[BCMA] Vaudeville Travelling Exhibition

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Greetings,


Just a reminder that there are still some time slots available for this exhibition, which will be travelling through BC and Alberta starting next year.


"Voices of the Town: Vaudeville in Canada" is a visually stunning travelling exhibition that recreates the ambiance of an evening at the theatre. Developed by the Peterborough Museum & Archives, made possible with funding from Canadian Heritage, this exhibition comes complete with a reproduction ticket booth and kinetoscope (early film viewing machine), as well as the authentic costume and travelling trunk of Oklahoma Jack (a sharp-shooting Vaudevillian who performed with Buffalo Bill Cody). Photographs from the nationally significant Ballsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images are featured throughout.  A palette of educational programming and interpretation will make this exhibition a memorable and entertaining experience for everyone. 


Availability: June to mid September of 2013; and January to June of 2014
Bilingual text (English & French); flexible layout requiring approx. 1000 sq. ft.
Rental rate: $100 per week + applicable taxes, (with discount for rentals of more than 8 weeks in remaining months of 2013)
Shipping: one way to borrower's site, plus applicable taxes and fuel surcharge. This exhibit satisfies requirements that make it possible for eligible borrowers to apply to the Exhibition Circulation Fund, through the Museum Assistance Program. For more info see the Canadian Heritage website:
http://www.pch.gc.ca/eng/1268597502197#a1 


To secure your time slot, or obtain more information, contact our travelling exhibition coordinator:





Michelle Watson
Peterborough Museum & Archives
Museum Drive at 300 Hunter St. E.
P.O. Box 143
Peterborough, ON K9J 6Y5
Canada
mdwatson at peterborough.ca

Telephone 705.743.5180 
Toll free 855.738.3755
Fax 705.743.2614
www.peterboroughmuseumandarchives.ca