An AGO member is having some fun with Tut – he sent these photos and note to our membership department last week.
Hello membership desk – I'm looking forward to seeing King Tut but wanted to share with you our efforts to promote the event this Halloween. Despite raging winds, we were able to erect a 20-plus-foot pyramid complete with gilded top (silk gold sheet). The skeleton pharaoh had been up for a few weeks announcing the event–the rest was "camp" theatre–including dissections. "Anubis" was not only painted by my 70-year-old mother but enacted the whole night much to the dismay and wonderment of Parkdale residents.
We had much fun despite the effects of cold and H1 and were still beset by kids who came from blocks around. We did our best to always name the AGO as our source of inspiration and would love to have gotten my hands on the large Anubis that graces your entrance–but thought that might be pushing it.
— Mario, Toronto (AGO Member)