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Giant floor map visits Parliament Hill for Canadian Museums Day
The event capped off two days of meetings between Members of Parliament, Senators, Hill staff and museum professionals from across the country
- Jan 26, 2016
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The Royal Canadian Geographical Society brought its Parks Canada giant floor map to Parliament Hill on January 26 for a special reception in honour of Canadian Museums Day.
The event capped off two days of meetings between Members of Parliament, Senators, Hill staff and museum professionals from across the country to discuss the importance of museums and future opportunities. Guests explored the floor map – which took up almost the entire room – and posed for selfies with Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, Speaker of the House Geoff Regan and other elected officials.
RCGS CEO John Geiger addressed the gathering, saying the RCGS is proud to support Canadian museums, which help the organization fulfill its mandate of making Canada better known to Canadians and the world.
“It is our hope that more opportunities will arise to put geography at the service of our heritage,” he said.
Check out some tweets from the event below:
Giant floor map set up on Parliament Hill, ready for #museumsday2016 guests! pic.twitter.com/7HKYlnMpyO
— The RCGS/La SGRC (@RCGS_SGRC) January 26, 2016
Guests @ #museumsday2016 reception explore our Parks giant floor map, which takes up entire room at Parliament Hill! pic.twitter.com/7pDkDQC1sJ
— The RCGS/La SGRC (@RCGS_SGRC) January 26, 2016
CEO @JohnGGeiger addresses guests at #museumsday2016 on Parliament Hill: pic.twitter.com/elt5weh4WH
— The RCGS/La SGRC (@RCGS_SGRC) January 27, 2016
RCGS CEO @JohnGGeiger with Heritage Minister @melaniejoly at #museumsday2016 on Parliament Hill: pic.twitter.com/NlNQGPUB1A
— The RCGS/La SGRC (@RCGS_SGRC) January 26, 2016
#museumsday2016 Not my usual footwear. @musecdn @CAMDO_ODMAC @TheTomThomson pic.twitter.com/xc1RPdnRAb
— Virginia Eichhorn (@VirginiaEichhor) January 26, 2016
I was thrilled to meet Speaker of the House, Geoff Regan during the #museumsday2016 reception! @musecdn pic.twitter.com/4VlwuA9eLp
— Fredericton Museum (@FredMuseum) January 27, 2016
#museumsday2016 happy to represent NL pic.twitter.com/TdHPxJPcCy
— Teresita McCarthy (@TMcCartby) January 26, 2016
Great to meet some of the pillars of the museum world and celebrate #CanadianMuseumsDay #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/mgSSjwnBRh
— Mélanie Joly (@melaniejoly) January 27, 2016
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