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  Photo Album 2005    
       
 

TORONTO EATON CENTRE

May 28, 2005		    
 


May is Museum Month at the Eaton Centre

    
 

A fun-filled day of interactive family activities took place at the Eaton Centre. Visitors got a sneak peak at Transformation AGO, learned to detect counterfeit bills with help from the Currency Museum of the Bank of Canada, discovered Black history in Ontario with the Ontario Black History Society and tried Palimpsest, the ancient custom of reusing paper, with the Koffler Gallery. At the OMA's table, materials from Ontario museums were available along with May is Museum Month temporary tattoos and posters. Visitors also filled out ballots for an Ontario museum prize package.

    
       
     
       
     
       
       
 

TORONTO EATON CENTRE

May 21, 2005		    
 


May is Museum Month at the Eaton Centre

    
 

Casa Loma and the Ontario Black History Society helped celebrate May is Museum Month at the Eaton Centre. A live demonstration of the art of medieval combat, May is Museum Month tatoos and information and displays about Black history in Ontario were a hit with visitors.

    
 
     
 
     
       
       
 

OSHAWA COMMUNITY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES

May 18, 2005		    
 
International Museum Day and Guy House Grand Re-Opening		    
  On December 17, 2003 historic Guy House at the Oshawa Community Museum & Archives was gutted by fire. The archival collection was saved thanks to the efforts of fire fighters and the entire collection suffered smoke damage, which is being reversed with careful cleaning. On International Museum Day 2005 Guy House was re-opened to the public.    
       
     
       
       
 

CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM

May 12, 2005		    
 


May is Museum Month Launch and Proclamation

    
 

The Ontario Museum Association, along with its partners and members, held a launch and proclamation of May is Museum Month 2005 at the newly-opened Canadian War Museum. On hand were: Joe Geurts, Director and CEO, Canadian War Museum; Carrie Brooks-Joiner, President, Ontario Museum Association; Georges Bédard, Councillor, City of Ottawa; Claudette Paquin, Managing Director, TFO; Ivy Williams, Regional Councillor, TVOntario; Pierre Dufour, Trustee, Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation; and Colonel By. Information and displays were presented by Ottawa-area museums.

    
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
             
     
             
     
       
       
       
 

TORONTO EATON CENTRE

May 7, 2005		    
 


May is Museum Month at the Eaton Centre

    
 

Visitors joined the Royal Ontario Museum and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection for a fun-filled day of interactive family activities. The ROM let participants touch Zip, a live snake, and helped visitors write their name in Egyptian hieroglyphs, create origami dinosaurs and get up close and personal with prehistoric fossils, meteorites and more! Visitors also learned about the culture of Canada's Aboriginal peoples through the McMichael's hands-on artifact display, which included sculptures, tools, games and more.

   
 
     
 
     
 
 
 

ORILLIA MUSEUM OF ART & HISTORY

May 6, 2005
    
 


The Orillia Museum of Art & History Grand Opening

   
  Under the distinguished patronage of The Hon. James K. Bartleman, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the Orillia Museum of Art & History was officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Special guests included: Jean Sarjeant, Chairperson of Board; Paul DeVillers, MP Simcoe North; Garfield Dunlop, MPP Simcoe North; Ron Stevens, City of Orillia Mayor and Marie Lalonde, Executive Director, Ontario Museum Association.    
 

 

   
       
 
 
 

PENETANGUISHENE CENTENNIAL MUSEUM & ARCHIVES

May 2, 2005		    
 


60th Anniversary of VE Day Exhibition

   
 

The Ontario Museum Association and the Penetanguishene Centennial Museum & Archives, in association with the museums of Simcoe County, marked the opening of The 60th Anniversary of VE Day Exhibition and hosted a celebration of May is Museum Month 2005.

   
 
     
 
 
 

TORONTO EATON CENTRE

April 27, 2005		    
 


May is Museum Month Launch and Proclamation

    
 

Participants in the Toronto launch of May is Museum Month discovered the wealth and diversity of museums. Visitors had the opportunity to: touch a live snake, get their hands on fossils, decorate shoe-shaped cookies, see artists at work--weavers and painters--meet medieval characters and the Red Coats. As well as: test their museum IQ, listen to the Fort York Fife and Drum, join in the comedy Menace of Venice by Men in Tights and enjoy foot-stomping tunes by Freshwater Trade.

   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
         
     
         
         
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