Topic: Natural History Museum

2 chapters across the catalog

Time Warner Sucks
Episode 269 1:35:59 - 1:39:07

269: Time Warner Sucks

Meteor Hunting, Natural History Museum, Rock Collection

The market for meteorites is explored, with some rare specimens valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars by collectors and museums. The Natural History Museum in New York is noted for housing a five-foot-high meteorite. The difficulty of authenticating space rocks is discussed, referencing a famous incident where a Dutch museum's "moon rock" was revealed to be petrified wood.

200 Dollar Oil
Episode 34 19:36 - 21:49

34: 200 Dollar Oil

Vatican Archives, Marco Polo Divorce Papers

A contact within the Vatican's public relations office describes the vast, uncatalogued nature of the Holy See's archives. Among the hidden historical documents is the purported discovery of divorce papers belonging to explorer Marco Polo. The conversation compares the scale of the Vatican's collection to the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, which holds artifacts moved by Chiang Kai-shek.