance
stores, - Secrets of the Museum

In the medieval and Renaissance stores,

In conservation, the results
of the monster's X-rays are just in. - Secrets of the Museum

In conservation, the results of the monster's X-rays ar...

In the museum's workshops, - Secrets of the Museum

In the museum's workshops,

It's a disease like mumps or
chicken pox - Secrets of the Museum

It's a disease like mumps or chicken pox

After three days of colour dying, - Secrets of the Museum

After three days of colour dying,

It's really hard, trying to feed
that long piece of felt - Secrets of the Museum

It's really hard, trying to feed that long piece of fel...

Pumpie's admiral's outfit
has also been made shipshape, - Secrets of the Museum

Pumpie's admiral's outfit has also been made ships...

The objects that we're dealing
with, because of their long history, - Secrets of the Museum

The objects that we're dealing with, because of their l...

Treasures from today
also have a home at the V&A. - Secrets of the Museum

Treasures from today also have a home at the V&A.

It's not a case
of putting it in a case, - Secrets of the Museum

It's not a case of putting it in a case,

Worn across the breast, trembling
jewellery was designed to quiver - Secrets of the Museum

Worn across the breast, trembling jewellery was designed to ...

It was made around 1850 and it was
given to the museum by Lady Cory. - Secrets of the Museum

It was made around 1850 and it was given to the museum by La...

Well, the great thing that
we're witnessing here, of course, - Secrets of the Museum

Well, the great thing that we're witnessing here, of co...

Over time, the floral motifs
grew in size and scale, - Secrets of the Museum

Over time, the floral motifs grew in size and scale,

In the Asia department,
Shalaleh Barlow has brought in - Secrets of the Museum

In the Asia department, Shalaleh Barlow has brought in

NEWSREADER: This is the scene in
Paris tonight - Secrets of the Museum

NEWSREADER: This is the scene in Paris tonight

There are three weeks left before
the two Dior dresses go on display. - Secrets of the Museum

There are three weeks left before the two Dior dresses go on...

Donations are welcome because
they fill gaps in our collection, - Secrets of the Museum

Donations are welcome because they fill gaps in our collecti...

After being installed, the Chihuly
technicians left instructions - Secrets of the Museum

After being installed, the Chihuly technicians left instruct...

When someone gives a treasured
heirloom to the museum, the staff - Secrets of the Museum

When someone gives a treasured heirloom to the museum, the s...

Once it's done, there may be
a little celebration. - Secrets of the Museum

Once it's done, there may be a little celebration.

OK, so you've finished
most of the cleaning? - Secrets of the Museum

OK, so you've finished most of the cleaning?

In the stores every day,
curators and conservators - Secrets of the Museum

In the stores every day, curators and conservators

Cleaning it brings one of the
secrets of the chandelier to light. - Secrets of the Museum

Cleaning it brings one of the secrets of the chandelier to l...

Thanks to a special glass-blowing
technique, - Secrets of the Museum

Thanks to a special glass-blowing technique,

The machine moves, and
the actual object moves as well. - Secrets of the Museum

The machine moves, and the actual object moves as well.

The more closely
you look at objects, - Secrets of the Museum

The more closely you look at objects,

I don't want to be known as - Secrets of the Museum

I don't want to be known as

While Allen prepares the wall, - Secrets of the Museum

While Allen prepares the wall,

Yuki applies glue to the fragment
to fix it in place - Secrets of the Museum

Yuki applies glue to the fragment to fix it in place

It's come out. - Secrets of the Museum

Working on such unique objects - Secrets of the Museum

Working on such unique objects

Sometimes a joker can say what
a conservator does is sticking, - Secrets of the Museum

Sometimes a joker can say what a conservator does is stickin...

At the V&A, fashion curator Oriole
and her team are in charge - Secrets of the Museum

At the V&A, fashion curator Oriole and her team are in c...

Next, Anne moves
onto the cardboard case, - Secrets of the Museum

Next, Anne moves onto the cardboard case,

OK. - Secrets of the Museum

Now the peep show has been restored, - Secrets of the Museum

Now the peep show has been restored,

There you go. - Secrets of the Museum

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With access to some of the world's best restorers and the beguiling collection of the V&A, this series takes the audience behind the scenes of the museum .

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: Blast! Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.2

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Released: 06 Feb 2020

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Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000f1xt