If you live in or are near the Toronto area this spring, I might recommend visiting the Museum of Inuit Art near the harbour front. On their blog they are discussing an upcoming exhibit on the Art of Play which will include traditional Arctic gaming and also some non-Inuit exhibits, including modern board games such as Fleet.
I managed to see the exhibit on ancient Chinese gaming in the ROM last year and it was fantastic. I'll definitely be catching this one... and taking pictures, too, if they'll let me!
(Tipped from BGGNews...)
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Monday, April 18, 2011
A day at the museum...
Okay, more like an hour and a half. But we will definitely be back to the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) in Toronto very soon! What a spectacular display of wildlife, history, and geology and we didn't have time to see even half of it. But I did manage to find very quickly the display of 'Chinese traditional toys and games' and was pretty excited.
Oh, and they let you take pictures. So here's a bunch!
Oh, and they let you take pictures. So here's a bunch!
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| Figurines of characters playing Liubo, a ancient game whose rules are lost |
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| Descriptions for some of the pieces |
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| Drawings of people playing games |
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| Tangrams! |
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| Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) and Mahjong |
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| A board for a simple 'roll and move' game |
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| 2000-year old Go (Weiqi) pieces |
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| Playing cards |
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| Another beautifully-illustrated board for a 'roll and move' game |
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