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Thursday, May 15, 2008
The BBC's version of the medieval mind -- and the Middle Ages come to North Bay
Richard Scott Nokes of Unlocked Wordhoard directs our attention to a YouTube-posted trailer for the upcoming BBC 4 Medieval Season. Unfortunately, much web material will be available only in the UK. But we can enjoy this:
And in another jurisdiction,
@Discovery North Bay is pleased to announce the Grand Opening of the “Once Upon a Time…” medieval exhibit, on 24 May 2008, from 1:00 – 3:00 pm, at 100 Ferguson Street.The exhibit originates with the BruceCountryMuseum and Archives, and will be in North Bay until 5 September, 2008.
More on this later...
Update: I will be speaking at the Grand Opening on "Why the Middle Ages are Important."
I had worked on the initial version of the 'Once Upon a Time'. A long story - they had counted on a number of loan objects, which then either did not arrive or were less than enough to fill the exhibit. They contacted me with about 2 weeks (!!) to go before the grand opening - with hardly anything to include. I put together most of the original hands on components, and a good number of the smaller 'daily life' pieces you may see. I also pulled together a staff training package (which may or may not still come in the exhibit package). Our artisan friends also contributed, I think Kes Smith also has a good number of her pewter tokens still on display. Bad news is that I have been pretty much isolated from the exhibit since. I had hoped that my name might be retained against staff training and other support as the show traveled (which it has extensively in Ontario since). Darrell
Steve (et All)
ReplyDeleteI had worked on the initial version of the 'Once Upon a Time'. A long story - they had counted on a number of loan objects, which then either did not arrive or were less than enough to fill the exhibit. They contacted me with about 2 weeks (!!) to go before the grand opening - with hardly anything to include. I put together most of the original hands on components, and a good number of the smaller 'daily life' pieces you may see. I also pulled together a staff training package (which may or may not still come in the exhibit package). Our artisan friends also contributed, I think Kes Smith also has a good number of her pewter tokens still on display.
Bad news is that I have been pretty much isolated from the exhibit since. I had hoped that my name might be retained against staff training and other support as the show traveled (which it has extensively in Ontario since).
Darrell