- Overview
Sister Wendy Beckett, a cloistered nun and Oxford-educated art scholar, takes an art appreciation tour across America, visiting six major art museums in this 6-hours documentary series from PBS.
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- First Air Date
05 September 2001
- Last Air Date
19 September 2001
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Sister Wendy Beckett
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