Stories from the Vaults - Season 2
Season 2
Episodes
Let's Eat!
Join host Tom Cavanagh as he goes behind the scenes at the Smithsonian to cook Native American dishes with the executive chef of Mitsitam Cafe.
Top Secret
Spies, missiles and the Hope Diamond. Unlock the mysteries hidden inside the Smithsonian vaults with host Tom Cavanagh.
Nature's Vault
Tom Cavanagh takes you to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Follow him as he tracks sloths, searches for clues to the creation of the Panamanian Isthmus, and rises 16 stories in a crane to research bug life atop the rainforest.
Crystal Ball
Tom taps into the Smithsonian's vaults and labs to gaze into the future...as we envisioned it in the 1930s and as we look forward today. First, Tom visits the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum to examine designers' visions of tomorrow via the 1939 World's Fair collection. Then, he heads to Panama to talk to scientists helping to preserve the future of the tropical rainforest.
Going, Going, Gone
Host Tom Cavanagh joins the Smithsonian on a mission of "extreme conservation" to protect the best aspects of our world for future generations. See the amazing amount of work that goes into saving animals from the brink of extinction, preserving a provocative work of art, or reviving a genre of music.
Sex 101
Research into sexuality is kicking at the Smithsonian. Explore the love letters of Jackson Pollock and Frida Kahlo, stories about "the birds and the bees," and laws of attraction between fiddler crabs.
Villains and Rogues
Host Tom Cavanagh takes on the bad guys and digs up some pretty incriminating evidence from the Smithsonian vaults. His investigation unearths photographic evidence from the Crime of the Century, new details on America's first "Lone Gunman": John Wilkes Booth, and creepy facts about everyone's favorite natural villain, the snake.
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