<div dir="ltr"><div>Good Afternoon BCMA Community,</div><div><br></div><div>The Cumberland Museum & Archives is looking for a life-size mule for its new mining exhibits. We are flexible re: material, and this would be a photo op/engagement piece for children. I've searched the internet and found some less-than-stellar options, so I thought I would try the local museum community in case anyone has tips on where to procure such oddities.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols"><i>*<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Please note the Cumberland Museum & Archives is closed to the public </span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">until Spring 2021 as we undertake a large scale renovation and update our</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> exhibitions and programming*</span></span></i><br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">--</span><br></p><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><p style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:18px"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">Lia Tarle, Ph.D.</span></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:18px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Curator<font size="2"> </font>| Cumberland Museum & Archives</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Tel. </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">250-336-2445</span><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">|</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cumberlandmuseum.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.cumberlandmuseum.ca</a></font></p></div></div><div style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-bottom:12.75px;font-family:Cambria,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><div style="margin-bottom:12.75px"><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><p style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols"><img src="http://www.cumberlandmuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/CMA_Logo_CW-e1438281593807.jpg" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"></span></p><p><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i>The Cumberland Museum & Archives respectfully acknowledges that it stands on the U<font color="#000000">nceded traditional</font></i></font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> territory of the K’òmoks First 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