On Display

So Edmonton is quite privileged to have the Magna Carta here on display. It is a copy of the version from 1300. Also on display is the Charter of the Forest from 1300 as well.
Both documents are on loan from the Durham Cathedral and will be here until the end of December.
It really was quite interesting to see these documents. Unfortunately this picture of the sign promoting the exhibit is the only picture I could take as no pictures were allowed in the room where the documents were displayed

[Richard Hickey]

Cool picture.

[Jane Anderson]

How wonderful! I love it when the documents make the rounds for people who would never see them otherwise.

[Valerie Chesney]

great!

[Sandy]

Interesting display, and well captured.

[Anita Campbell]

I bet that would be an interesting experience to see them. And I bet they have round the clock guards on them too.

[Peter Grave]

Sounds interesting Brian.I can,t see why they don,t allow you to photograph things of interest especially when you will probably never see it again.

[Dione Giorgio]

That would be a great experience to see those documents in person. And this sign is very impressive nowadays with all the terrorism and lack of tolerance that is all around us.

[Colleen Culhane]

I guess they have to be careful about preserving documents like that and the flash from cameras would be a problem.

[Candace]

I would love to view them myself, how old were the documents on display?

[Yeshanghai]

From 1300, lucky you :-)

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Where would we all be without it. Neat capture.

[Margaret Brown]

A great piece of history, still referred to even in this modern age, great capture.

[Lynne Hart]

good capture.

[Diane]

How awesome that you got to see these documents!

[wendy frost]

Great to view a piece of history.

[Pyrrhula]

We all agree, but sometimes you `ve to pay a high price for it. . Great capture

[Judith Greenwood]

Very interesting! You can't take photos in Durham cathedral either!

[Stephanie Swift]

What a thrill to see those documents.

[Ivan]

Super image.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very nice shot of the display and interesting information, too.

[bruni]

Once inside it's flash off or no pictures allowed. truly understandable. glad you got to take this one outside.

[Lisa Poland]

Very cool thing to see. Too bad they wouldn't let you take pictures!

[Tony]

Must be quite a privilege to be trusted with those rare books.

[Dinah Pinkston]

What a wonderful privilege to be able to see these wonderful historical documents! At least they made up a very nice sign for you to photograph!

[Filip Rychnovský]

good capture of sign to exhibition of great historic document

[alia_801]

Ooh I wish I could see that exhibition - it sounds fascinating! Interesting sign too.

[bkb in the city]

@colleenculhane That is true but it would be nice if they had allowed non flash photography

[bkb in the city]

@ribbet9 Candace they were written in the year 1300

[bkb in the city]

@yeshanghai We are very fortunate that they came to Edmonton

[bkb in the city]

@ladymagpie That is for sure Heather one very important document

[bkb in the city]

@craftymeg A huge part of the history of civilization

[bkb in the city]

@lhart Thanks Lynne

[bkb in the city]

@eudora It was very cool to see them Diane

[bkb in the city]

@wendyfrost Wendy it was a very cool thing to see

[bkb in the city]

@pyrrhula Very true

[bkb in the city]

@judithg I figured as much

[bkb in the city]

@tristansmum Stephanie it was amazing to see them

[bkb in the city]

@ivan Thanks Ivan

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Marilyn the display was great to see

[bkb in the city]

@bruni Me too

[bkb in the city]

@homeschoolmom Lisa I was hoping to take pictures without a flash but no such luck

[bkb in the city]

@tonydebont Tony Edmonton was one of four Canadian cities that had the exhibit

[bkb in the city]

@dsp2 Yes at least they did that

[bkb in the city]

@rfilip Thanks Filip

[bkb in the city]

@alia_801 Alia I am sure you would have enjoyed it

[bkb in the city]

@agedrunner Thanks Richard

[bkb in the city]

@cejaanderson Most likely a once in a life chance for me Jane

[bkb in the city]

@happysnaps Valerie is was very nice to see it

[bkb in the city]

@skstein Thanks Sandy

[bkb in the city]

@aglennc Yes constant security as well as the actual display case had a motion detector in it so if you even touched the case an alarm would sound

[bkb in the city]

@peterlgrave Not sure myself either Peter

[bkb in the city]

@sangwann Dione it was great to see theses documents

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Had to chuckle as the sign says "Rights for All" but you did not have the right to take a photo of the display! A lot of museums are like that though so I guess we are used to it!

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Ann I never thought about that

[summerfield]

i've seen part of the magna carta at the salisbury cathedral a long time ago, early 90's, i think. it was quite a hair-raising sight and knowledge to behold, thinking for all our intelligence, it took us hundreds of years to figure out things for ourselves even though we had the idea for so long. and we're still a work in progress. i wonder if the exhibit will hit toronto? i would spend money to see it even though i won't be able to take a photo.

[bkb in the city]

@summerfield Vikki it did not come to Toronto and Edmonton was the last stop on the Canadian part of the exhibit