[IanO]

Does anyone have any word on operational funding/program dollars for the RAM?

Pre-COVID during the slash and burn days for each department, I recall this significantly impacting things, including but not limited to:

1. attracting major touring exhibits
2. rental opportunities for the theatre or lobby space
3. planned evening events (think AGA refinery) to attract millennials and different demographics
4. overall hours and promotion

 

[Didama]

I hope they do get some extra funding. That 'Drive' exhibition that's there now is possibly the lamest museum exhibit I've ever seen

 

[IanO]

As much as I like having the RAM Downtown, this was a miss.

 

[archited]

A swing and a miss.

 

[kcantor]

A swing and a miss.

as opposed to what we got instead?

 

[Gronk!]

as opposed to what we got instead?

What we got instead was Western Canada's largest museum located right in downtown Edmonton.

 

[rmp]

Have there been any announcements, ideas, or concepts thrown out for use of the old site?

 

[Stevey_G]

As much as I like having the RAM Downtown, this was a miss.

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Where was this? Glad we didn’t have any bad proposals RAMmed down our throats.

 

[JNO1]

The gem of a site and building could still be so if the owner gave a $#!! about it. An Indigenous museum or college in a renovated and expanded building (as per the model above) would work for me.

 

[IanO]

It was one of the initial options prior to the Downtown idea.

 

[archited]

It looks like it involved another substantial structure tear-down.

 

[Gronk!]

The RAM's digital sign needs to be fixed ASAP, please.

 

[IanO]

I'd love to know attendance numbers from opening until now.

 

[ChazYEG]

I'd love to know attendance numbers from opening until now.

Don't know about that, but anecdotally, it's been fairly busy most weekends. I've been there a four of times recently (today included) and it was quite busy every time.

 

[retiredfire]

Don't know about that, but anecdotally, it's been fairly busy most weekends. I've been there a four of times recently (today included) and it was quite busy every time.

Same here, the three or four times I've been there it was also very busy