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An employee moves a carving as staff and construction workers prepare for the reopening of the Museum of Anthropology, which has been closed for 18 months, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, June 11, 2024. The Great Hall was fully rebuilt with seismic upgrades to protect the collections in the event of a major earthquake. Displays in the gallery spaces have also been revitalized and reinterpreted, in collaboration with First Nations communities and families whose objects and belongings are housed at the museum. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. Museum of Anthropology reopening after 18-month seismic upgrade

Two new exhibits on display as UBC facility set to return after $40M ‘cutting edge’ upgrade

Jun 11, 2024
by The Canadian Press
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A person poses for a photo in front a large replica of National Geographic’s Sept. 2010 magazine cover at the Beyond King Tut Immersive Experience, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, in New York. The exhibition will open to the public on Friday, in commemoration of the the 100th anniversary of the discovery of King Tut’s tomb on Nov. 4, 1922. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

King Tut and his treasures to come alive for a high-def age in Vancouver

B.C. among the stops planned for immersive digital display of the Egyptian boy king