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Visiting exhibitions at Toronto museums

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The Lost Dhow - Toronto exhibition is a North American premier

I just read this Globe and Mail article about the new exhibition opening up at the Aga Khan Museum tomorrow, and thought this was worthy of noting here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts...ween-ancient-islam-and-china/article22066483/
The Lost Dhow: A Discovery from the Maritime Silk Route presents more than 300 artifacts from a cache of more than 50,000 recovered in 1998 from the remains of a ninth-century Arab dhow found at the bottom of the Java Sea. The discovery, initially made by two divers looking for sea cucumbers near Indonesia’s Belitung Island, prompted international headlines. It provided both the earliest and the most substantial physical evidence of a robust system of trade between the Muslim Abbasids, whose empire included parts of Iraq, Iran, Egypt and central Asia, and China’s Tang dynasty, whose reach stretched from China to Iran.
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The article is quite extensive and thoughtful, and includes a few pictures.

There is more information on the museum's web-site:
https://www.agakhanmuseum.org/exhibition/lost-dhow-discovery-maritime-silk-route

Should anyone take a stroll out that way, I'd encourage taking in the fantastic permanent collections, a live performance at the museum's theatre, a dining experience at the Diwan restaurant, and pre-arrange a free tour at the Ismaili Centre (http://www.theismaili.org/ismailicentres/toronto/visiting-toronto) across the park from the museum.
 
Admiral Beez said:
I find it frustrating when museums charge an extra fee to see the latest attractions.
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I don't, given how little Canadian institutions get how do you want them to pay for things like exhibitions, they're not at all free to the host museum !
 
Admiral Beez said:
Was there a question in any of that?
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There was not, is there something you'd like to answer ? Feel free to disagree though, but give a reason.
 
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