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John Lennon and Yoko Ono at the Montreal Bed-In in 1969, part of an exhibit in Montreal to celebrate the 40th
anniversary of the event by the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. Photo by Ivor Sharp, courtesy the Montréal
Museum of Fine Arts. More photos from the exhbit can be seen in the slideshow at the bottom.
The city of Montreal and the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts are paying tribute to John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1969 bed-in for peace, which took place 40 years ago on May 26.
The museum has re-created scenes from the event in an exhibition called "Imagine: The Peace Ballad of John & Yoko." Comprising 140 works of memorabilia, the exhibit, organized in collaboration with Yoko Ono, celebrates the event which spawned the song "Give Peace a Chance." The exhibit includes the song’s handwritten lyrics, the reel-to-reel tape on which it was recorded, John Lennon’s Gibson guitar and a replica of the bed used at the event.
Other works on display include drawings, unpublished photographs, videos, films, artworks and interactive materials.
Admission to the exhibit is free. For further information on Montréal and the Imagine Exhibition, visit the Tourisme Montréal website.
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what a coincidence - we both did stories today on Montreal (though mine was on a haunted attraction~!)
A great song came out of this:Give Peace A Chance!
The slides gave me a peaceful, easy feeling. Thanks, Steve.
I helped move Lennon`s bed into the dining room of the suite. The maid had been struggling with it. She kept repeating "who would the crazy VIP be that wantsd to have his bed in the dining room?" John Lennon and Yoko and Yoko`s daughter Kyoko walked in at that same moment. I got his autograph on QE paper witch I still have to this day.
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