Discovery Hall

Fakes and Forgeries: Yesterday and Today

Exhibits

2011

 

2010 2009 2008
     
2007 2006

Curriculum coordinated school programs


Exhibits
Wendy Aitkens, Curator
Tel: [403] 320.3907
Email: waitkens[at]galtmuseum[dot]com

 
 
 
 

Visitors learn how to tell authentic pieces from sly forgeries and discover the fascinating lengths forgers will go to hoodwink the unwary!

Spot the differences between fakes and real artifacts that run the gamut from Natural History and World Cultures, to modern designer brands in this interactive exhibition. Also incldues educational information about pirated computer software and sections on counterfeit currency.

Organized and circulated by Royal Ontario Museum

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Museum Community Day: click for printable flyer

10am-4pm Hey kids! Learn how to tell the difference between a real and a counterfeit bill and how different currencies were used throughout history.

11:00 am Exhibit Grand Opening | Viewing Gallery

11:30 am Counterfeit Products with Cst. Blaine Stodolka (40 min)

Intellectual Property (IP) Crime is a universal term that refers to the theft or unauthorized use of IP rights such as copyrights, trademarks and patents. Also covered: Piracy, bootlegging, product counterfeiting and package or logo counterfeiting.

12:30| 2:00 | 3:00 Identifying Counterfeit Money with Marc Trudel from the Bank of Canada (30 min)

Protect yourself against bank note counterfeiting.

FILM SCREENINGS:

1:00 pm Catch Me If You Can, 2002 (140 min)

3:00 pm The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case, 1932 (75 min)

 

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on the web

How fake ancient artefacts are affecting the museum world, Dec. 09

Royal Ontario Museum displays its fakes, Jan 5.10

Spotting Fakes, CTV.ca, JAN 2010

Fakes & Forgeries at the ROM, blogTO, JAN 2010

Galt Museum presents Fakes and Forgeries— from yesterday to today, LA Beat, DEC 17.10

 
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related exhibit
 

Fakes & Forgeries
at the Library

The display case in the lobby of the downtown Lethbridge Public Library includes fakes and forgeries. Did you guess what the real and what the fake objects are? answers>>

 

programs
 

weekly family program
JAN 08 - APR 16

From rub-on tattooes to tall tales, Museum CSI to soap carving...

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1st & 3rd weekly senior's program
JAN 05 - APR 20

Topics range from Photoshop for Total Beginners to the NWMP...

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The Curator Presents: Wed JAN 26 | 6:00 pm

 

 

Cafe Galt

monthly evening program

Sun APR 10 | 7:00 pm | doors at 6

Canadian Pickers

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