MEDIA INVITATION - Launch of the MAGIC OF LANTERNS 2010

MONTREAL, Sept. 8 /CNW Telbec/ - Montréal's Nature Museums invite you to the opening of the 18th Magic of Lanterns exhibition. To salute this year's Shanghai World Expo and the 25th anniversary of the friendship between Montréal and Shanghai, this year's theme, Like a Painting, is inspired by the most famous traditional Chinese painting: Qing Ming Shang He Tu (Along the River during the Qing Ming Festival).

Don't miss the launch of this fabulous event. The lanterns will be lighting up the Botanical Garden with hundreds of delightful shapes and colours throughout September and October.

    
    DATE:     September 9, 2010
    TIME:     7 p.m.
    PLACE:    Chinese Garden of the Montréal Botanical Garden
              4581, Sherbrooke East (pay parking - $5)
    

For further information: Karine Jalbert, Communications Co-ordinator, Telephone: [phone], E-mail: [email protected]; François Ouellet, Marketing Representative, Telephone: [phone], E-mail: [email protected]; Excellent opportunities for interviews and visuals; museumsnature.ca