Event: Major gift announcement
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: UBC Museum of Anthropology
6393 Northwest Marine Dr., Vancouver
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An important cultural artifact given by a B.C. First Nation to a famous European explorer will return home to Canada on Tuesday, March 20, thanks to a major gift.
Media are invited to a news conference Tuesday at 10 a.m., when the object, which has global cultural significance, will be unveiled as the only one of its kind in a Canadian museum.
The donor, First Nations leaders and UBC representatives will be available for interviews at the event.
Recommended arrival time is 9:45 a.m. A media feed box will be available for broadcast journalists.
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