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David Turpin, former UVic president; Suromitra Sanatani, Royal B.C. Museum board chair; Dave Obee, Times Colonist editor-in-chief; and Dixie Obee.
Seiji Okada, Japanese Consul General; and Yasuko Okada.
Michael Ravenhill, David Foster Foundation CEO; and Deirdre Campbell, Tartan Group president.
Ron Lou-Poy, retired; Christi Main, Royal B.C. Museum Foundation executive director; and May Lou-Poy.
Michelle Le Sage, Oak Bay Beach Hotel manager; Rob Fleming, NDP MLA for Victoria-Swan Lake; and Starr McMichael, Starrboard Enterprises president.
Sue Elsner and Victoria Police Chief Frank Elsner.
David Black, Black Press owner; Andrea Henning, Royal B.C. Museum director of strategic alliances; His Excellency Teppo Tauriainen, Swedish Ambassador to Canada; Coralee Oakes, minister of community, sport and cultural development; and Jack Lohman, Royal
Jamie Cassels, UVic president; Pauline Rafferty, former Royal B.C. Museum CEO; and her husband, Bob Plecas.
Suromitra Sanatani, Royal B.C. Museum board chair; and The Honourable Linda Reid, MLA for Richmond East and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
Jack Lohman, Royal B.C. Museum CEO; Seiji Okada, Japanese Consul General; and Yasuko Okada.
Cathy Cowen; David Cowen, Butchart Gardens general manager and Tourism Victoria chair; Paul Gilbert, Bateman Foundation president and ex-director; and Nancy Gilbert, Appropriate Technology Enabled Development Program manager.
His Excellency Teppo Tauriainen, Swedish Ambassador to Canada; and The Honourable Linda Reid, MLA for Richmond East and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
The Royal B.C. Museum was the scene of a special gala evening on May 14 to celebrate the North American debut of a fascinating new exhibition about Scandinavian history, called “Vikings: Lives Beyond the Legends.” The interactive exhibition, from the Swedish History Museum, features over 500 rare artifacts, many of which have not been shown outside of Scandinavia. It’s an unparallelled opportunity to get up close and personal with the Viking way of like, including their domestic life, death rituals and the significance of their craft.
Museum CEO professor Jack Lohman was on hand at the black-tie affair to welcome the 150 local, national and international VIP guests and dignitaries, including ambassadors, ministers, MLAs and other well-known executives. After previewing the exhibit, the guests dined on a Swedish-inspired menu that included smoked sablefish, kelp caviar, pork belly and marble rye bread pudding.
The exhibit is open to the public from May 16 through November 11.