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"1 ' When (’(llllplt‘tt‘. the new $Jhrm|lllon If ' _... .v museum being built at Donn Heritage 31 Exist 3 ‘ ' h _ "- ~21 , I - 3 .' 9 Crossroads. off Homer Watson Boulevard, 7 ..‘ E ’h' I ' '- ' . i - I - ‘4 It . 7:3 .» \\1ll he a worldrt‘lass facility capable ofhost- ‘75.» '_ ‘0 ‘ E J j. a . 3 ' _ :3. i ing exhibits from the Royal Ontario Muse ‘ ‘3: a}: ." - '4 ' 4 ’ ;‘ - i4 .1 um. Museum ul‘(:ivtli/.ation and the Smith Ffis‘fl-n : i. 1 '3 , 4. ‘ ‘ ' » 1 1 ' é ll sonlan Museum. ‘ j": a . t , 1 _ s fit -‘ 3'.“ ‘5 :1 ’3 w l [he dream ofbuilding the museum siari- 1 1‘ . 1'} , I i , v y , fiâ€" ’1 -j t; l ‘ " c j, ‘ ”'3 5 ed with the Waterloo Historical Society in ""9133, "-f . ' ~ ~ â€" “l " . I _ ' ,,_ ._ i‘ “1. I 1912. but it wasn‘t until 2007 when a lt‘tlsllill» ‘ ‘ u/l ll 1 ' l k V :3 M. 1 I; .. ‘1: '. 1'} a it “ t my study was completed by the Region of ’ . .' ‘1 'f ‘ ' “‘7‘" . ‘ I? . "‘1 . . Waterloo that the museum began to take ,. i‘: ,1 shape. _. 1a.“ 5 _ : 9, . 2,1" C I'he 4T.000»square-foot facility will serve _ 1* 77;. E 3 . two purposes. It will showcase more than 1 ' ‘ ‘ y 1-â€" ?figfigggm .' R i v w 1 43.000 artifacts gathered over the years from f at.» . ' . ‘1‘ 1 a *7 ' I n a; ' across Waterloo Region and it will serve as - _ ‘ . at 7 ,- ~ ' t. _.. the orientation centre to the existing pioneer ' fi ‘ . Village at Doon Heritage Crossroads. r _ fi' - '7 "" "When the architect first came up with ,_ . ‘ this concept. it took me some time to see ““"“ what they were talking about.” Reitz said. l M “It's really quite exciting," "" ‘ As much ”f 1h? mUSE‘Urh'S Witt wall is Artist's rendering of an interior look at the museum and its exhibits when completed. The museum has been under construction Since 2008 coated In glass faring the PICtUK‘SqUB 1310‘ and will open in the spring. Final touches will put on and the museum will be done in 2011. neer village. the architects see the 1914 era Si-‘Wl'tw'w'l‘ ”“8140 "atS an outdoor extension ofthe "NSC“ along a planked section of the history but will also gathering place for the region. um. , _ ‘ old Huron Trail, Etched into reflect the cultural As the museum pays homage to the past. The creative V1510" 5095 not StOP there. the glass along this corridor ., mosaic that has it also will work in harmony with the envi- ’I‘oronto‘sMoriyama f Teshima Architects. will be the names ofmore than we want 91/er wall helped build Water ronment. working In Conjunction With Kitchener's 200 hamlets. villages. towns ofthis museum [0 loo Region. The museum. like all new buildings built Walter Pedy Partnership. have placed the and cities that are part ofthe [I n “We want every for the Region ofWaterloo. is being con- museum at the crossroads of the former region's rich past. re a Story wall of this museum structed to the silver standard of Leadership (wand Trunk Railway line connecting Berlin in one comer of the muse- _T°m ME to tell a story.” Reitz in Energy and Environmental Design. Many to Gait and the hlStonC Hun)“ Trail. um an interactive display is mmwmfflw said. of the materials used in building the muse- _ At one end or the building, a large 815455 being set up which will feature ‘WWIOO Region Museum The exhibits will um are reclaimed or produce greater energy Window frames the museum's @3556“? a large regional map showing track the evolution efficiencies steam‘locomotive. The rails on Wthh It Sits where each of the communi~ of Waterloo Region Construction began on the project in the are bfflhg extended through the centre 9f the ties stood. Beneath the map an from the first abo- fall of 2008 and its first phase will open next budding and down a glass comdor ending at exhibit will tell the stories of those commu~ riginal settlement through the development May. Work will continue on several of the Homer Watson Boulevard. where the Old nines, of the BlackBerry. It will house classrooms. exhibition halls through 2010 and the entire railway line once ran. , _ , , The facility will be home to a number of meeting rooms, catering facilities, a gift project will be completed in the spring of A WCUnd glass C0md0r Wt“ lead "SHOTS galleries that will not only trace the region's shop and a 1 15-seat theatre, making it a 2011. , . i no? to LIA Lil fry RE-BOXING DA SAL All. STOCK PRODUCTS INVEN I ORV BLOW-0U I! ON SALE! 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