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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">April 21, 2020
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<b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Royal BC Museum launches a public project
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<b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">to document the COVID-19 pandemic<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">VICTORIA, BC</span></b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">—Today the Royal BC Museum launched
<i>COVID-19 Collecting For Our Time</i>, a project that invites British Columbians to tell the stories of their experiences during the pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white">The museum and archives will work alongside communities to gather BC’s pandemic stories
</span><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">now, as they occur, <span style="color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white">
and will develop a longer-term collecting project capturing their legacy. The Royal BC Museum wants to hear from the people of BC: what should be collected, and how will BC communities want to remember this historic time?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">“The pandemic and the resulting directives from government and health authorities have changed much of what we experience in our daily lives, from the
outdoors, to technology, to even something as simple as grocery shopping,” said Royal BC Museum CEO Prof. Jack Lohman. “By providing their insights, BC citizens will have the opportunity to describe how they feel history should be written.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">The
<i>COVID-19 Collecting For Our Time</i> project reflects the evolving nature of museums as spaces for reflection and commentary about significant social and environmental changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">The project is also a way to share with the public why and how museums collect, and to illustrate the long-term value of a collection. The project is
an open invitation for all BC citizens to participate in the museum process. <o:p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Right now, the Royal BC Museum is preparing to collect perspectives, photos and objects that will help tell the story of this moment for future generations.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">In this, the first stage of
</span><i><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">COVID-19 </span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Collecting For Our Time</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">, the museum and archives
is collecting information. The museum invites the citizens of BC to write to </span>
<a href="mailto:inthemoment@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">forourtime@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""> and describe what they think should be captured
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">For more information about the Royal BC Museum’s
<i>COVID-19 Collecting For Our Time</i> project, including an overview and FAQs, visit
</span><a name="OLE_LINK5"></a><a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/tell-us-your-covid-19-story"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/tell-us-your-covid-19-story</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 45 Light","sans-serif"">About the Royal BC Museum:
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 45 Light","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. The museum and archives celebrate culture and history, telling the stories of BC in ways that enlighten, stimulate and inspire. Located in Victoria on the traditional territory of the Lekwungen (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations), we
are a hub of community connections in BC–onsite, offsite and online–taking pride in our collective histories.
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