[Dubas]

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.

 

[IanO]

Might have been COVID, but you may recall significant operational cutbacks that seriously impacted operations, hours and events there.

 

[Avenuer]

The RAM's digital sign needs to be fixed ASAP, please.

View attachment 464355

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]

Might have been COVID, but you may recall significant operational cutbacks that seriously impacted operations, hours and events there.

If only the Provincially-operated museum received adequate operational funding from the Province...

 

[Gronk!]

Dinosaur fossils discovered in Edmonton, now on display at the RAM

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.

edmonton.taproot.news

 

[Gronk!]

Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia | Royal Alberta Museum

royalalbertamuseum.ca

 

[Avenuer]

Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia | Royal Alberta Museum

royalalbertamuseum.ca

Saw this today, I definitely will be checking it out to see how it compares to the real thing!

 

[Friendmonton]

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!]

I think I`ll try out the Moe's Mammoth Rampage arcade game when I visit the Angkor exhibit during the Easter weekend

https://twitter.com/x/status/1767360549963333985

 

[Gronk!]

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...

edmonton.taproot.news

 

[TAS]

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...

edmonton.taproot.news

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]

Is that a Ford Mach E?

 

[_urbanite]

Is that a Ford Mach E?

That one is a 'Beemer

 

[Gronk!]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1892283193883316360

 

[archited]

Museum Skills Workshop How do you know the difference between a mastodon and a mammoth tooth? How about a bison’s foot from a horse? On April 24, this Ice Age Palaeo Anatomy workshop will teach you basic comparative anatomy of Ice Age fossils and how you can examine a skeleton to identify an animal group or species.

Learn more​