MUSEUM ACCESS Episode Clips — Season 2
Wings of Freedom WWII Aircraft
Step back in time with host Leslie Mueller at this traveling living history museum of WWII aircraft. Learn about the Collings Foundation’s ‘Wings of Freedom’ tour that includes the B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers and the P-51 Mustang fighter. Then hear what it was like to fly one of bombers in combat from retired Air Force Major Robert H. Mueller. Go on board for a private tour and flight on the B-17 Flying fortress.
SNL Exhibition / Museum of Broadcast Communications
Dive into the creative process of Saturday Night Live at this special exhibition on view at Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications. Join host Leslie Mueller as she explores a week in the life of the show. Go behind-the-scenes to see the writing process, the table read, set construction, make-up and costume design and finally the live broadcast on Saturday night. Also learn about this iconic show’s strong ties to Chicago in this fun and fast paced episode.
Harley-Davidson Museum
Tour this legendary American company’s museum with host Leslie Mueller and one of the original Harley-Davidson founder’s grandson, Bill Davidson. Go behind-the-scenes to the private motorcycle storage area, the conservation area and view archival pieces rarely on display in the museum. Learn first hand how Harley-Davidson has been a part of America’s transportation history since 1903.
C.I.A. Museum
Join host Leslie Mueller for this very special Museum Access episode as she tours the private museum within CIA headquarters. Learn how the agency has gathered intelligence from outer space to the ocean’s floor worldwide, 24/7 using everything from camera carrying pigeons to dragonfly drones to intelligence gathering fish. Get a close up look at important historical artifacts including the model of Osama bin Laden’s compound that was used for planning the successful assault. This is a rare opportunity to learn about America’s intelligence history.
Mystic Seaport Museum
Tour this New England coastal whaling village recreated on the Mystic River with host Leslie Mueller. Hear from the craftsmen as they forge iron and craft wooden barrels in their vintage workshops. Step into the preservation boatyard for a behind-the-scenes look at the Mayflower II project. Then go aboard the last wooden whaling ship in the world, the Charles Morgan for a very special activity.
Illinois Railway Museum
Join host Leslie Mueller as she explores the largest railway museum in the United States. See the historic collection of trains outside and in 13 storage barns, an original Pullman car and miles of tracks. Ride the streetcar loop on a restored electric streetcar. Then go behind-the-scenes to see a steam locomotive engine project in progress.
The Bruce Museum
Visit a world class exhibition of Toulouse-Lautrec portraits from the Herakleidon Museum in Athens, Greece. Learn how it’s collector amassed this amazing collection over many years. Then take a behind-the-scenes look at the difficult color lithography process that Lautrec used so successfully in depicting the Parisian nightlife of the Belle Epoque.
The Intrepid Museum
Tour the flight deck of this incredible piece of WWII Naval history on NY’s Hudson river with host Leslie Mueller. Learn about the spacecraft Enterprise housed below deck and get a behind-the-scenes look at the restoration hangar where a Blue Angels aircraft and the prototype for the US Navy Skyraider are undergoing meticulous restoration.
The Wild Center
Join host Leslie Mueller as she tours the tree tops deep in the Adirondacks on the eco bridge called Wild Walk. See how Mother Nature and the Wild Center are partners in the annual monarch butterfly migration to Mexico and get a behind-the-scenes up close look at a red tail hawk training session.
The Philips Collection
Explore a classic 1921 Washington, DC home turned world class art museum. America’s first museum of modern art. Join host Leslie Mueller as she learns about a famous group of paintings called the ‘Migration Series’ by Harlem, NY artist Jacob Lawrence. Then take a behind-the-scenes look into the private conservation area where an important discovery regarding an early painting by Pablo Picasso made news worldwide.
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