In this episode we are missing Ava who was playing basketball (the activity she loves more than anything.) Lesley and Sue talk to Gayle Gibson, an Egyptologist who works with the Royal Ontario Museum teaching children about ancient Egypt. Gayle talks about how she became an Egyptologist. She tells us how and why the ancient Egyptians mummified their dead. Although Gayle wouldn't say who her favourite mummy is, she tells a fascinating story about Nahkt, a young 16 year old weaver who was wrapped in his old clothes but then placed in a very nice coffin and buried where kings were buried even though his family was quite poor. She tells us what we can learn from studying mummies. Of course we ask about the mummified cats in the museum and Gayle explains that cats were not the only animals the Egyptians mummified.

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In this episode, we ask Megan Jerry, a member of the Siksika (or Blackfoot) Nation in Alberta, Canada if there were museums before settlement in her area of Alberta.. She works at the Blackfoot Crossing Historic Park. We asked this same question of Coralee Miller, a member of the Syilx Nation in British Columbia, Canada in episode 1. But because First Nations across Canada and United States have their own cultural practises, we thought it would be a great idea to hear some different voices answering the same question. Megan talks about how belongings, but also designs and symbols used in painting teepees and beadwork were passed down through the generations. She also explains how many articles of clothing and weapons belonging to Chief Crowfoot ended up in a museum in England and how the Historic Park got them back.

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In this episode, Ava, Lesley and Sue chat with Johnny and Darren who work at Historic Joy Kogawa House in Vancouver Canada. This museum is located in the childhood home of Joy Kogawa, a famous Canadian writer of Japanese descent. Johnny and Darren tell us the history of the house and how it came to be a museum. We also learn a bit about the internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II.

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