Museum Men

Museum Men

2014
Museum Men
Museum Men

Museum Men

7.2 | TV-PG | en | Documentary

Whether it's the famous steps of the Titanic or the legendary lunar landing of Apollo 13, there is no museum exhibit that the expert builders at Creative Arts Unlimited, Inc. can't re-create. Viewers will follow these highly skilled craftsmen as they use their expertise to meticulously rebuild history in museums across the nation. Led by Roger Barganier (co-founder, president and creative director), the team at Creative Arts Unlimited, approach each build with a determination to tell a story. Every exhibit that is produced by the Museum Men is engaging, informative, and historically accurate. No detail is overlooked, because for Creative Arts authenticity is everything. In addition to building for museums, Creative Arts also re-creates items for private collections. But whoever the recipient may be, every build poses unique challenges, including hard-to-find research, demanding schedules, and obsolete methods of construction.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP10  Resurrecting the Titanic
Feb. 07,2015
Resurrecting the Titanic

Creative Arts has been hired to reinvent the grand staircase from the famous Titanic; They'll be creating it for the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

EP9  The Levitating Throne
Jan. 31,2015
The Levitating Throne

Creative Arts is building a Byzantine hydraulic throne inspired by King Solomon for the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa, Florida. The team will also build a medieval crossbow for a “living historian” and archery enthusiast.

EP8  First WWI Tank
Jan. 24,2015
First WWI Tank

Creative Arts builds the Mark 1 tank for the Discovery Park of America, the most game-changing weapon to emerge from World War I. The team also takes on a side project, a telephone booth for a Florida hotel. This historical phone booth will house the hotel's prized possession: an actual 1930's era telephone!

EP7  Medieval Torture Devices
Jan. 10,2015
Medieval Torture Devices

Creative Arts has been commissioned by a Tennessee museum to build an exhibit focusing on items of torture from the Spanish Inquisition. The team also takes on a side project–a sidecar for a WW2 Russian motorcycle as part of the Wounded Warrior program.

EP6  Evel Knievel's Rocket
Jan. 03,2015
Evel Knievel's Rocket

Creative Arts has been commissioned by the Tennessee Museum of Aviation–home to one of the best historical aircraft collections in the country–to build the Skycycle X-2, the rocket used by Evel Knievel in his most famous daredevil stunt. The team will also be building President Kennedy’s Resolute Desk for the retired mayor of Tampa.

EP5  Lincoln's Last Ride
Dec. 27,2014
Lincoln's Last Ride

The Creative Arts team has just 17 days to build a full-scale replica of President Abraham Lincoln's Springfield funeral carriage, the same number of days that the city of Springfield had to make the original carriage for Lincoln. The team will also build a knight's suit of armor for a friend who plans to wear it in a Renaissance-era joust.

EP4  Yeager's Supersonic Jet
Dec. 20,2014
Yeager's Supersonic Jet

Creative Arts is building the Bell X1 for the Armed Forces History Museum in Largo, Florida and a Pennsylvania Long Rifle for the Florida Frontiersmen, a local non-profit group that wants to present the firearm as a scholarship award to one of their young members.

EP3  Relaunching Apollo 13
Dec. 13,2014
Relaunching Apollo 13

The Museum of Science and Industry is looking to expand their space race exhibit, and they know just the team to help them do this: Creative Arts. The team agrees to build the iconic Apollo 13 lunar module, the hero craft from the perilous Apollo 13 mission. On top of the pressures of the space race exhibit, Creative Arts has taken on another, more sentimental project: a recreation of the William Wallace sword.

EP2  Hunting Nazi Submarines
Dec. 06,2014
Hunting Nazi Submarines

Creative Arts is creating a full-scale midget submarine, the WWII German Seehund, for the Tampa Bay History Center. The team will also build a secret door bookcase for the VIP room at Ciro's Speakeasy.

EP1  Unearthing King Tut
Nov. 29,2014
Unearthing King Tut

Creative Arts is tasked with one of their biggest builds to date: Help boost attendance at the St. Petersburg Museum of History by creating an all-new exhibit around the museum’s own Egyptian mummy, The Lady of the Nile. The Museum Men’s solution? King Tut.

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7.2 | TV-PG | en | Documentary | More Info
Released: 2014-11-29 | Released Producted By: T Group Productions , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.history.com/shows/museum-men
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Whether it's the famous steps of the Titanic or the legendary lunar landing of Apollo 13, there is no museum exhibit that the expert builders at Creative Arts Unlimited, Inc. can't re-create. Viewers will follow these highly skilled craftsmen as they use their expertise to meticulously rebuild history in museums across the nation. Led by Roger Barganier (co-founder, president and creative director), the team at Creative Arts Unlimited, approach each build with a determination to tell a story. Every exhibit that is produced by the Museum Men is engaging, informative, and historically accurate. No detail is overlooked, because for Creative Arts authenticity is everything. In addition to building for museums, Creative Arts also re-creates items for private collections. But whoever the recipient may be, every build poses unique challenges, including hard-to-find research, demanding schedules, and obsolete methods of construction.

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harley50444 Being a model builder myself I was excited about this show. Well I waited patiently hoping it wouldn't be another screaming and hollering we got to get this done in a few days show with ridiculous deadlines. Saw the first episode and right off the bat, "we got 30 days to get this done" with a little arguing and drama. OK I can bear it. Just started watching the second episode and a few minutes in they said they only have 31 day to build this German sub. I can see where this is going. I'm still going to watch the series and maybe if I'm lucky I can peek in between the "reality" part and actually see how they make their models. Hopefully it won't get out of control. Time will tell.
bdl7431 Well, I am watching the premier episode of Museum Men - another "reality" series from the History Channel folks. Right now I am very disappointed.Why? At least in the first episode - it looks like they are focusing on the personalities and basically ignoring things like techniques and the piece parts of the creative process. It feels a lot like Storage Wars - not surprising since it is from the same production company. We see hard cuts and cliff hanging moments that break into commercials.I wish they would speak more to HOW they are building things - they show polystyrene foam - they don't talk about how they are forming it, painting it, making it LOOK good. I realize they have to make the show appeal to a large audience - but they could of at least said - We are drawing the image on the foam, we use hot wire and shaping tools to make it take the shape, we paint it with urethane based paint...nothing serious, but maybe they could of inspired someone to pick up some foam and tools and try to make something.To be fair - they do some nice educational bits in the show about the displays they are building. But it could be so much more.Overall - maybe it will get better - but I am not hopeful......UPDATE - I just watched a couple more episodes - my original opinion remains the same. It is mostly about personalities, and very little on technique.Also I am having a very hard time believing that all these museums have 30 day turnarounds for projects. I have spent a great deal of time working as either a volunteer or a professional in museums and I cannot conceive a situation where this happens. Either a bunch has incredibly poor planning or else something has been dramatized........