Travel Channel - Mysteries at the Museum: Series 1 (2010) Part 9 Musical Instrument

Mysteries at the Museum: Series 1

The extraordinary, often bizarre treasures housed in America's museums represent wondrous chapters in history, but a physical display can tell only part of their story. Behind each artifact are amazing tales and secrets to be revealed – tales sometimes brimming with scandal, mystery, murder and intrigue. In ``Mysteries at the Museum,'' host Don Wildman visits a wide variety of museums across the United States, taking viewers on a sometimes shocking tour of America's past by re-examining what's been left behind. Interviews, archival footage and re-enactments bring to life the artifacts' enduring mysteries, some that have never been told before on television.

Part 9: Musical Instrument

How did an early electronic musical instrument trigger one of the biggest spy scandals of the century? How did a state-of-the-art suspension bridge fail so spectacularly? And how did one of the most famous toys in history originate from a war shortage?

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