Event
Exhibit | Jubilees: Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II
Wednesday, July 20, 2022toThursday, September 15, 2022
McLennan Library Building
ROAAr Reading Room, 4th Floor, 3459 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C9, CA
Books, printed ephemera, and commemorative objects from a private collection and the collections of Ï㽶ÊÓƵ illustrate the lives, reigns, and jubilees of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Queen Elizabeth II (b. 1926) in an exhibition mounted at the 4th floor ROAAr Reading Room of the McLennan Library Building during opening hours.
Curators for this exhibition are Christopher Lyons, Head Librarian, Rare Books and Special Collections, Peter F. McNally, Professor Emeritus, and Octavian Sopt, Senior Documentation Technician, RBSC.Ìý
Queen Victoria is displayed in the cases on the Reading Room’s east side:
- Case One:ÌýQueen Victoria – accession to the throne and marriage to Prince Albert
- Case Two:ÌýQueen Victoria and Canada
- Case Three:ÌýQueen Victoria: Golden (1887) and Diamond (1897) Jubilees
- Case Four:ÌýDeath of Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth II is displayed in the cases on the Reading Room’s west side:
- Case One:ÌýPrincess Elizabeth, Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh
- Case Two:ÌýCanadian Tour, 1951, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation 1953
- Case Three:ÌýJubilees: Silver (1977), Golden (2002), Diamond (2012), and Platinum (2022)
- Case Four:ÌýJubilees: Silver (1977), Golden (2002), Diamond (2012), and Platinum (2022)
