Welcome to
the Kite Museum
Canada's first kite museum opened on Pelee Island
in 2008. The mission of the museum is:
* Preserve kites and related knowledge
* Provide opportunities for people to be exposed to kites, their history
and future
* Help teach the making of kite and related items
* To preserve North American paper kites
* To use kites to bridge cultural understanding, environmental awareness
and family
* To be a resource for uniquely Canadian connections to the kite world
* To develop and introduce opportunities and means for physically
challenged to participate in kiting
... and simply stated - to share joy.
Visiting the Kite Museum

Official opening of our second season on May 9, 2009 with Bruce Crozier,
MPP; Honourable Aileen Carroll, Ontario's Minister of Culture. The
Minister loved the artistry of Jacques Letourneau, and amazed by Ray
Bethell's video and profile book.
 


Where: On Pelee Island, Canada, in the middle of Lake Erie.
The museum is in the heritage centre directly across the street from
where ferry docks - so leave you car at home.
When: Museum is open the same hours of the Heritage Centre
10am to 5pm everyday, May to October.
Cost: The kite museum is free, though it there is a fee to
enter the Heritage Centre which houses the museum. The fees are:
Adults $3 Seniors $2.50 Students $2 and children under 6 are
free.
How: do I get there, find info about Pelee? The museum is
located directly across from where the ferry you come on docks. Here is your
one stop link -
http://www.pelee.org
In the meantime, if we can help
you, answer any questions, or if you would like to get involved with
some of our activities, please contact us at:
info@thekitemuseum.com
Thank you, and check back soon.

At lunch in
San Jose, California with Khaled
Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner. Khaled is signing
a few movie kites, in both languages, with the signature quote, "There
is a way to be good again".

The Kite Museum's first exhibit at Burlington, Ontario,
2007.

Author Margaret Attwood, shares a laugh with
Environmentalist Dr. David Suzuki, The Kite Museum
decorated the event with 35 silk butterfly and bird kites from 3' to
10'.
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What's
New!
May 9, 2009
Pelee Island
New Exhibit -
José Teixeira Fraga's (AKA Zeca das Pipas)
and his kites from Brazil
(click here for more
and his web-site)

Thanks to Guy and Rodd for letting us use this cartoon. Visit them here:
guyandrodd.com
Here is Space Channel profile of kites &
museum:
http://www.spacecast.com/thecircuit.aspx
Added newsletter and link to premier kite
web-site from France
Updated the Help Wanted section
Updated the Museum Highlights
and Musings
sections
First part of my article about lunch with Khaled
Hosseini - click here
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