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Footloose
at Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver Museum, Planetarium
and Marine Musuem
 Secrets
of the City # 13
Join us monthly
for a tour of a secret location. Past tours have
explored the basement catacombs of the Vancouver
Art Gallery, a movie studio and the abandoned CBC
Radio studios. Pre-registration is required as some
tours require special access and security
clearance. This week's clue: Engineering. Departs
the Museum at 10 a.m. Members $15; Non-members $25
(includes same-day admission to the Museum) Tix:
604.734.7368
Exhibitions:
Through the
Eye of a Needle. Stories from an Indian Desert
Ongoing until September. In the Kutch Desert on
India's western border with Pakistan, women record
the history of their desert lives in the language
of the stitch. This embroidery tells of their past,
their journey to the present, and the possibility
of a future rich with heritage and cultural
memory.
Examine this
collection of stories, extraordinary embroideries,
photos and video from the diverse tribal population
that inhabits Kutch.
Full Circle:
First Contact
Vikings and
Skraelings in Newfoundland and Labrador
Ongoing until February 2003
Once considered to
be legend, Viking contact with the Aboriginal
peoples (Skraelings) of North America is proven
through the evidence uncovered at l'Anse aux
Meadows in Newfoundland. FULL CIRCLE: First Contact
chronicles humankind's exodus from Africa and into
the New World. Some would turn left and some would
turn right, but they would meet one hundred
thousand years later on the east coast of
Canada.
With more than
250 artifacts, photos, scale models, artist's
impressions and maps, FULL CIRCLE: First Contact
shakes our previous understanding of our
past.
Yuquot: The
Centre of Our World
Ongoing until October 29, 2002. Discover the
rich history of the Mowachaht &endash; Muchalaht
First Nations people, told in their own
voice.
Portrait
V2K. The City of Vancouver Millennium Story
& Photograph Collection. Ongoing. Highlighting
some of the city's most compelling memories and
anecdotes, this exhibit features Vancouver images
that are both affectionate and
evocative.
Vancouver
Museum, 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver,
BC V6J 3J9, Canada
t.
604.736.4431 f. 604.736.5417 http://www.vanmuseum.bc.ca
Vancouver
Maritime Museum
http://www.vmm.bc.ca/home.htm
More details to come.
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