← Stories from the Vaults

Season 2

7 episodes · 2009

  1. 1Let's Eat!

    12 Jul 2009 · 30 min

  2. 2Top Secret

    19 Jul 2009 · 30 min

    Tom unlocks some of the Smithsonian's most compelling mysteries. Can an artist outsmart the world's top spies? How does a missile filled with mail make a political statement to the world?

  3. 3Nature's Vault

    26 Jul 2009 · 30 min

    Tom goes natural at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.

  4. 4Crystal Ball

    02 Aug 2009 · 30 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.

  5. 5Going, Going, Gone

    09 Aug 2009 · 30 min

    Tom joins the Smithsonian on a mission of "extreme conservation" to protect the best aspects of our world for future generations.

  6. 6Sex 101

    16 Aug 2009 · 30 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.

  7. 7Villains and Roguesfinale

    23 Aug 2009 · 30 min

    Tom takes on the bad guys and digs up some pretty incriminating evidence from the Smithsonian vaults.