Agatha Christie, PAC Museum Upcoming Exhibition
December 8, 2015 - April 17, 2016
Yesterdsy, Pointe-à-Callière (PAC) Museum of Archeology celebrated the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie birth on September 15, 1890.
PAC is now preparing a new exhibition Investigating Agatha Christie. The exhibition will look at Agatha Christie through her work, her imagination and her world, including archaeology. Archeology played an important role in her personal and professional life. She met her second husband, who was an an archaeologist, at an archaeological dig. Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallow made an important contribution to the prehistoric chronology of Mesopotamia. Between 1930 and 1960, Christie witnessed some major finds at ancient Mesopotamian sites in Syria and Iraq. In addition to her personal and novel-writing memorabilia, various artefacts unearthed at Mesopotamian digs led by her husband and other archaeologists, and also from places she visited in Egypt and the Middle East, will be part of the exhibition. Many other archaeological treasures will also be displayed, from vases to bas-reliefs, figurines, jewellery, bronze plaques, cuneiform tablets, cylinder sealsm and objects made of ivory, along with manuscripts, photos, and films taken by the author while she was on those dig sites.
Agatha Christie drew heavily on archaeology and history as inspiration for many of
her famous novels, including Murder in Mesopotamia, They Came to Baghdad, Appointment with
Death and Death Comes as the End. She also described daily life on dig sites in
a fascinating little book entitled Come, Tell Me How You Live. She wrote that
an archaeologist and a detective have much in common: both must come to
understand an event (recent or in the distant past) using their observation
skills and clues that are brought to light, piecing them together and relying
on a bit of luck, too! PAC exhibition Investigating Agatha Christie will be a journey to a
time when many of the treasures of mankind’s heritage were discovered and an
encounter with a passionate woman, a brilliant individual who invented a new
literary genre: the historical detective novel.
Agatha Christie’s wrote 66 mystery novels, 6 novels, 150 short stories, 18 plays and 2 memoirs. She is the world’s most-translated author, far surpassing Jules Verne: her writing has been translated into over 100 languages and sold 2 billion copies – only the Bible is more popular. Dubbed the Queen of Crime, she created such unforgettable characters as detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and her colossal body of work has inspired numerous films and television series.
PAC Museum will host many different activities for this exhibition. As the exhibition's date will approach, check PAC Museum website for information, schedules, and updates.
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