Apr 15th, 2008
All that glitters is not gold
I recently received my invitation to attend the inauguration of the exhibition Or des Amériques [Gold in the Americas] presented at the Museum of Civilization in Quebec City. The event will take place on April 29, 2008.
This topic is probably worthwhile politically because the Premier of Quebec Jean Charest, the Minister of Culture Christine St. Pierre and the Minister of Natural Resources Claude Béchard will be present. Add to these honourables the chairman of the C.A. and the executive director of the museum, and that makes a lot of beautiful people.
The invitation card was particularly successful. On the cover, we find golden stones that look like nuggets of gold.
Since the slogan is “All that glitters is not gold” and since the firm Alcoa is one of the sponsors of the exhibition, I suppose those are golden aluminium nuggets. At the time of writing of this post, aluminium sells for about $ 3 per kilo. So I wanted to know the value of my nuggets.
Unfortunately, the weight is so small that my balance did not even register a figure. Sigh.
The exhibition Or des Amériques [Gold in the Americas] will run from April 30, 2008 to January 11, 2009. The theme of the exhibition is still vague:
“The very symbol of national wealth, gold has long been considered the ultimate precious metal. This exhibition will take visitors on a fascinating journey into the lives of the peoples of the Americas. ” [Source]
I suppose that the Museum’s Web site will be updated as soon as the exhibition is inaugurated.
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