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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">February 16, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Lennon’s “psychedelic” Rolls-Royce returns to
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">the Royal BC Museum
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<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Victoria, BC</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""> – In a country like Canada, where staid old white
has been the most popular car colour since 2006, nothing quite compares to the kaleidoscope fantasia that adorns John Lennon’s famed Rolls-Royce – which today returned to the Royal BC Museum.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">This morning, Royal BC Museum conservators squeezed Lennon’s massive 1965 Rolls-Royce Phantom V Touring Limousine through
the front doors into the main lobby, where it will be parked on public display until April 28, 2016.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">“With more than seven million artifacts and specimens in the vast collections of the Royal BC Museum, it’s near-impossible
to choose the most significant,” said Royal BC Museum CEO Prof. Jack Lohman. “The Lennon Rolls Royce is certainly one of the most iconic items, connecting British Columbians both with Expo ’86, a seminal event for the province, and to the Beatles, who fascinated
and entertained the world.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">It was in this Rolls-Royce that The Beatles rode to Buckingham Palace in 1965 to receive medals from the Queen.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Back in ’65 it sported its original colour: a matte black (yawn!).</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">But in 1967, Lennon sent the Rolls to artist Steve Weaver, who designed custom paintwork in a
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Romany Gypsy style, with elements of the psychedelic era.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The car was delivered to
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Lennon just
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">before the
<i>Sgt. Pepper’s</i> <i>Lonely Hearts Club Band</i> album was released. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Mr. Weaver<i>
</i>used ordinary but very vulnerable house (latex) paint. The Royal BC Museum monitors the paint condition closely and has done conservation work on the paint over the years.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Jim Pattison donated the vehicle to the Royal BC Museum in 1987 after its display at Expo ‘86 in Vancouver.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The car has been in mechanical operating condition for fifty years. The engine powers the brakes, a necessary feature given its weight:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">a standard 1964 Phantom V Rolls Royce is 3,000 kilograms. In comparison, a 2016 Smart Fortwo coupé (“Smart car”) weighs only 820 kilograms.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The car has been on display at various Royal BC Museum special events. It has also been exhibited across North America, most recently
at exhibits in Montreal and in Vancouver at the 2015 PNE. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The Rolls Royce was selected as one of the Royal BC Museum’s
</span><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/100/object/john-lennons-rolls-royce/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">100 Objects of Interest</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
in 2014.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">It will be on display at the Royal BC Museum until April 28, 2016.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">About the Royal BC Museum
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The Royal BC Museum explores the province's human history and natural history, advances new knowledge and understanding of
BC, and provides a dynamic forum for discussion and a place for reflection. </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The museum and archives celebrate culture and history, telling the stories of BC in ways that enlighten, stimulate and inspire. Looking to the future, the Royal BC Museum will be a
refreshed, modern museum, extending its reach far beyond Victoria as a world-class cultural venue and repository of digital treasures.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Royal BC Museum Media Inquiries
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">250-387-3207<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a href="mailto:news@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">news@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
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