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MEDIA PREVIEW OF NEW EXHIBIT FRIDAY OCT 05, 2012 | 10:00 AM GALT MUSEUM & ARCHIVES

MEDIA PREVIEW OF NEW EXHIBIT

Friday OCT 05, 2012 | 10:00 am

Galt Museum & Archives 

Curator Wendy Aitkens will introduce to you the special exhibit
Uncovering Secrets: Archaeology in southern Alberta” 

INTERVIEWS

·         Wendy Aitkens, exhibit Curator

·         Jim McMurchy, President of the Archaeological Society of Alberta.
Lethbridge Centre

·         * Duncan Lloyd, member of the Archaeological Society of Alberta.
Lethbridge Centre
 

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

·         * Two moms with children participating in hands-on activities and Leslie Hall, Community Program Coordinator

Media Kit

available at www.galtmuseum.com/media.htm 

Exhibit website

www.galtmuseum.com/exhibits-archaeology.htm

 

The exhibit runs Sat OCT 06 – Sun JAN 13, 2013
and opens officially on Sun OCT 21 | 2:00 – 3:00 pm with 

The Curator Presents… Uncovering Secrets

The new exhibit explores some of the fascinating prehistoric and historic archaeological sites found in southern Alberta. Come hear how, why and where archaeologists search for human stories resting on prairie sod, hidden under layers of soil, recorded in volumes of historical documents, stored in museum collections, and painted or carved into rocks.