How many seasons does Stories from the Vaults have?

Stories from the Vaults has 2 seasons with 14 episodes.

What network is Stories from the Vaults on?

Stories from the Vaults airs on Smithsonian Channel.

When did Stories from the Vaults premiere?

Stories from the Vaults premiered on April 5, 1998.

Stories from the Vaults

Name: Stories from the Vaults
Genre: History
Cast: Tom Cavanagh

Smithsonian Channel Ended History

2 Seasons · 14 Episodes · Premiered April 5, 1998 · Ended August 23, 2009

Ever wonder what's hiding behind the scenes of America's most renowned museum complex? Find out as host Tom Cavanagh ("Ed") takes you on an entertaining insider's tour of the private rooms, high-tech vaults, and cutting edge labs of the Smithsonian Institution, revealing some of the amazing artifacts and rarely seen treasures that visitors can't see. Follow along as Tom uncovers the history of each object-its origins, how it's being preserved and studied, and what it might tell us.

Where to Watch: Smithsonian Channel

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

7 episodes

E01

Famous Donors

Mon, Sep 3 2007 4:00 PM GMT+0000 27 min

Roughly 50,000 items are annually donated to the Smithsonian's collection. See Roosevelt's hunting trophies, Steinbeck's sea urchins, Phyllis Diller's joke file, and other gifts from famous patrons.

E02

Superlatives

Mon, Sep 10 2007 4:00 PM GMT+0000 26 min

Tom is on a mission: to discover what it means to be the best, the tiniest, the coldest and the most misunderstood.

E03

No Place Like Home

Mon, Sep 17 2007 4:00 PM GMT+0000 27 min

Host Tom Cavanagh tries to unravel the idea of "Home Sweet Home." He visits the National Air and Space Museum's collection of space suits, learns about Native American tipis at the National Museum of the American Indian, and finds an astonishing array of life in a thimble of sand.

E04

Beauty

Sun, Sep 30 2007 4:00 PM GMT+0000 27 min

Beauty isn't just in the eye of the beholder. Three Smithsonian curators offer their surprising perspectives on the elusive meaning of true beauty as it applies to their work with advertising, orchids and ants.

E05

Firsts

Mon, Nov 5 2007 5:00 PM GMT+0000 27 min

Enter the vaults of the National Museum of American History and the National Air and Space Museum in search of earth-shattering firsts. From a new collection of vintage planes to the very first videogame (hint: it wasn't Pong).

E06

Life after Death

Mon, Nov 12 2007 5:00 PM GMT+0000 27 min

The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, the National Museum of Natural History, and the National Postal Museum all hold clues to the afterlife. Deep inside their vaults, the evidence for life after death has never been more convincing.

E07

Random?

Mon, Nov 19 2007 5:00 PM GMT+0000 27 min

Dive into the very heart of the world's largest museum complex amidst more than 136 million objects. With such an incredible variety of things to see, there's nothing haphazard about the systematic collections at the Smithsonian. Host Tom Cavanagh visits the National Zoo and the National Museum of American History, showing us that breadth certainly doesn't equal randomness.

Season 2

7 episodes

E01

Let's Eat!

Sun, Jul 12 2009 4:00 PM GMT+0000 27 min

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.

E02

Top Secret

Sun, Jul 19 2009 4:00 PM GMT+0000 27 min

Spies, missiles and the Hope Diamond. Unlock the mysteries hidden inside the Smithsonian vaults with host Tom Cavanagh.

E03

Nature's Vault

Sun, Jul 26 2009 4:00 PM GMT+0000 27 min

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.

E04

Crystal Ball

Sun, Aug 2 2009 4:00 PM GMT+0000 27 min

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.

E05

Going, Going, Gone

Sun, Aug 9 2009 4:00 PM GMT+0000 27 min

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.

E06

Sex 101

Sun, Aug 16 2009 4:00 PM GMT+0000 27 min

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.

E07

Villains and Rogues

Sun, Aug 23 2009 4:00 PM GMT+0000 27 min

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.