Free admission and extended hours on Remembrance Day
at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum
Gatineau, Quebec, November 2, 2005 — November 11 is Remembrance Day and admission is free at both the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum. Both museums will be open until 6 p.m., exceptionally, on Friday, November 11, 2005. To commemorate this event, the Canadian Postal Museum of the Canadian Museum of Civilization will provide a unique view of Canadian experiences through a staged reading by Dramamuse, the Museum’s resident theatre company. Letters from the Front presents correspondence sent by soldiers to their families. These sometimes humorous, sometimes touching letters will offer a glimpse of a soldier’s life during the war.
Letters from the Front
A Dramamuse presentation
Friday, November 11, 2005
– 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. (French)
– 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. (English)
Canadian Postal Museum
Free admission
More information is available at www.civilization.ca or by calling (819) 776-7000 or 1 800 555-5621.
Media Information:
Chief, Media Relations
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Tel.: (819) 776-7167
Fax: (819) 776-7187
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