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Maryanne W ‏@uptown_one 22 minutes ago
Oh wow! Went on holidays for a few weeks & museum looks like it's in the home stretch!#yegdt #yegmuseum pic.twitter.com/LHjlvNv7o7

 

[Hilman]

https://twitter.com/vineshpratap

 

[Daveography]

@Hilman Lol, I was just posting those same images and tweets! You beat me by a minute.

vinesh pratap ‏@vineshpratap 8 minutes ago
Minister Mason says new RAM construction is complete. (Some minor work to still be done) Now year long move in #yeg

 

[Daveography]

vinesh pratap ‏@vineshpratap 46 seconds ago
The grand staircase inside the new RAM. #Yeg #yegdt @GlobalEdmonton

vinesh pratap ‏@vineshpratap 51 seconds ago
Inside the lobby of the new RAM. #Yeg #yegdt @GlobalEdmonton

vinesh pratap ‏@vineshpratap 50 seconds ago
More of the stairs at the new RAM. #Yeg #yegdt @GlobalEdmonton

 

[Daveography]

Royal Alberta Museum ‏@RoyalAlberta 46 seconds ago
Artist Ernestine Tahedl calls it a “tremendous gift” to have her 9 mosaics fr old post office reinstalled @ new #RAM pic.twitter.com/FhdAfToG3q

 

[Hilman]

The interior looks gorgeous, can't wait to take the kids!

 

[Hilman]

Kind of looks like the stairs are lined with painted plywood to cover it up? I hope those are hiding/protecting glass railings.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cp_sYiFVIAE7Iw3.jpg

 

[Hilman]

Even the HVAC grates are awesome!!

Stone panels are limestone:

Amphitheatre:

https://twitter.com/vineshpratap

 

[Daveography]

More RAMy goodness:

John Hanson ‏@JohnHansonCTV 7 minutes ago
Feature wall, new @RoyalAlberta has perforated design replicating AB rivers & towns,lights up at night from behind!

 

[Daveography]

Construction finished on new Royal Alberta Museum downtown, expected to open late 2017
Construction on the new Royal Alberta Museum in downtown Edmonton has finished and now begins the task of moving more than two million objects from the old museum.

The $375.5-million museum is expected to open in late 2017.

“Now, we can get to work inside, outfitting the museum’s exhibits,” Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Brian Mason said Tuesday.

Politicians and reporters were given a brief tour of the building, which is expansive, sunny and empty. Some areas are still taped off and construction equipment remains in one room. The exhibits will be moved over the next year-and-a-half, Mason said.

Full Story (Edmonton Journal)

Photos: Government offers sneak peek of new museum
The Royal Alberta Museum hit a construction milestone this week, more than 900 days after work started on what will be the biggest museum in Western Canada.

Journalists toured the inside of the new downtown museum Tuesday, which is now mostly complete with high ceilings, limestone walls, granite flooring and climate-controlled galleries.

Full Story (Metro Edmonton)

 

[chrisvazquez7]

Might as well add my photos to the rest... Taken today.


Royal Alberta Museum by Chris Vazquez, on Flickr


Royal Alberta Museum by Chris Vazquez, on Flickr


Royal Alberta Museum by Chris Vazquez, on Flickr


Royal Alberta Museum by Chris Vazquez, on Flickr


Royal Alberta Museum by Chris Vazquez, on Flickr

 

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Oct. 12

 

[chrisvazquez7]

Looks like a museum. Can't wait to see the inside!

 

[Daveography]

Royal Alberta Museum
22 mins

Thousands of years ago, mammoths and mastodons roamed this landscape… now, they use Jasper Avenue like the rest of us.#museumonthemove #yeg #yegdt (Thanks for sharing this great photo, Kevin Cantelon!)

 

[DarrenK]