[Bcma-l] (Fwd) Installation of Treasures underway at Royal BC Museum
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Subject:                     <b>Installation of Treasures underway at Royal BC
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Date sent:                  <b>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:16:28 -0700</b></span></font>
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From:                         <b>"News, RBCM RBCM:EX"
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Installation of Treasures underway at Royal BC Museum</span></font>
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VICTORIA, BC - After an 8,000 km journey by airplane, tractor trailer</span></font>
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and ferry, more than 300 artifacts from the British Museum have arrived</span></font>
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at the Royal BC Museum (RBCM) in preparation for the opening of</span></font>
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Treasures: The World's Cultures from the British Museum. </span></font>
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The exhibition, which runs May 1 - Sept. 30, 2009, chronicles the</span></font>
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development of human civilization through art and artifacts, spanning</span></font>
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more than 1.5 million years of world history. </span></font>
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"You can feel excitement brewing throughout the community as we get set</span></font>
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to open Treasures: The World's Cultures from the British Museum," says</span></font>
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RBCM CEO Pauline Rafferty. "Our talented staff here at the Royal BC</span></font>
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Museum are putting the finishing touches in the Treasures gallery,</span></font>
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training docents and line managers and gearing up for what we suspect</span></font>
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will be a very busy summer."</span></font>
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Today, a team of conservators from the British Museum set into place the</span></font>
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lid of an ancient Egyptian inner coffin. From Akhmim, Egypt and dated</span></font>
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305 - 30 BC, the wooden coffin is adorned with gold leaf and is a</span></font>
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classic example of a human-shaped mummy-case made for a man of</span></font>
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The 930 square-metre (10,000 square-foot) exhibition is arranged by</span></font>
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geography and chronology into seven sections - Africa, the Middle East,</span></font>
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Europe, Asia, Oceania, the Americas and the Modern World. From the</span></font>
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oldest object, African handaxes more than 1.5 million years old, to the</span></font>
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largest, a marble statue of Dionysos measuring 1.71 m tall and weighing</span></font>
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750 kg, each artifact has been selected by the British Museum for its</span></font>
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rarity, beauty and historical significance. </span></font>
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Tickets for Treasures are available in person at the RBCM, online at </span></font>
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<a href="http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Treasures">
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or by phone through Tourism</span></font>
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Check out the Thrifty Foods special Treasures promotion, on now until April
29. Spend $40 and receive a coupon to buy one Treasures admission and
get the second at half price.</span></font>
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This exhibition is proudly supported by a number of organizations,</span></font>
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including: London Drugs (Lead Sponsor); Tourism Victoria (Lead Marketing</span></font>
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Partner); and Canwest (Media Sponsor), which includes Global BC, CHEK</span></font>
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As the provincial museum and archives, the Royal BC Museum preserves
and shares the stories of British Columbia - on-site, off-site and online -</span></font>
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through its research, collections, exhibitions and educational programs.</span></font>
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Its two-hectare cultural precinct also includes a number of historically</span></font>
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significant buildings and First Nations sites.    </span></font>
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For more information on the Royal BC Museum's latest activities, events</span></font>
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and exhibitions, visit </span></font>
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