Genre: | children's cultural |
Presenter: | Robert MacNeil |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | English |
Channel: | CBC Television |
Num Seasons: | 2 |
Producer: | Marion Dunn |
Location: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Let's Go to the Museum was a Canadian children's television series which aired on CBC Television from 1954 to 1956.
Robert MacNeil, later of the PBS NewsHour, hosted this series concerning museums and their artifacts. Episodes were based on location at a national museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
This half-hour series was broadcast on Tuesdays at 5:00 p.m. from 5 October 1954 to 5 April 1955 for its first season, then in the same time slot for its second season from 2 October to 18 December 1956. Features included demonstrations of how museum staff prepare models of First Nations people, and a location report at the Macoun Field Club.