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Member, VIP, & Media – Soft Opening

October 26, 2022 @ 10:00 am

Free

Do you have a current membership? You’re invited!

We have missed our members, and we want to extend our gratitude for your support and patience while we have worked hard over the past year to offer you brand-new experiences.

Our Grand Reopening is on Saturday, October 15th. But if you’re already a member, you will get to be among the first to check out our renovated building!

Here’s what you’ll get to enjoy:

  • Ribbon-cutting ceremony with community VIPs and media at 10am
  • NEW Origins Kitchen. Delicious local food inside the museum or served directly from our pass-through window into Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park. Stay tuned for community programming!
  • EXPANDED Elements Retail. Elements Retail provides a variety of items for people of all ages that will inspire museum visitors, giving you a way to keep your experience alive or share it with others after your visit with us
  • NEW Gaia Hall paleontology gallery, featuring dinosaurs, fossils, and a 90’ x 20’ Living Wall. This gallery examines climate science through a deep-time perspective
  • NEW Link Gallery, featuring life-size mammoth and short-faced bear skeletons and a one-storey slide!
  • NEW Mosaic Gallery, featuring Maiyoo Keyoh in-house exhibit, in partnership with the Maiyoo Keyoh Society
  • EXPANDED Biome, with our Animal Ambassadors, new animals coming soon, and children’s climbing structure
  • EXPANDED George Phillips Exhibit Gallery, featuring BEES! travelling exhibit from Museum of Surrey
  • EXPANDED Ted Williams History Centre
  • Hoduleh-a: A Place of Learning gallery with NEW exhibit: Lheidli Our Keyoh. This in-house exhibit focuses on the Fraser River Bridge archaeological site located in Prince George.

Be sure to bring your digital membership cards with you for entry. If you have not yet received an email invite to download your cards, check in with us at the Visitor Services desk to update your information.

See you there!

Details

Date:
October 26, 2022
Time:
10:00 am
Cost:
Free
Event Category:

Organizer

The Exploration Place
Phone
250.562.1612
Email
info@theexplorationplace.com
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Venue

The Exploration Place
333 Becott Place
Prince George,British ColumbiaV2L 4V7Canada
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Phone
2505621612
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