CANADA MUSEUM OF NATURE IS RELAUNCHED – PRESERVING OLD CHARM WHILST ACHIEVING MODERNITY
October 1st, 2006
BY MONICA DOBIE, in Ottawa
THE CANADIAN Museum of Nature has reopened its key west wing having reached the halfway mark of an extensive and costly renovation project, scheduled to finish in 2010. The now completed wing underwent comprehensive renovations, including the building of new fossil and mammal galleries and a temporary exhibition space.
Located in Canada's capital, Ottawa, the heritage building the museum occupies was purpose-built in 1856 as a facility to display rocks, minerals, fossils plants and anthropological artefacts, making it one of the ...
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