About 100 people took time out of their Sunday afternoons to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Museum London’s $3.5 million renovation, the Centre at the Forks.
Along with doubling the museum’s programming space up to 4,400 square feet, the Centre also provides its guests with a massive window that overlooks the forks of the Thames River.
According to Brian Meehan, executive director for Museum London, the idea for the renovation project began five years ago.
“We wanted to create space within the museum that could really be community space,” said Meehan.
“As well, we wanted to open ourselves up to the river.”
Meehan added that Centre at the Forks coincides with nearby initiatives such as Dundas Place and the Back to the River project.
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It was a busy afternoon for Museum London. The museum also held a book signing with a number of Canadian cartoonists including Seth, Jay Stephens and Willow Dawson, along with a musical performance by Animal Street
The ribbon-cutting ceremony also coincided with the opening reception of three new exhibitions, Words and Pictures: Cartoonists of Southwestern Ontario, Bev Pike: Grotesque and Ting: The Life and Work of Merle Tingley.