#museums rock

[barneyandsmith]

Museum studies 404 assignment: describe a scenario where “do not touch” exhibit labels serve no useful purpose in protecting the collection.

[easternadventure-blog]

Museum of Civiliazation

Vodou!

An entire exhibition of awesomeness so awesome it had a warning.

The warning was for real human remains and children-advisory but a warning regardless.

So in the first room there was an array of … Well, very sequined figures. The room immediately following was vaguely terrifying… There were deformed ones, ones tied up, and many with eerie faces and mirrored eyes. It was an odd change…

Then, we made our way to the Canadian Hall. Unsurprisingly it was about the history of Canada- daily life actually, of the past thousand years.

Because we’re smart and found the entrance right away (not lying at all) we ended up going in backwards. What began for us with the technology of the twenty-first century (with no computers for some reason?) ended with the Viking appearance. It was phenomenal. They even made a false sky to overarch the entire exhibit, with faint lights in the dimmer areas like stars, and it was high enough up it was realistic! Or a realistic as a sky-blue fake sky in a museum can be.

Then we made our way to the Canada Post exhibit.

Which was closed.

Months ago.

Seriously, it put a bit of a damper on the day: why leave signs and pamphlets and everything up, including on the main maps, if it’s been closed for months? And no, there was no plan for reopening, we asked.

As a whole, the museum was awesome!

The rest of the day, not so much. After a bad attempt of The Glebe, because you know, Victoria Day, everything is closed; we made our way back to Byward Market.

Which is amazing and awesome, and had beer and nachos. Ottawa is definitely our most expensive city.