This weekend's excursions included visits to two museums, the McCord Museum of Canadian History, and the Redpath Museum of Natural History. At the McCord, they were not very welcoming of cameras, so we had to just imprint it all in our memories.
Jenn was particularly enthralled with a display of portraits by one of her favorites, Yousuf Karsch, a legendary Canadian photographer. They also have a display highlighting the extremes of winter weather. We're still anticipating, with equal amounts of dread and excitement, the arrival of such weather.
The Redpath (yes, it was a gift from the sugar baron) is the oldest building built as a museum in Canada, built in 1882, on the grounds of McGill University.
Jenn was particularly enthralled with a display of portraits by one of her favorites, Yousuf Karsch, a legendary Canadian photographer. They also have a display highlighting the extremes of winter weather. We're still anticipating, with equal amounts of dread and excitement, the arrival of such weather.
The Redpath (yes, it was a gift from the sugar baron) is the oldest building built as a museum in Canada, built in 1882, on the grounds of McGill University.
When we went on Saturday, it was closed, and no amount of door-bell ringing would open it for us.
We returned today, and were warmly welcomed by one of its inhabitants. The museum is home to things biological, paleontological, and geological.
The main gallery took our breath away - a spectacular space!
These entrance doors are about 9' tall, and 3" thick. Quite an entrance!
It's not quite as windy as James McGill, founder of the university, lets on.
And, to end with, an animated tree in the atrium of one of the downtown shopping centers. We are enjoying the amount of decoration that Montreal does for the Christmas season - lots of lights, trees, and wreaths everywhere.
5 comments:
Way cool. Does the museum smell like old building too? Mmmm.
Sheri-Lee
No, surprisingly, I don't think there was a smell - though I'm sure the back-spaces might well have. The washrooms were in the basement, and seemed like typical 'old church basement' washrooms.
Gorgeous buildings. Love the tree too - does Montreal do more Christmas decorating than Vancouver?
Yes L, there are a LOT more decorations here! Many of the streets have lights on every lamp-post, and a lot of the stores have nice little or large displays. I can't really tell if peoples' homes are more decorated, but I could break into a few for you if you'd like to know.
Love the tree as well! What kind of museum is closed on a SATURDAY??? And I would have loved to have seen the people around you as you, while surrounded by ancient artifacts, so closely examined the DOOR!
Siobhan
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