Exploring Exhibits: “Notman, Visionary Photographer” at the Canadian Museum of History

On yet another museum visit, Chris and I checked out the current temporary exhibit at the Canadian Museum of History, “Notman, Visionary Photographer.” This exhibit is the first retrospective entirely devoted to exploring the work of William Notman, a photographer originally from Scotland, who immigrated to Canada and over the course of the late 19th century founded a chain of studios under the name Wm. Notman & Son.

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Exploring Exhibits: Canadian Museum of Nature Research and Collections Facility Open House

This past Saturday, Chris and I decided to take a little adventure across the river and go to the Canadian Museum of Nature’s open house of their collections storage facility. This is an annual event that I’ve been meaning to go to for years, but this year the timing finally worked out, and I have to say that it was well worth the trip!

Exploring Exhibits: Horse Power – The Paul Bienvenu Carriage Collection

This past weekend myself and my wonderful historian boyfriend Chris, decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and cross the river to the Canadian Museum of History, to take in the new temporary exhibits that we haven’t had a chance to see yet. The museum hosts three temporary exhibits at any given time, and we explored all three. The first one that we explored showcased the Paul Bienvenu collection of horse-drawn carriages, which was donated to the museum in its entirety in 2010. This collection, according to the exhibit, is particularly special because the vehicles can be traced back to owners, many of which were people who greatly influenced the history of Quebec and Canada.