Royal Alberta Museum adds 8,000 free online tickets for opening days

The new Royal Alberta Museum’s plans for six days of free admission proved to be such a hot ticket that an extra 8,000 passes will be made available online.
Officials announced Wednesday that the long-awaited, $375.5-million museum will open downtown on Oct. 3. Within six hours of the news conference, people snapped up all 21,500 of the free tickets available online for the six-day grand opening.
The additional 8,000 online tickets will be available starting Saturday at 10 a.m. via the mus