Gallery of Africa, the Americas & Asia-Pacific opens

06 Mar '08

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“We are pleased to give a new and permanent home to these significant World Cultures collections,” said William Thorsell, the ROM's Director and CEO. “Our curatorial team, working closely with its advisory committees from many of the diverse areas represented in the gallery, has chosen spectacular and important pieces to illustrate the cultural traditions of indigenous peoples from around the world.”

"Toronto is a great city and we want to see it become even greater," said Shreyas Ajmera, ROM Governor, Founder, Seenergy Foods Ltd. “We believe the ROM has created an architectural landmark in the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal and our family is so pleased to be associated with this spectacular new gallery.”

“The opening of this new gallery is an occasion for celebration. It has enabled us to bring old collections out of storage and present new acquisitions and research,” said Trudy Nicks, Senior Curator of Anthropology in the ROM's World Cultures Department and the coordinating curator for this gallery.

“The creation of the Ajmera Gallery has been - and continues to be - a catalyst for developing creative working relationships between the Museum and the communities represented by the rich array of objects and imagery that will soon be on public view.”

"As inaugural season sponsor of the Lee-Chin Crystal, we are proud to be part of this exciting year for the ROM," said Gerry McCaughey, President and Chief Executive Officer of CIBC. "We are pleased to play a role in bringing the Shreyas and Mina Ajmera Gallery of Africa, the Americas and Asia-Pacific to the public."

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