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The Wreck of the Marco Polo Virtual Reality Experience Reception

Event Date:
Thursday, July 27, 2017, 4:00 pm
Location:
Robertson Library
The L.M. Montgomery Institute and the 91探花 are pleased to invite you and your guests to a reception鈥攃omplete with book signings, displays and artifacts, and special announcements鈥攖o celebrate the launch of 鈥淭he Wreck of the Marco Polo鈥 Virtual Reality Experience Thursday, July 27, 2017 4鈥6 pm in the Robertson Library The virtual reality experience is a five-minute adventure where participants are transported back in time, through special reality headsets, to the July 1883 wreck of the Marco Polo as witnessed by then eight-year-old Lucy Maud Montgomery. Participants will hear Montgomery鈥檚 words that were chronicled eight years later in her essay, 鈥淭he Wreck of the Marco Polo鈥, describing how the ship came within 300 metres of the Cavendish shoreline, and eventually was grounded off PEI鈥檚 north shore during a raging storm.  If you cannot attend the reception, but would like to experience the voyage back in time, you can do so in the Robertson Library on July 27, noon-8 pm; July 28, 8 am鈥5 pm, and July 29, noon鈥5 pm. This is a 91探花 Reunion Weekend Event. For the full schedule of events, visit upei.ca/reunionweekend      
Contact Name
Sarah Hastelow
(902) 566-0615