TV series

The Museum

2021 · 2 seasons

A slow-burning, morally complex drama that draws you into a web of desire and deception with a quietly tense atmosphere.

Overview: Trace the self-destructive fall of Della Howells, Museum Director in her 40s who begins a dangerous relationship with a young man, and descends from a respectable middle-class woman into the criminal underworld of the art world.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, betrayal, identity, crime
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note: Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Add to a list: The Museum

Stream in the US

More options Data from JustWatch

In your watch list

More like this

Like The Museum, but

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
betrayal
identity
crime
class
Places: workplace
single country house
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild