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Long journey home - great discovery: when UNESCO thinking turns into action

Long journey home - great discovery: when UNESCO thinking turns into action

Many of you followed the story of the Lithuanian treaties, rescued by our UNESCO Chair Charles Hopkins.
Why did a diplomat bring the original Lithuanian treaties, signed by many of the world leaders at the time, to Canada in 1949? Why did everyone think they had been lost during World War II?
Find out more about this story, full of surprising turns and mystery. A virtual exhibition was launched by the Lithuanian Museum - Archives Canada on 24 November 2021 and is open to the public.
(Photo credit: Markus Kolga)
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