Dubas
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I noticed on the website recently that the Museum's theatre has been closed indefinitely for awhile now. I went pre-covid and it was closed then, and still isn't open.
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IanO
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Might have been COVID, but you may recall significant operational cutbacks that seriously impacted operations, hours and events there.
Avenuer
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That's annoying, it wasn't working like that for months back in the fall. I emailed them about it and they said they were waiting on parts. It did get fixed some time after, but annoying to see it not working properly once again.
Avenuer
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If only the Provincially-operated museum received adequate operational funding from the Province...
Gronk!
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Dinosaur fossils discovered in Edmonton, now on display at the RAM
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A moment in history: May 3, 1941
On this day 82 years ago, an amateur paleontologist was unearthing what appeared to be a massive dinosaur fossil in Edmonton's river valley.
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Gronk!
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Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia | Royal Alberta Museum
Avenuer
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Saw this today, I definitely will be checking it out to see how it compares to the real thing!Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia | Royal Alberta Museum
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Friendmonton
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Tremendous news! I admit the last Drive exhibit was lacklustre, and I feel for them with Covid and funding. But this will give it a boost for attendance and hopefully signal a return to normalcy, like when we had the Viking exhibit visit pre-Covid.
Gronk!
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I think I`ll try out the Moe's Mammoth Rampage arcade game when I visit the Angkor exhibit during the Easter weekend
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Gronk!
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Returning Indigenous artifacts from RAM important but complicated, experts say
Experts say repatriation of artifacts from the Royal Alberta Museum is important for Indigenous nations. But repatriating artifacts is not as simple as asking for an item to be returned and museums or other organizations following through. Archaeologists say that's because of legislative...
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TAS
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Returning Indigenous artifacts from RAM important but complicated, experts say
Experts say repatriation of artifacts from the Royal Alberta Museum is important for Indigenous nations. But repatriating artifacts is not as simple as asking for an item to be returned and museums or other organizations following through. Archaeologists say that's because of legislative...
Important work.
I laughed when I saw the pic included with the story- the museum with a police car in front of it. A sign of the current times?
IanO
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Is that a Ford Mach E?
_urbanite
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That one is a 'Beemer