Mysteries at the Museum

To describe this show in a word: Hyperkinetic.

It's ALWAYS moving at a million miles an hour. No shot will last more than a few seconds before switching to another or rapidly zooming in or out for no reason (and this is, of course, always accompanied by an obnoxious sound effect) other than to appeal to those with extremely short attention spans and who need constant movement and stimulation, lest they look down at their phones and lose interest.

The music is constant and loud, often drowning out the narration and never letting up, even for a second. It feels like I'm being berated by music and sound endlessly, and it makes it impossible to just relax and to concentrate on what is actually being SAID.

This shocking amount of overproduction may appeal to some, but it makes this show an absolute chore to watch, and after each of the few episodes I have watched, I really had to wonder how much information was really communicated vs how much sheer noise and color were mercilessly assaulting my senses. It just isn't worth watching any more episodes, in my opinion.

I guess this kind of thing probably appeals to younger people, but I prefer documentaries to be a little more subdued and concerned with communicating facts and information, rather than assuming that if they stop jingling keys in front of my face for more than three seconds, I'll lose interest.

It's a little insulting, now that I think about it.

It's also a shame - I've quite enjoyed Wildman's work on other shows - particularly Cities of the Underworld. He can do much better than this.

It is a great idea for a TV show, I absolutely love the stories, however, they are very loosely based (at best) on the objects in the museums. For example, a medieval clay etching, depicting farming in ancient Britain, then goes on to tell a story on crop circles. Or the story of John Smith, a barber who once cut president so and so's hair, who used this phone, that is on show at the museum of telephones... It's kind of funny how irrelevant the objects actually are.

It's also another very americanised program, in this I mean that the historical war accounts are somewhat pro-America, and twisted to paint their history in a favourable light. It's bias, annoying, and eyeroll inducing, because more often than not, there is much more to the story.

Overall it is a good show, and worth watching if you love history.

I love watching this show and can't wait till see what Don does next.

Gives great stories on items around the globe. Could do without the over-scripted redundant talking points but I guess you have to fill it with something.

I love this show, but as others have stated, one of its biggest flaws is how repetitive it is. From the way they describe the objects, to the adjectives used to describe the "sinister" plots or "daring" plans, to the way they film dramatizations of events.

But my BIGGEST problem with the show is that 90% of the time the artifact shown has NOTHING to do with the story told other than being the same object. For example, the story might be about a treasure found at sea, but the artefact will be some random coin in a currency museum that wasn't in that treasure and wasn't even involved at all. It's just a coin similar to what was found. I just finished watching the episode about wine bottles etched with the president's initials using a dentists drill. But the artifact that they use was some random dentist drill from some museum that has never had anything to do with the story. Like this would be interesting if it was the actual drill used, but instead it's just some random drill that happens to be similar to the one used. The show is called "Mysteries at the Museum", not "Mysteries Told with Random Objects at the Museum"

This is definitely my favorite show by far, and has been for years. I seriously hope they never end this show (otherwise I probably wouldn't even watch the Travel Channel), and hope they keep coming up with great stories.