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Mie Citizens Day 2014

Commemorative Event and Mie Prefectural Museum Opening!

 Date and Time: Saturday, 19 April, 2014 10:00-16:00

 Location: Mie Center for the Arts  Mie Prefectural Museum: MieMu

Theme: The Birth of a New Museum- Creating Tomorrow Today

 

Events at the Mie Prefectural Museum: MieMu

Open hours: 9:00-19:00 (events at the museum begin at 9:00)

9:00 Museum Opening Ceremony (visitors can view the main exhibit for free on opening day)

 

Events at the Mie Center for the Arts, Event Plaza and Knowledge Plaza (10:00-16:00)

10:00 Opening Ceremony with a performance by the Mie Prefectural Police Band

Exhibits, hands-on workshops, local food and more available at various booths

10:30-11:30 Enpaku Mie 2014 Opening Event

 

Events at the Mie Center for the Arts, Medium Hall (12:30-15:15)

12:30- Airing of the MieMu Commercial featuring Mie citizens

13:00- Outstanding Citizen Award Ceremony (A raffle for spectacular prizes will follow the ceremony. Raffle tickets will be distributed starting at 12:00)

13:40-15:15 Keynote speech- “Museums: A Paradise of Knowledge Overflowing with New Discoveries and Surprises”

Speaker: Hideki Endo, The University Museum, Tokyo University

Profile: A veterinary scientist and comparative anatomist, Mr. Endo discovered the giant panda’s seventh digit, and the mechanism by which pandas grip bamboo. His work involves deriving clues about evolutionary history from the bodies of animals.

 

Events at the Mie Center for the Arts, Large, Medium and Small Meeting Rooms (10:00-16:00)

Traveling Exhibits and Workshops from the Machikado Museum, Saiku Historical Museum, and Itukinomiya Hall for Historical Experience

 

Mie Center for the Arts – Festival Plaza and Knowledge Plaza (10:00 – 16:00)

64 stalls will be set up in the Festival and Knowledge Plazas, featuring not only introductions to organizations and their activities, but also stalls by local restaurants and shops selling food and goods.

** Items on sale and workshop sessions will be supplied on a first come, first served basis, and will close when they are no longer available.