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Old Jul 28, 2008, 06:19 PM
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I can see the line-ups now. We know how Victorians like free stuff.

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RBC MUSEUM ANNOUNCES ADMISSION BY DONATION FOR BC DAY

Jul 28, 2008

THE ROYAL BC MUSEUM IS CELEBRATING BC'S 150TH ANNIVERSAY THIS YEAR BY WAIVING IT'S REGULAR ADMISSION FEES.

THIS MONDAY, AUGUST THE 4TH, THE MUSEUM WILL ASK VISITORS TO "PAY-WHAT-THEY-CAN".

THE EXHIBITION, "FREE SPIRIT:STORIES OF YOU, ME AND BC" HONOURS THE INNOVATORS, ADVENTURERS, CREATIVE THINKINERS AND TREND SETTERS WHO HAVE HELPED SHAPE THE PROVINCE DURING THE PAST 150 YEARS.

- SONJA JENSEN
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rad. wasn't the museum always free years ago?
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rad. wasn't the museum always free years ago?
Correct. Then it went to pay for every day but Monday. Then it went pay all the time.
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Yeah when I was a teenager I used to hang out there all the time. That and the National Film Board ... anyone remember that?
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I loved the old museum in the parliament buildings. The stuffed animals on the main floor, the collection of pinned insect specimens on the second floor and the Indian artifacts in the basement. The echo-y sound, marble floors and old display cases. The stuffed and mounted bear that stood in the corner.
The deer heads with huge antlers on the walls.
A fun place to go in the winter or when it rained. Few people, if any, where ever there.
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Should this thread not be renamed "Free museum on BC Day?
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I am sure somewhere in the world there are other free museums open on BC Day.
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Should this thread not be renamed "Free museum on BC Day?
Whoops.
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Do we not have a thread re: the 150th celebration? Anyway, I thought the crowd for the concerts last night seemed pretty light. It was a drop in the bucket compared to the Commonwealth Games.
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Is the name of this thread EVER going to change???
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Done!
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YAY!!!! (I am such a nag )
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Do we not have a thread re: the 150th celebration? Anyway, I thought the crowd for the concerts last night seemed pretty light. It was a drop in the bucket compared to the Commonwealth Games.
Ya, I thought there would be more people. I caught a bit of Burton Cummings.
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YAY!!!! (I am such a nag )
Hey, it's all good, it helps us notice things that might slip by otherwise!
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