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Spring 2013 Newsletter

Thank you for celebrating our 30th Anniversary in 2012!

FRAMS Gift Memberships are on sale at the Museum Shop

Looking for the perfect gift? A gift membership to the Friends of Royal Alberta Museum Society (FRAMS) is a year-long reminder of your thoughtfulness and is easy to tuck into a greeting card.

By purchasing a $20 tax deductible one-year gift membership, the recipient will be invited to exclusive Talk & Tours with curators at the Royal Alberta Museum; receive invitations to special museum events, exhibitions, and the annual Museum Appreciation Night; and receive the Friends' Notes quarterly newsletter.

Your gift will help the Society support the Royal Alberta Museum to offer expanded programming, enhanced educational opportunities and preserve items important to the heritage of Alberta.

To purchase a FRAMS gift membership, stop by the Museum Shop at the Royal Alberta Museum or call the FRAMS office at 780-453-9103 or e-mail friends.museum@telusplanet.net

Mammoth News - New Royal Alberta Museum to be built starting in 2012

A new Royal Alberta Museum will be built in downtown Edmonton starting this year. It will be a provincial museum well-equipped for the future - a museum with the room, accessibility and connections it needs to become an iconic institution respected around the world. The new Royal Alberta Museum is expected to cost a total of $340 million.

November 16, 2011 - Government of Canada Invests in the New Royal Alberta Museum

September 14, 2011 - The winning design for the new Royal Alberta Museum is unveiled -- the Ledcor/DIALOG/Lundholm team was selected following the evaluation of four proponents shortlisted for the project. FRAMS president, Marla J. Daniels, is thrilled with the winning design and was honoured to be a member of the design review panel, which included architectural and museum industry professionals.

April 7, 2011 - The Government of Alberta commits to developing a new larger Royal Alberta Museum at a site in the downtown Arts District, relocating the Museum from its existing Edmonton site.To learn more, click on the links below:

Winning design unveiled for new Royal Alberta Museum - September 14, 2011

Watch the video!
http://infrastructure.alberta.ca/3655.htm

Four designs submitted for new Royal Alberta Museum - August 18, 2011

New Royal Alberta Museum advances to the next stage - July 2011

Search begins for designers and builders of the new Royal Alberta Museum - June 2011