Bringing Exhibitions to Life: Public Programmes

A lively mix of music, dance, theatre, animation events and activities once again complemented the Museum's displays. As in past years, many activities were developed in partnership with embassies and community groups. The embassies of Austria and Japan were particularly involved because of exhibitions on Imperial Austria and Japanese kimonos.

Following this year's restructuring, the Public Programmes Division put much of its energy into providing interpretive expertise for permanent and temporary exhibitions, training hosts and volunteers, and developing interpretive materials for summer plaza displays, the Japanese garden and a lobby display related to the film Mystery of the Maya.

The Winterlude festival provided an opportunity to work with Inuit artists and models in various activities, including a successful fashion show of northern clothing.