Das Schwarze Museum

An in-depth look at daily life at one of the most famous cultural institutions in the world, The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Der Kongolese Sikumoya lebt schon seit einigen Jahren in Deutschland. Um weiter im Land bleiben zu dürfen, muss der einstige Flüchtling nun die deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft erwerben. Der Goethe- und Schiller-Fan tut alles, um sich an die hiesige Kultur anzupassen, doch die Anstrengungen überfordern ihn. Er muss ins Krankenhaus und fällt ins Koma. Als er erwacht, ist er der "perfekte Deutsche" und befindet sich bald weiter rechts im politischen Spektrum als seine neuen Neonazi-Kameraden…

The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the world's largest art museums. Its magnificent buildings served as the official residence of the Russian Emperors for almost two centuries. Now they are open to the public and over two million artifacts and works of art from prehistoric times to the contemporary period are exhibited in hundreds of galleries and rooms.

Documentary that goes behind the scenes at the British Museum. A curious breed of experts cares for some of the BM's most important and fragile treasures; they are the conservators. Metals conservator Alex Baldwin is giving a makeover to a corroded Roman bronze statue affectionately known as Charlie, Karen Birkholzer is approaching the end of a six-year project conserving Egyptian wall paintings from the tomb of Nebamun, and gallery manager Brendan Moore has a problem with a stuffed monkey.

Topkapi Palace is one of the most famous museums in the world. The number of exhibits has reached 65 000 units - is only a tenth of the collection of the Topkapi Museum.

The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the world's largest art museums. Its magnificent buildings served as the official residence of the Russian Emperors for almost two centuries. Now they are open to the public and over two million artifacts and works of art from prehistoric times to the contemporary period are exhibited in hundreds of galleries and rooms. The Hermitage Museum houses a rich collection of Greek and Roman sculptures, splendid jewelry, and many of the best works of Raphael, Da Vinci, Titian, Giorgione, Velasquez, Van Dyke, Rembrandt, many other Dutch masters, French Impressionists, and 20th Century masters such as Matisse and Picasso.

A stone’s throw from the iconic Cheops pyramids, another famous man-made creation rises, towering over the Giza Plateau: The Grand Egyptian Museum. The construction of this ultra-modern building of unprecedented proportions, stretching over 117 acres, was recently finalized.

Hagia Sophia was a Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal basilica (church), later an imperial mosque, and is now a museum (Ayasofya Müzesi) in Istanbul, Turkey. It remained the world's largest cathedral for nearly a thousand years, until Seville Cathedral was completed in 1520.

Britain's best-loved broadcaster brings his favourite extinct creatures back to life in David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive.

Fiona Bruce and the Antiques Roadshow team make a return visit to the Black Country Living Museum in the West Midlands on one of the hottest days of the year. Susan Rumfitt discovers some jewels fit for a princess, while Hilary Kay explores local motor racing history at the Sunbeam Motor Car Company. A surrealist picture appeals to Rupert Maas, but is it the real deal? And the show takes a surprising turn to the Wild West with one of the rarest guns Bill Harriman has ever seen - a Colt 37 revolver!