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l V â€"' ' 7" w'i â€"' ' i’ 1 l I l 1 WM l‘llLLlllCH‘RONlCLIi - Wednesday: hstn‘thlb’er 9: It“ I "25 1 -k._,__ 7 -7 .7 we we fear EH imam?“ l i I I C . Waterloo Regzon Museum preparmg for grand opening celebranon Nov. 12 . 3‘! RM! Mums Ff...- :. t ‘ g .=: e ,' . ’ “ ' artist Who rode across the Niagara Forthe Chronicle ‘3 - , ‘ s ' 7 4‘5: X, Gorge on a bicycle in 1869. The L ” “L“ - . g 35:?“ i 1 Hall of Fame will include photo- . tatf at the Waterloo Region ' j: ‘ ,' J ’ ' graphsofinductees. aswellasartiâ€" ‘ Museum are shifting into 1: I; "1 e: , .4.” factsasbigasthepieceoffumiture overdrive as preparations g": \ if 3‘ $- 1.0 made in Preston's Guggisberg fur- . l continue for Saturday's grand E . I. f: ‘31!- 7‘ I niture factory to a Kitchener opening celebration. 7;" 4' . ' ”*- ' “‘ v i Rangers' hockey jersey. “This is what we've been work- a, a 34x ’ . Although the new museum has ing towards for the last four years." :‘ .. , . ‘9‘ more than 43,000 artifacts, the said curator Tom Reitz. ‘ . 1.; . q“ > . ‘ I 3; ' public will see fewer than 10 per Work on the project started _ F, ; ‘ oent.Reitzsaid. with a 2007 feasibility study, but 3:15, . -:" , ' g â€" . 3 . “That's about typical of any the Waterloo Historical Society’s . 1 I“ ’ . . , museum. but we’ll try to show off n’sion for the institution goes back :3" a“ more and more of them as the l almosta century to 1912. ‘ . exhibits are changed every few 1 On Saturday, the region's ' , . years" 1 newest cultural icon will officially ' . * . ‘ “ In addition to the longâ€"term 1 open and operations at the $26 - ' exhibition hall. the first temporary l million facility will start gearing . , ' exhibit, called Unconventional up. 5,3- Thinlring: Thinking Innovation in The 47,000-squarefoot muse- , f“ Waterloo Region is also being um will serve two purposes: Show~ g1 ?' ’ installed. [1 tracks the region’s tal- casing the artifacts collected from I em for innovation and explores the across Waterloo Region and serve contributions made by people like as the orientation centre for [)oon Sir Adam Beck to the work being Heritage Crossroads. the region's ‘T‘w‘ done by Com Dev. Dalsa. lmax, l pioneer village. g a» 5; RIM and others 1 I The first phase of the museum. ‘ ‘ ‘ The third exhibition area show- 1 taking in Virtually half of the avail- .. ' cases the different ethnic commu- 1 able space. opened last year. Since ‘ ‘ nities that make up the region. The 1 then. the onema‘m" “9""?- m‘lse' A painter puts the final touches on an elevated sign in Waterloo Region Museum‘s main exhibition hall. museum plans ‘0 honour a “We" 1 um classrooms and presentation ent cultural group. municrpallty or ‘ theatre have been regularly ”mm neighbourhood each year. : booked. Kitchener's Kaufman Shoe plant. Waterloo Region from around the Halifax. goes through customs and The first community to be fee- r Meanwhile, work has continued Across from the flywheel is an world. They will talk about who eventually end up moving to New tured is the Hmong refugees, the 1 on the exhibition halls where one exhibit on immigration. which they are. what they do. why they Hamburg. hill people who lived in the moun- 1 permanent exhibit and two tour- covers everything from the settle- came and their experiences set- Other museum exhibits look at tainous areas of Laos. Vietnam, j mg exhibit spaces. have taken ment of First Nation inhabitants tling here. the experience of First Nations' Thailand and China, who have 3 shape. through the arrival of the Euro- On another video screen. visi- people in Waterloo Region, the been immigrating to Canada since . The theme of the main exhibi. peans in the l9th century to the tors will learn about and eight- early European settlement and the 1979, 1 tion hall is what makes us who we modern day. As pan of this exhibit. year-old Latvian girl who become many industries that sprang up Doors open at the Waterloo ; are? the museum shows off its extenA the star of a National Film Board and helped shape the region and Region Museum on Saturday at 1 Walking through the hall‘s front sive luggage collection. Along with movie about the 50.000th immi- its people. 9:30 am. and will remain open to . doors, Visitors gm- met by a giant the anifacts. the exhibit integrates grant refugee who came to Canada Waterloo Region‘s new Hall of 9:90 pm, 1 red flywheel built by(}alt's(}0ld1e new technologies designed to asadisplaced person following the Fame is on the second floor mez- The official ceremony takes I . & Mc(.ulloch Foundry. The fly? inform, educate and entenain visi- SecondWorld War. zanine. Here. visitors can learn place at lo a.m. ; Wheel fittingly is part of a large tors. TV screens introduce visitors The film follows the girl's about people like Professor LE For more information visit: . machine that was once used in to 30 people who have come to adventure as her family lands in lenkins, the Branchton highâ€"wire www.mtetlooregionmuseum.com 1 l l ' ; $3 Thursday To Sunday November] 7-20 OPEN . A . . [7,771, ”l ,' usrwvr DtCORATORs & GIFT GIVERS ’ . pM . l ‘ A .‘ l V - " l [r , U l J j .- MlxvmrAeEAxlD NEW THIS SEAbONl I! IHUR5&FR| : ,- l l ‘ ' l ’ "g L , ,4 l ‘ 1‘ . g ‘ . y . i / I,» ‘ - s. » . ' l“ l l ‘ ’ " ' ' 10 50°/ OFF A”"q”es 8‘ FREE 3 r ‘ l ‘ l l - I “View 'I. Q i 0 Collectibles . l ’ a M" A“ at Market Road Anti ues HORSE-DRAWN q TROLLEY TOURS : Market Road Hill: 81;”th Market Tim-s 3. Fri mm m; Thurs & Fri ; . 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