The Stratford Perth Museum has been selected
to be the venue for a new travelling exhibit from the Anne Frank House
in Amsterdam from June to October 2015. The exhibit coincides with the
Stratford Festival’s
presentation of The Diary of Anne Frank at the Avon Theatre.
Travelling exhibits developed by the Anne
Frank House have been shown in more than 80 countries since 1985, from
Japan to South Africa.
Telling the story of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl
who had to go into hiding
during the Second World War to escape the Nazis, this exhibit prompts
young people to reflect on today’s society. New content examining the
role Canadian soldiers played during the Second World War and in
liberating Holland in 1945 will be presented for the
first time.
“The Anne Frank House is thrilled to present
the exhibit ‘Anne Frank – A History for Today’ at the Stratford Perth
Museum in close collaboration with the Stratford Festival and other
partners,” said Julie
Couture, coordinator of Canadian educational projects at the Anne Frank
House.
“It’s through Anne’s life story that we can
best understand the impact historical events have on a personal life.
Visitors and school groups will be invited through this exhibition to
remember major events
of WW II both in Canada and Europe and to reflect on the relevancy of
this history in today’s society. ”
The presentation of The
Diary of Anne Frank at the Stratford Festival is expected to
bring tens of thousands of adults and students to the area who can now
experience both the play and the exhibit. The Stratford Perth Museum and
the Stratford Festival are working closely together
regarding ticket sales. Advance tickets to the exhibit will be sold
through the Stratford Festival box office while
same-day tickets will be for sale at the Stratford Perth Museum. School and group tours will also be booked through the Stratford Perth Museum.
same-day tickets will be for sale at the Stratford Perth Museum. School and group tours will also be booked through the Stratford Perth Museum.
“The story of Anne Frank has captivated
people since her war time diary was published in 1947,” said Stratford
Festival Executive Director Anita Gaffney. “Our production invites
patrons to re-visit the story
of Anne Frank or to discover it for the first time. We’re delighted
that the Anne Frank House has selected the Stratford Perth Museum to
host an exhibit about Anne Frank which will provide another point of
discovery for our patrons. The exhibit will be a wonderful
complement to our production and will provide another reason to draw
people to the community.”
2015 marks the Stratford Perth Museum’s
second consecutive major exhibit in collaboration with the Stratford
Festival. In 2014, marking the Bard’s 450th birthday, the
Museum hosted the year’s
only Canadian showing of Shakespeare’s “First Folio” – a 1623
publication of 36 of Shakespeare’s plays loaned from the Thomas Fisher
Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto. This next collaboration,
with the Stratford Festival and Anne Frank House,
is expected to draw thousands to the Museum in the summer of 2015.
“This should be a ‘must see’ for
everyone in Perth County and beyond! Anne Frank still stands today as a
universal symbol of the tragedy of discrimination and religious
persecution,” said Stratford
Perth Museum chair and president David Stones. “Further, her heroic
story resonates within our county's Dutch population and with the proud
history of the Perth Regiment. Our Museum is absolutely honoured to be
chosen to host such an important, iconic exhibit."
In addition, THEMUSEUM, in downtown
Kitchener, is a fourth partner in the project and will present a related
exhibit exploring the broader story of the Holocaust. Entitled
“Fragments: Portraits of Survivors,”
it consists of a collection of black and white photographs taken by
Toronto photographer Jason Schwartz whose work captures the expressions
and memories of Holocaust survivors. That exhibit will also include
artifacts from the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre.
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2015 Season
| April to October
Hamlet | The Taming of the Shrew | Love’s Labour’s Lost| The Adventures
of Pericles
The Sound of Music | Carousel | The Diary of Anne Frank | She Stoops to Conquer
The Sound of Music | Carousel | The Diary of Anne Frank | She Stoops to Conquer
The Physicists | Oedipus Rex | The Alchemist | Possible Worlds |
The Last Wife
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