Museum of Toronto remembers the 9th anniversary of the anonymous hero #DeadRaccoonTO with a day-long memorial on Tuesday, July 9th from 12 PM - 5 PM. The #DeadRaccoonTO memorial is to pay tribute to ‘Conrad’, the lifeless raccoon found on the corner of Yonge and Church in the early morning hours of July 9th, 2015. For over 12 hours, Conrad lay on the sidewalk and unified the people of Toronto through a memorial shrine complete with photos, cards, candles, roses, and a trending hashtag – #DeadRaccoonTO. The memorial at the Museum of Toronto, will allow Torontoians to revisit that moment and let Conrad know he will not be forgotten.

This memorial is a public event that is part of the Museum of Toronto’s latest exhibition, Toronto Gone Wild, an exhibition exploring the city as a habitat - not only for humans, but for all the animal and plant life, including the unofficial mascot of Toronto, raccoons. Toronto is a habitat for a vast and intersecting community of living things. Our feelings about urban animals are far from neutral. Toronto Gone Wild explores how the city functions as an urban ecosystem. Beginning with the familiar built environment of brick and pavement, the exhibit will invite visitors into increasingly ‘natural’ settings like burrows, hives and nests as they experience how struggles for food, housing and community show how much humans have in common with other urban animals.

To attend the #DeadRaccoonTO Memorial and Toronto Gone Wild exhibition please visit the link here. Residents who cannot attend the service but would like to pay tribute are welcome to leave their green bins open on the night of July 9th as a sign of mourning and respect.