<div dir="ltr">I think it's genius too, Well done Ryan ! I have bounced it to two other lists too (so far) . I have a third lined up, so to make it a worldwide movement , send it to your links both to professionals and civilians who support us .<div><br></div><div>Re the ants atMo V, put a little sugar down , the ants will then make a trail to it follow them back, to their hole , Seal the hole probably with silicon rubber or a woodworker glue in a tube . Repeat until not an issue , I have ended two museum ants nests in museums doing this in Hong Kong. Paul Harrison FIIC conservator with four British pest control qualifications </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 at 17:04, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv via Listserv <<a href="mailto:listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca">listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg2489430817188990417">
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<b>Subject:</b> [BCMA] MOV to offer special Austerity Tours during the 2026 municipal election campaign season</font>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:19pt;font-family:vag-rundschrift-d-mvtf07,serif;color:rgb(19,21,22);letter-spacing:0.25pt">Austerity Tours: How Decades of Funding Stagnation Affects the MOV</span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">The MOV’s Austerity Tours will highlight the problems, risks and missed opportunities museums typically hide from view: buckets that catch
leaks, the oldest continuously operating freezer in Vancouver, a vintage iPod used to power exhibitions, and, depending on the weather, a hallway filled with ants. The aim is to make voters understand the risks austerity pose to irreplaceable cultural heritage—which
is why they’ll be offered during the 2026 municipal election period. </span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">In addition to hidden buckets and 20-year-old iPods, the Austerity Tour will include:
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Access to areas not normally available to the public;
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">How MOV’s fabrication team produces new exhibitions at a fraction of the cost of the industry standard;
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Discussions with the team responsible for safeguarding the largest civic collection of objects in Canada;
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">and, imagining what a revitalized civic museum could achieve.
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Dates:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> Thursdays, September 24, October 1, 8 and
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Time:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> 5:30pm-6:30pm
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Location:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> Museum of Vancouver
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<p><a href="https://museumofvancouver.ca/austerity-tours" target="_blank">https://museumofvancouver.ca/austerity-tours</a></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Ryan Hunt
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Museum of Vancouver</span><span></span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">We acknowledge that MOV is located within the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)
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<p><span style="color:black"><a href="https://museumofvancouver.ca/becoming-the-art-of-gu-xiongPi3AmRdiDtGA92G_79TBHzvfIL7QHL5wvySFCe.MEUCIHrd786K0hyKNU_VlF2afPa4DtTWp6-oxq4mMgBpEbcSAiEAvqaYHngf3ONWtak-sC2IQEUWUHWiSYwNs6L4x1D9FgE" title="https://museumofvancouver.ca/becoming-the-art-of-gu-xiong" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,120,215)">Becoming:
The Art of Gu Xiong</span></i></a></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black"><a href="https://museumofvancouver.ca/the-suitcase-project" title="https://museumofvancouver.ca/the-suitcase-project" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,120,215)">The Suitcase Project</span></i></a></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black"><a href="https://museumofvancouver.ca/hope-meets-action" title="https://museumofvancouver.ca/hope-meets-action" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,120,215)">Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum</span></i></a></span></p>
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