NEXT WEEK at the Canadian Museum of Civilization March 7 to 13, 2011

March 4, 2011

Posted on: 04/03/2011

NEXT WEEK
at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
March 7 to 13, 2011

Activities are free with Museum admission unless otherwise indicated.

Interactive Historical Characters
March 8 to 11

3 p.m.
Saturday, March 12
10 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m.
Bilingual
Canada Hall
The Museum’s theatre company, Dramamuse, invites you to help bring history to life—and life to history—by interacting with historical characters within the stunning environment of Canada Hall. Watch these characters in action or talk with them as they enact the daily lives of people from Canada’s past. For more information, please visit www.historymuseum.ca/dramamusetheatre.

Spring Break at the Civ
See, Hear and Touch the World
March 12 to 20
Bring the whole family for a rally across time and space! As a team, you’ll draw, play games and take on exciting challenges throughout the Museum. With clues in hand, you’ll visit five special galleries with a chance to win some cool prizes! Come discover an Inuit game in the First Peoples Hall as well as a game taken straight from the 1920s in the Toles School module of Canada Hall.

Giant Board Games
March 12 to 20
10:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.
Grand Hall    
Families can work together or against each other as they play giant versions of everyone’s favourite board games.                                                                          

Japan: Tradition. Innovation.
March 12 to 20
10:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.
Temporary Exhibitions Corridor
In anticipation of the upcoming exhibition Japan: Tradition. Innovation.,
light up these dark winter nights by crafting a sushi art candle to take home.

Scavenger Hunt
March 12 to 20
10:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.
Canadian Personalities Hall
Explore the Canadian Personalities Hall through our exciting scavenger hunt, then enter to win a family membership to the Canadian Museum of Civilization!

Canadian Children’s Museum
(Located in the Canadian Museum of Civilization)

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