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Memorandum on a Frozen Ark

Network: CBC Television Network

Broadcast Run: 1970

Broadcast Medium: Television

Aired Monday nights from July 6 to August 17, 1970.
This was a series of seven programs examining the status of museums in Canada. It was hosted by Brian Smyth and Nelson Davis.
The first show introduced the museum and its role in preserving history. Subsequent programs looked at specific museums and their particular genres: The National Gallery, The Museum of Science and Technology, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Museum of Man, the Museum of Natural Sciences and the War Museum in Ottawa.
The producer of the series was Bob Gardiner, from CBC Ottawa.

Written by John Corcelli – August, 2005