Closing For Now

This weekend the Royal Alberta Museum is closing its doors. It opened on December 6, 1967.
Not to worry though as a new facility is being built which will open in 2017.
So in light of this the museum was running a special event. It opened its doors this weekend to the public for 48 consecutive hours at free admission
Melody and I went early this morning so the crowds were not to bad yet. This allowed us to enjoy the exhibits and get some great pictures
So I have decided to take everyone who is interested on a tour with me of this wonderful museum. I trust you will enjoy yourselves

[❀ Lynn]

Sad, in a way though. Too bad they couldn't keep it going until 50 years. Looking forward to your 'tour'.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

It looks cold there. I'm glad it will be reopened again. I'm looking forward to your tour.

[gloria jones]

Great shot and looking forward to the tour :)

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Love to visit museums so lucky you to get the last views.

[J A Byrdlip]

I hope that they need the new facility because of size and design and not _just_ age.

[KWind]

You must be excited for the new building!

[Lynne Hart]

Good shot of this old building, looking forward to going on the tour with you and Melody - do we finish at the gift shop or cafe?

[Julienne Jones]

Ooo lovely! Looking forward to the tour

[Stephanie Swift]

This is a nice introductory picture for the tour, which I am looking forward to!

[wendy frost]

Looking forward to your tour.

[Anita Campbell]

You scared me with your first sentence. Thought it might be closing for good. What a shame that would have been......

[Sandy]

Looking forward to your tour. It looks icy out there.

[Peter Grave]

Nice shot & story.Hope the new opening generates increased interest in the museum.

[bruni]

Keep it as a closing picture and when the time comes, show us the new facilities. would be interesting to see.

[Richard Hickey]

Fantastic picture.

[Valerie Chesney]

great shot, will look forward to the pics...

[Tony]

Love this closing down shot and the promise of renewal.

[Diane]

Beautiful light on the building. Glad they will open a new museum.

[Merrelyn]

Looking forward to the "tour".

[Sylvia du Toit]

Thanks for touring the museum. Looking forward!

[Nova]

How wonderful of you to provide a tour. :) It does seem like a long time for it to reopen, is it because they are rebuilding on the same site?

[Pyrrhula]

A great view and shot of this nice museum building . Our ``Rijksmuseum`` in Amsterdam has been closed for several years. Reopen beautifully .

[bkb in the city]

@lynnb Looking forward to sharing it

[bkb in the city]

@mittens looking forward to having you along

[bkb in the city]

@seattlite Thanks Gloria

[bkb in the city]

@ladymagpie Heather I was very glad I went

[bkb in the city]

@byrdlip The old museum was just to small as they have many items that are not even on display. The new museum is so much larger

[bkb in the city]

@kwind Kim it will be a wonderful museum when it opens

[bkb in the city]

@lhart Sadly the gift shop was already closed

[bkb in the city]

@julienne1 Glad to have you along

[bkb in the city]

@tristansmum I figured this was the best way to start it off

[bkb in the city]

@wendyfrost Glad to have you along Wendy

[bkb in the city]

@aglennc Anita that would have been horrible but thankfully they are building a bigger and nicer one

[bkb in the city]

@skstein Sandy it has been snowy and icy here but it has been melting as of late

[bkb in the city]

@peterlgrave Peter I am sure the new one will be quite popular

[bkb in the city]

@bruni I will have to do that

[bkb in the city]

@agedrunner Thanks Richard

[bkb in the city]

@happysnaps Looking forward to sharing them

[bkb in the city]

@tonydebont Glad you enjoyed this one Tony

[bkb in the city]

@eudora Diane it will be a very nice museum when it is open

[bkb in the city]

@merrelyn Glad to have you along Merrelyn

[bkb in the city]

@sdutoit Glad to have you along Sylvia

[bkb in the city]

@novab Nova they building a brand new facility in the downtown arts district. They said part of the reason for a long delay is the process of packing up old artifacts takes time and that there will be so many new exhibits that they will take their time in creating a world class museum

[bkb in the city]

@pyrrhula I did not know that. Thanks for sharing that info

[Nova]

@bkbinthecity Thanks for the info Brian, I'm guessing the new location will be spectacular! :)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Too bad they have to close this one up before they build the other- but I guess it takes time to move all that stuff! I think that was really great they went out in style by offering free admission to everyone. Nice shot.

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann They have already started building the new one. They said it will take quite a while to pack up all of the artifacts that they have in display here and to create so many new exhibits