Filming The Islamic Masterpieces https://youtu.be/–u5rNHtcQs We started developing the Great Museums episode on Islamic Masterpieces more than three years ago. It has been an extraordinary adventure filled with various twists and turns. Today, at The Met, and three weeks ago, at The Louvre, I had the cathartic experience of asking the Curators of the Islamic …
© Great Museums Television: Ann Wilson, lead singer of Heart Recently, the GMTV crew traveled to the Pacific Northwest to interview Ann Wilson, who is the lead singer of Heart, for our documentary film about the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Heart was inducted into the Rock Hall in 2013. Amidst the …
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©GMTV Great Museums’ Executive Producer Marc Doyle interviews rock legend Graham Nash at the Rock Hall Earlier this September, the Great Museums Television film crew headed back to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum for a day shoot with its President & CEO Greg Harris and an exclusive interview with musician Graham …
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GREAT MUSEUMS TELEVISION, an award-winning television series celebrating the museum world in the U.S. and abroad, surpassed one million views/downloads – a milestone for this unique series that has enjoyed enduring success and high ratings on national public television for the past decade. Executive produced by Marc and Chesney Doyle, the series made its digital …
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The news is official – and very exciting. Now that rail company CSX has donated the last remaining section of the High Line to the city, Friends of the High Line will begin to implement plans for redevelopment of that area. On a private tour of the undeveloped space last spring, Great Museums got a …
Jimi Hendrix’s Handwritten Lyrics for “Purple Haze” You know the song. You own the LP, or the CD, or the digital version. But have you seen the handwritten lyrics? Last Thursday at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives the GREAT MUSEUMS team took a collective gander at a wrinkled yellow page …
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We found the sunniest spot on the High Line this week. Up near the Northern end on the curved benches at 29th street, we staked out a spot for an interview with Peter Mullan, the High Line’s Vice President of Planning and Design. We knew that an outdoor interview would be tricky to schedule in …
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, photo © Great Museums Television On a busy Saturday in November, the GREAT MUSEUMS team began shooting at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. The shoot was timed to coincide with American Music Masters Week, honoring Aretha Franklin and culminating in a concert …
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Ava Yang, age 7, and sister Lola, 5, splash in the “trickling brook” at the Diller-von Furstenberg Sundeck on “Wild Wednesday” Once again, GREAT MUSEUMS is on location at the High Line in New York City. Today was “Wild Wednesday” at the Chelsea Market Passage, a hands-on “nature education” event for children that is so …