Royal Alberta Museum

• Alberta government says visitors can still expect highest standards at Royal Alberta Museum despite layoffs

  On Thursday, the AUPE issued a news release after it learned workers received an email from the Royal Alberta Museum saying it could be cutting some jobs permanently by April 1.

  Politics

  Dec 11, 2020
• Alberta Indigenous advocate Nellie Carlson passes away: ‘She left a remarkable legacy’

  Nellie Carlson, a Cree woman who lost her Indigenous status when she married a Métis man, died Thursday at the age of 93.

  Canada

  Sep 11, 2020
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• U of A library staff knitting the curve of COVID-19 cases across Canada

  If graphs and charts aren’t your thing, there’s a unique way to keep track of new COVID-19 cases.

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Royal Alberta Museum to reopen Saturday — with some changes

  The Royal Alberta Museum is opening Saturday at a smaller capacity to accommodate COVID-19 guidelines.

  Canada

  May 15, 2020
• Royal Alberta Museum to document COVID-19 pandemic with masks, hand sanitizer and more

  Julia Petrov, curator of daily life and leisure, said the Royal Alberta Museum wanted to capture the impact of the pandemic on people’s lives.

  Canada

  May 7, 2020
• Alberta government to cut contract jobs, reduce hours for 14 heritage sites and museums

  The Alberta government has released a list of 14 museums and heritage sites that will see operating hours change as a way to cut costs following the 2020 provincial budget.

  Politics

  Mar 10, 2020
• Royal Alberta Museum to reduce hours, find efficiencies following provincial budget

  "The museum will minimize spending on paid advertising and strategically reduce operating hours during underused times in an effort to maintain fiscal health."

  Money

  Mar 6, 2020
• T-rex skull among special fossils and replicas in exhibit opening at Edmonton’s Royal Alberta Museum on Friday

  Dinosaur fans are expected to descend on the Royal Alberta Museum's doors beginning Friday as the gallery opens a new display featuring "some of the nation's most impressive, famous and significant fossils or replicas."

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2019
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• Record-setting 1st year at new downtown Edmonton home for Royal Alberta Museum

  Since the museum opened at its new downtown Edmonton location, more than 400,000 people have visited. 

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2019
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• Edmonton exhibit shows there’s more to Vikings history than brute force

  The Vikings have travelled to where they've never been before -- landlocked Alberta -- as part of a touring exhibition at the new Royal Alberta Museum.

  Canada

  Aug 19, 2019