Ian McLennan, one of the founding members of TAA Canada, is standing beside the modern bronze exterior of the Peter Harrison Planetarium, newest addition to Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England (ROG).

Ian is a development and programming consultant to the ROG. The Altazimuth Pavilion from 1899 is in the background.

While in Greenwich this week, Ian had a planning session with Harry White, Science Centre Consultant at Techniquest Cardiff regarding a Digital Science Theatre for Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

They are standing in front of the last remaining piece of the 40 foot long telescope, used by Sir William Herschel to discover the planet Uranus, in 1781.

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TAA Canada members have been invited to a special preview of the MOA’s new wing. We are promised guided tours, feature presentations and special guests.

Thursday 2008 June 5
6:00 – 8:00 PM
UBC Museum of Anthropology
6393 N.W. Marine Drive
Park at the Rose Garden Parkade

This $58 million renewal project is nearing completion. It has involved a massive renovation and expansion of the facilities as well as the development of the Reciprocal Research Network (RRN). Watch the main TAA site for further details and the registration form.

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Gallery Preview Redux

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Photographer: Gil Biderman
Blogger: Robert Ballantyne

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TAA Members are invited to a preview of the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. The gallery will be open to the public later this week.

Our host is Dr. George MacDonald, President of the Bill Reid Foundation and Gallery Director.

The Bill Reid Foundation is a member of TAA Canada. Click the link at the beginning of this paragraph for more information about the Foundation.

The event is
Tuesday, May 6
from 5:45 to 7:30 PM.

Details and registration here.

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TAA’s Ian McLennan meeting with astronomers and science visualization programmers at the National Astronomical Observatory in Tokyo, Japan.

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Ian McLennan rests on the walk from
the National Maritime Museum up to the Greenwich Observatory

An email today from Ian reports that he has departed the UK and is flying to Tokyo.

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Duane Fast (Artcraft GM and TAA Marketing Co-chair)
and Gong Wei Gang, the Secretary General of the
Shanghai Convention and Exhibition Industries Association.

Since joining the TAA Canada and Canadian Government Trade Mission to China in 2006, Artcraft Display Graphics Inc. has been heavily involved in working in China. On a recent trip to China Duane Fast met with Gong Wei Gang, the Secretary General of the Shanghai Convention and Exhibition Industries Association. The SCEIA is an industry association like TAA Canada and has a division that is for companies involved in museum work. They were very excited about Duane’s proposal for some form of official co-operation between TAA and SCEIA. They even offered TAA Canada free office space should TAA decided to set up a branch in Shanghai (although that may not happen at this point due to fiscal restraints).

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TAA Canada
will celebrate
the festive season
on Thursday,
Dec 6
at the
Burnaby
Village
Museum.
Plan
to attend.
Click
for details
and registration.

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BCMA’s Conference 2-007: A Time to Bond was held in Richmond from Oct 24–27.
TAA members participated.

TAA member Phil Aldrich (Alrich/Pears Assoc.) discusses the new North Vancouver
National Maritime Centre project at a BCMA workshop - with fellow panelists
development consultant Dugal Purdie, Wes Weinhardt (Vancouver Maritime Museum),
Bruce Hadon (Hotson-Bakker-Boniface-Hadon Architects)
and Larry Orr, City of North Vancouver (special projects).

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TAA member Bill Barkley, museum consultant from Victoria is honoured by the BCMA Golden Anniversary Service Award. He is seen here with his wife, Gayle with whom he shared the honour.

Bill shows his BCMA Golden Anniversary Service Award

Glamour couple John Nightingale and Jacqueline Gijssen with TAA member, designer David Jensen. John is President of Vancouver Aquarium & Marine Science Centre and Jacqueline is an executive with City of Vancouver Office of Cultural Affairs. They met at a BCMA conference in Prince George 10 years ago.

TAA member David Hall of Economic Planning Group chats with Kathy Summers, executive director of Craigdarroch Castle, Victoria

Tracy Calogheros, director of the Exploration Place in Prince George, Jim Harding, executive director of BCMA and TAA member Bill Barkley

On Thursday, October 18th, TAA members visited Vancouver Sculpture Biennale.

Presentation by Michella Frosch of Vancouver Sculpture Biennale
to TAA Canada

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Ron Pears and his daughter

David Hall and Miriam Aroeste,
Manager,  Art Rental & Sales Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery

Barry Marshall and Janey Cruise

Host Michella Frosch talks to the folks who attended

Kevin Kearns, Science World, and Chris Hind, Nocturn Music Production

Michella Frosch talks to Arnold Shives

Scott Weber and Kirk Walker, Vista Collaborative Arts
with Jan Sircus, President TAA

Miriam Aroeste with Sam Carter of Emily Carr Inst.