Released on June 26, 2000
Sixteen new diorama exhibits illustrating the major eco-regions of Saskatchewan
will open on Canada Day at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum.
Phase one of the new Life Sciences Gallery includes exhibits of many
Saskatchewan animals: from cougars to butterflies and cactus to water lilies.
Exhibits reveal what it's like inside a bear's den, a beaver's lodge or a
snake's hibernation cave.
Computer workstations with graphics and on-line reference information about the
plants and animals in the exhibits are available at five Interactive Learning
Centres located throughout the gallery.
"The Life Sciences Gallery is designed to broaden the visitor's understanding
of life processes and the relationship of living things to each other and the
physical environment," Regina Sherwood MLA Lindy Kasperski said on behalf of
Municipal Affairs, Culture and Housing Minister Clay Serby. "The Interactive
Learning Centres will assist students from elementary to university level to
investigate a variety of natural history topics. This material can be accessed
from the museum and will in future be available on the museum's web site."
The entire gallery will be open in 2001. The emphasis of the last section will
be on our global environment including displays on the Costa Rican rain forest,
Canada's MacKenzie Delta and human environmental issues.
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For more information, contact:
Patrick Hall, Communications
Municipal Affairs, Culture and Housing
Regina
Phone: (306) 787-0689
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
http://www.gov.sk.ca/rsm/