MONTREAL — The Canadian Space Agency’s elaborate plans to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2010 with a travelling international exhibit backfired because the show was too big.
The original idea was to bring “Cosmomania: The Incredible Space Adventure” from France to Canada to criss-cross the country and visit museums and science centres.
Emails provided under an access-to-information request show several centres were told they couldn’t present the Cosmomania exhibit — or they rejected it — because of a lack of space.
The information obtained by the Canadian Press reveals Cosmomania ended up costing taxpayers $637,756. That included $288,226 to rent it from the French museum that originally organized the exhibit.
The idea was the show would be free for the public and that the space agency would pick up all shipping, set-up and dismantling costs.
Cosmomania, a 50-year retrospective of space exploration, was originally organized by the Cite de l’espace museum near Toulouse and visited several French cities.
But after its arrival in Canada, only two cities ended up hosting the space history exposition.
The original idea was to bring “Cosmomania: The Incredible Space Adventure” from France to Canada to criss-cross the country and visit museums and science centres.
Emails provided under an access-to-information request show several centres were told they couldn’t present the Cosmomania exhibit — or they rejected it — because of a lack of space.
The information obtained by the Canadian Press reveals Cosmomania ended up costing taxpayers $637,756. That included $288,226 to rent it from the French museum that originally organized the exhibit.
The idea was the show would be free for the public and that the space agency would pick up all shipping, set-up and dismantling costs.
Cosmomania, a 50-year retrospective of space exploration, was originally organized by the Cite de l’espace museum near Toulouse and visited several French cities.
But after its arrival in Canada, only two cities ended up hosting the space history exposition.
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