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hackunion
Apr 19, 2008, 10:45 PM
I couldn't find a Museum of Nature thread so I assumed there hasn't been one yet... Anyways, will anyone else be attending the:



Information Session
Renewal of the Victoria Memorial Museum Building

Wednesday, April 23: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
(Presentation at 7:00 p.m. followed by question-and-answer session).

Join us for another information session on progress to the rehabilitation and renovations of the historic Victoria Memorial Museum Building. Come learn from the architects about the upcoming construction of the lantern, which will start in the spring and continue for about six months. There will be displays and experts on hand to answer your questions. Information: 613.566.4781 or questions@mus-nature.ca.

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The last info session was exactly two years ago and many interesting things have happened since!

AuxTown
Apr 20, 2008, 1:55 AM
Here's a few renderings of the renovation from the museum's web site. Definately one of the best museums in Ottawa. With this renovation it will be put on par with gems like Civilization, War, and the National Gallery.

(http://nature.ca/)

http://nature.ca/reno/images/popups/frnt_nght_lg.jpg http://nature.ca/reno/images/popups/bk_nght_lg.jpg
http://nature.ca/reno/images/popups/frnt_dy_lg.jpg http://nature.ca/reno/images/popups/bkwtrfll_nght_lg.jpg
http://nature.ca/reno/images/popups/strs_nsght_lg.jpg http://nature.ca/reno/images/popups/atrm_nsde_lg.jpg

ajldub
Apr 20, 2008, 2:56 AM
I know I'm in the wrong forum here but I still can't believe that we're getting screwed out of a portrait gallery....


Anyways this museum will be really nice when it's done. I was hoping they would figure out a way to keep the floor mosaics exposed like put them on the wall or something, but I'm sure it will still look great. That diplodocus or whatever it is in the lantern will look brilliant when lit up at night.

harls
Apr 20, 2008, 12:46 PM
That crane has been there for what, 4 years now?

ajldub
Apr 20, 2008, 1:41 PM
Yeah they sure took their time with this one. They cut down some really old trees on the lawn, too. But it will be worth it.

Kitchissippi
Apr 20, 2008, 4:05 PM
That diplodocus or whatever it is in the lantern will look brilliant when lit up at night.

That rendering shows a blue whale skeleton, which is too heavy to be hung, unless an expensive fibreglass model is made. They may leave it empty for now but I think one of the concepts is to project images onto the ceiling, so that when you are walking on the sidewalk at night and look up, you'd see a changing canvas.

While I don't mind the "lantern", I wish they would have considered putting back a replica of the original tower. With the leda clay issued addressed, a lighter version of the original stone tower is possible. It's not like a significant event caused the demise of the tower, it was simply dismantled when it leaned too far. Imagine if the Peace Tower was damaged, do you think they'd put a glass top instead?

http://nature.ca/reno/images/bld_ppf_e.jpg nature.ca

m0nkyman
Apr 21, 2008, 1:05 AM
Imagine if the Peace Tower was damaged, do you think they'd put a glass top instead?


Depends on the government. It wouldn't shock me though. :shrug:

hackunion
Oct 11, 2008, 6:27 PM
On site about a week ago

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/canadawater/musee1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/canadawater/musee2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/canadawater/musee4.jpg


Cellphone:
http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v343/24/69/1281178478/n1281178478_30138045_8274.jpg

http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v343/24/69/1281178478/n1281178478_30138046_8603.jpg

Ottawade
Oct 12, 2008, 6:09 PM
Am I the only one that things the Opus is butt ugly?

Glazier Man
Oct 12, 2008, 6:20 PM
There was absolutely nothing wrong with the Older Existing structure The Museum of Nature...and like we need another museum in Ottawa, but the money that has been spent on that building over the life time of the structure thus far far outways the value it has contributed back into the community. If anything, it would have been more cost effective to design a brand new building and errect a new structure at a new location, kinda like what they did with the War Museum, hell, they could even get someone like David Suzuki to Endorse the building because it was made using Green Environmental Practices during construction, and CBC can advertise David Suzuki promoting the New Museum....

Anyway, keep on wasting my money.

1ajs
Oct 12, 2008, 6:28 PM
why so sinical sometimes its nice to rusue an old building

adam-machiavelli
Oct 12, 2008, 6:37 PM
Glazier man = troll.

Aaaanyway....

hackunion
Oct 12, 2008, 9:55 PM
Am I the only one that things the Opus is butt ugly?

I happen to agree with you.

Jamaican-Phoenix
Oct 13, 2008, 3:31 AM
I happen to agree with you.

Me three.

Mille Sabords
Oct 14, 2008, 2:09 AM
There was absolutely nothing wrong with the Older Existing structure The Museum of Nature...and like we need another museum in Ottawa, but the money that has been spent on that building over the life time of the structure thus far far outways the value it has contributed back into the community. If anything, it would have been more cost effective to design a brand new building and errect a new structure at a new location, kinda like what they did with the War Museum, hell, they could even get someone like David Suzuki to Endorse the building because it was made using Green Environmental Practices during construction, and CBC can advertise David Suzuki promoting the New Museum....

Anyway, keep on wasting my money.

Yup, we'll keep right on it. You don't destroy a stunning piece of historic architecture like that museum, you spend whatever you need to spend to keep it splendorous for the city and the nation. You'll just have to be unhappy about it.

citizen j
Oct 14, 2008, 4:55 PM
Anyway, keep on wasting my money.

Who is it that you think you're speaking to? I feel quite confident that none of us here in the skyscraperpage forum is the Federal Minsister of Finance or oversees some other cabinet portfolio (although with the use of pseudonyms, you can never be sure). I have this conversation every time I'm in Alberta visiting family. They seem to think that the residents of Ottawa are somehow collectively responsible for their tax rate and have more of a say in how federal taxes are spent than they do. The counterpoint argument would be for me to blame them and other Calgarians (and Edmontonians) for the price of gas. While Ottawans have considerably greater access to the fruits of those expenses in the form of national institutions, that shouldn't be a huge surprise -- a national institution in a national capital? How novel. Neverthelss, an Ottawan doesn't have any more of a say in where your taxes get spent than you do. Witness the impending move of the National Pork Gallery to Harperland. One person, one vote.

Acajack
Oct 14, 2008, 5:03 PM
Yup, we'll keep right on it. You don't destroy a stunning piece of historic architecture like that museum, you spend whatever you need to spend to keep it splendorous for the city and the nation.

:cheers: and :tup:

Jamaican-Phoenix
Oct 14, 2008, 11:23 PM
Who is it that you think you're speaking to? I feel quite confident that none of us here in the skyscraperpage forum is the Federal Minsister of Finance or oversees some other cabinet portfolio (although with the use of pseudonyms, you can never be sure). I have this conversation every time I'm in Alberta visiting family. They seem to think that the residents of Ottawa are somehow collectively responsible for their tax rate and have more of a say in how federal taxes are spent than they do. The counterpoint argument would be for me to blame them and other Calgarians (and Edmontonians) for the price of gas. While Ottawans have considerably greater access to the fruits of those expenses in the form of national institutions, that shouldn't be a huge surprise -- a national institution in a national capital? How novel. Neverthelss, an Ottawan doesn't have any more of a say in where your taxes get spent than you do. Witness the impending move of the National Pork Gallery to Harperland. One person, one vote.

:tup: :banana:

c_speed3108
Oct 16, 2008, 3:45 PM
Who is it that you think you're speaking to? I feel quite confident that none of us here in the skyscraperpage forum is the Federal Minsister of Finance or oversees some other cabinet portfolio (although with the use of pseudonyms, you can never be sure). I have this conversation every time I'm in Alberta visiting family. They seem to think that the residents of Ottawa are somehow collectively responsible for their tax rate and have more of a say in how federal taxes are spent than they do. The counterpoint argument would be for me to blame them and other Calgarians (and Edmontonians) for the price of gas. While Ottawans have considerably greater access to the fruits of those expenses in the form of national institutions, that shouldn't be a huge surprise -- a national institution in a national capital? How novel. Neverthelss, an Ottawan doesn't have any more of a say in where your taxes get spent than you do. Witness the impending move of the National Pork Gallery to Harperland. One person, one vote.

Can someone please send this to every one of the media outlets that use the word "Ottawa" as a synonym for "Federal Government".

Mille Sabords
Oct 16, 2008, 4:36 PM
Can someone please send this to every one of the media outlets that use the word "Ottawa" as a synonym for "Federal Government".

Aye aye. :tup: :tup: :tup:

AuxTown
Oct 18, 2008, 5:19 AM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/2929375109_13d2ae5171_b.jpg

From "southfacing" on flickr

eemy
Oct 20, 2008, 2:28 PM
It will be a nice improvement. I have always liked the Museum of Nature.

Deez
Oct 21, 2008, 3:28 AM
Always a negative Neddy:

The roof is absolutely atrocious. The grey against the brown brick looks SO cheap and ugly. Go see it in person if your don't believe me.


I'm very happy with the rest of the reno.

deva
Oct 21, 2008, 5:31 PM
I agree, the roof is nasty.

Funny how it isn't visible in any of the renderings that show the museum from a street level perspective.

Kitchissippi
Oct 21, 2008, 8:33 PM
It looks especially nasty from the Queensway, since you're viewing it from a higher level. I wish they had used a darker grey cladding, maybe a titanium-like tint that reflects the quality of sunlight hitting it. I especially hate the two boxes beside the tower, as it robs the structure of any impression of height.

waterloowarrior
Dec 12, 2008, 3:18 AM
more by southfacing (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/sets/72157604109835610/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/3071110284_5f2ae03761_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/3070271501_5bef531bde_o.jpg

eemy
Dec 12, 2008, 3:17 PM
Wow, I have a feeling that this is going to be one of those few situations where the finished product actually measures up to the rendering.

harls
Dec 12, 2008, 5:17 PM
Does anyone know why this renovation is taking forever to complete? Is there just one construction guy or something?

Kitchissippi
Dec 12, 2008, 5:32 PM
It's a pretty complicated project, a new building within an old building. The old structure is relatively fragile -- despite the massive stonework, the floors are actually made of terracotta. They've had to place steel trusses inside for seismic-proofing and cast concrete around the terracotta. Technically, they could have gutted this building to the stone walls and rebuild completely new floors and it would have been quicker and cheaper, and nobody would have noticed but the heritage value dictated that some of the structure be kept. Ironically, it's all covered over in the end because the new inner walls are actually built three feet from the original walls to provide a climate-controlled buffer zone. The galleries are about 10% smaller than they were originally.

Kitchissippi
Dec 12, 2008, 6:03 PM
Here's a plan that shows the inner walls (you can see this in every fire safety station in the building)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/3102253887_9853a44eff_b.jpg

waterloowarrior
Feb 18, 2009, 3:39 AM
southfacing at it again
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/3281665063_b8f9552b78_o.jpg

hackunion
Feb 18, 2009, 3:46 AM
I guess in the renderings they chose not show the impact that the new roof structures will have - unless they are temporary?

Kitchissippi
Feb 18, 2009, 6:20 AM
No they are not temporary. They house the building's new mechanicals. I don't think they realized the extent of air conditioning needed when they did the renderings.

Deez
Jul 13, 2009, 3:39 AM
close-up of completed tower

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/Reersmeer/IMG_1794.jpg

Jamaican-Phoenix
Jul 13, 2009, 4:13 AM
I like how you can still see the original structure through the glass tower. It adds a nice touch.

rakerman
Jan 7, 2010, 4:03 PM
Ottawa Citizen - Designing Ottawa blog -A peek inside the renewed Canadian Museum of Nature (http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/designingottawa/archive/2010/01/07/a-peek-inside-the-renewed-canadian-museum-of-nature.aspx) - January 7, 2010

Over the years the museum had covered over many windows and architectural details. The renovation has revealed them. The third-floor salon, which had been shrouded in carpeting and heavy curtains, is now so attractive that it is envisioned as a venue for special events for up to 300 people.

Here, a skylight was discovered and double-hung windows, almost three metres high, were uncovered for the first time in 40 years.

RTWAP
Jan 7, 2010, 11:21 PM
I'm very much looking forward to the grand unveiling in May. I take the kids there 5 or 6 times a year and they already love it. They're going to be blown away when it's all done.

Kitchissippi
Apr 2, 2010, 2:10 PM
Some interior shots of the construction
(all photos by me)

Nice juxtaposition of old and new:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4483636245_28328eba00_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2710/4483634327_1bb87fa6d3_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4484283934_46e956d6d7_b.jpg

Modern elevators and lighting:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2800/4483633753_e32379fb54_b.jpg

Atrium has new admissions desk and abstract mosaic to complement the old:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4484282086_0e47e6dee6_b.jpg

The formerly dark auditorium (the room where Parliament sat briefly) is now a bright open space:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2667/4483632591_355d479801_b.jpg

RTWAP
Apr 3, 2010, 3:18 AM
I can't wait. I think the members preview is coming up sometime in mid-May, isn't it?

ajldub
Apr 3, 2010, 1:46 PM
This reno is totally awesome. There's really nothing like retooling a heritage building for the next century to add depth to the city's architecture. Speaking of such projects, there was an article a while back in the Citizen about the plans for the West Block reno. Nothing new will be visible from the street, but the courtyard in the centre is going to be glassed over and made into a massive sunroom. It's going to be insane.

hackunion
Apr 3, 2010, 4:09 PM
Insane because it probably won't be accessible to the public? I agree.

Zeb Akbar
Apr 3, 2010, 4:59 PM
There was absolutely nothing wrong with the Older Existing structure The Museum of Nature...and like we need another museum in Ottawa, but the money that has been spent on that building over the life time of the structure thus far far outways the value it has contributed back into the community. If anything, it would have been more cost effective to design a brand new building and errect a new structure at a new location, kinda like what they did with the War Museum, hell, they could even get someone like David Suzuki to Endorse the building because it was made using Green Environmental Practices during construction, and CBC can advertise David Suzuki promoting the New Museum....

Anyway, keep on wasting my money.



The main reason a new NATIONAL war museum was needed was because the former building just did not have the exhibition space required to show larger pieces of the NATIONAL collection, nor could it be renovated to accomplish this due to siting and other factors. Cost-effectiveness was not a primary motivation behind the construction of a new war museum.

Re. "...the money that has been spent on that building over the life time of the structure thus far far outways the value it has contributed back into the community". How do you ascribe a value to the nation's history? The Museum of Nature housed the nation's Parliament after the original parliament building was destroyed by fire. You must have been having conniptions when the Vimy memorial was being repaired.

I'm reminded of the saying; he knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

ajldub
Apr 3, 2010, 5:38 PM
You will get your chance at Doors Open, Hackunion.

rakerman
Apr 15, 2010, 1:23 AM
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4521640139_e660a3a2a8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rakerman/4521640139/)

waterloowarrior
May 15, 2010, 3:37 PM
Citizen has a feature on the museum
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/museum/index.html

rakerman
May 16, 2010, 5:54 PM
can be moved to completed in a week (May 22)

hackunion
May 16, 2010, 11:45 PM
I still think the mechanical roof structure ruins the whole "look". Especially since it reflects into the new glass addition. The crenellation of the original building is no longer set against the sky, creating that kind of castle turret effect - it's now set against ugly boxes which stick out rather than subtly disappearing from sight... Am I focusing too much on details?

Admiral Nelson
May 17, 2010, 1:21 AM
I still think the mechanical roof structure ruins the whole "look". Especially since it reflects into the new glass addition. The crenellation of the original building is no longer set against the sky, creating that kind of castle turret effect - it's now set against ugly boxes which stick out rather than subtly disappearing from sight... Am I focusing too much on details?

I don't think you are. You'd think that the museum could stick some solar panels or a similar material over the boxes to obscure them.

Temperance
May 19, 2010, 4:53 PM
Excited about the museum opening again. Anybody have any idea what happened to the "Nature of Humans Gallery"? This was long listed in the expansion/renovation plans and it was recently included on the site in a section called "upcoming projects" but now it seems to be gone completely. What are the plans for completing this gallery??

Kitchissippi
May 19, 2010, 10:07 PM
:previous: I don't think it is going to happen for a while, unless some sponsor with huge bucks steps in.

Personally, I think there should be a separate museum dedicated the human body and health. The vital organs — brain heart lungs, kidneys, etc could each fill up extensive exhibits. With an aging population, there would be a lot of interest in a place like this, and it would help people understand their own bodies and keep healthy.

Much like the Museum of Civilization runs a separate War Museum, or Science and Tech has the Aviation Museum, the Museum of Nature could easily have separate institutions for Natural History/Science, the Environment, and Human Health.

Admiral Nelson
May 23, 2010, 4:13 PM
Anyone here attend yesterday's grand opening?

AuxTown
May 23, 2010, 11:07 PM
Anyone here attend yesterday's grand opening?

I went. It was REALLY busy! I didn't do a tour, but did walk around just about the entire museum. The building looks great and the new exhibits are really impressive; especially the blue whale skeleton.

RTWAP
May 25, 2010, 9:30 PM
I went with the kids but we couldn't get in. I'll pull them out of school for a day later in the week.

Kitchissippi
Apr 5, 2011, 2:17 PM
The museum building has been nominated for the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) people's choice award. vote for it here: http://awards.oaa.on.ca/

rocketphish
Sep 17, 2013, 3:19 AM
Surface parking remains in the Museum of Nature plans

September 16, 2013. 5:37 pm • Section: City Hall
Posted by: David Reevely

The Museum of Nature has revised its plan for a permanent parking lot on its west lawn, the one that was supposed to be returned to a park-like state after the epic renovation of the building required a chunk of the land to be used as a construction staging area (http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/Civic+institutional+leaders+favours+with+over+promising+under+delivering/8914907/story.html).

The new plans (http://nature.ca/pdf/parking-landscaping-5-yr-plan.pdf)feature what looks like a significant sculpture and some winding paths. But also, still, 96 surface parking spots because, when you get down to it, the museum needs the money from paid parking. After a doomed attempt to see whether anyone in the private sector would build an underground garage for free (essentially), we’re back to the surface lot. There’s a public presentation on it Monday night, between 6 and 8, at the museum.

http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2013/09/16/surface-parking-remains-in-the-museum-of-nature-plans/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

J.OT13
Sep 17, 2013, 2:17 PM
Better than the status quo. When you have no help from your parent company (the Feds), you need to come up with workable solutions. Now if the City could hand over the Metcalfe stump, that would be a great, cheap help towards the museums goal. I'm sure they could easily rework the traffic configurations.

kwoldtimer
Sep 17, 2013, 5:29 PM
Better than the status quo. When you have no help from your parent company (the Feds), you need to come up with workable solutions. Now if the City could hand over the Metcalfe stump, that would be a great, cheap help towards the museums goal. I'm sure they could easily rework the traffic configurations.

What is the "Metcalfe stump"? :shrug:

J.OT13
Sep 17, 2013, 5:33 PM
Here is the proposal. The "Metcalfe Stump" is the part of Metcalfe Street going through the East Lawn of the Museum. So we sort of have 3 Metcalfe Streets; the main one from Parliament Hill to the Museum's front door, the "Metcalfe Stump" going through the lawn and the one between Argyle and Isabella.

http://nature.ca/sites/default/files/_images/5-about-us_au-sujet/2012/site-development-plan-2012-02-parking.jpg

gjhall
Sep 17, 2013, 8:57 PM
Here is the proposal. The "Metcalfe Stump" is the part of Metcalfe Street going through the East Lawn of the Museum. So we sort of have 3 Metcalfe Streets; the main one from Parliament Hill to the Museum's front door, the "Metcalfe Stump" going through the lawn and the one between Argyle and Isabella.

http://nature.ca/sites/default/files/_images/5-about-us_au-sujet/2012/site-development-plan-2012-02-parking.jpg

If you lose the stump between McLeod and Argyle, you may as well lose the stump between Catherine and Argyle as well, unless there are accesses off it? Not sure.

kwoldtimer
Sep 17, 2013, 10:45 PM
I suppose the City could entertain that idea IF the feds were willing to pay an adequate price for the land.....

citydwlr
Sep 17, 2013, 10:49 PM
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...
The new plans (http://nature.ca/pdf/parking-landscaping-5-yr-plan.pdf)feature what looks like a significant sculpture ...

I'm hoping the sculpture is like the Chrome T-Rex in Paris:

http://s.imwx.com/dru/2013/07/919fc48f-ae21-4b5a-92f8-177bb8254e71_650x366.jpg
(via weather.com (http://www.weather.com/travel/t-rex-takes-bite-out-paris-photos-20130705))

Whatever happened to the old sculptures on that lawn anyway? Are they still there? I seem to recall there being a few Dinosaurs or wooly mammoth ...

J.OT13
Sep 19, 2013, 2:53 AM
The Argyle/Catherine stump is the access to the Windsor Arms apartment building, possibly used for Beaver Barracks (though not the main garage entrance). It also provides entrances to a few old buildings on the east side, next to the OPS HQ. It is also used to get people from the Queensway to the main street grid of Centretown.

The Harper Feds won't hand over a cent for the stump and the Museum can't afford it. I would propose the City donate it to the museum in the condition that a. it be turned into a park and b. the City does not have to pay a cent to tear up the asphalt and landscape the park (i.e. we donate the stump and invest nothing else in the project).

I'm pretty sure the woolly mammoth sculptures are still there.

kwoldtimer
Sep 19, 2013, 11:56 AM
The Argyle/Catherine stump is the access to the Windsor Arms apartment building, possibly used for Beaver Barracks (though not the main garage entrance). It also provides entrances to a few old buildings on the east side, next to the OPS HQ. It is also used to get people from the Queensway to the main street grid of Centretown.

The Harper Feds won't hand over a cent for the stump and the Museum can't afford it. I would propose the City donate it to the museum in the condition that a. it be turned into a park and b. the City does not have to pay a cent to tear up the asphalt and landscape the park (i.e. we donate the stump and invest nothing else in the project).

I'm pretty sure the woolly mammoth sculptures are still there.

City's choice, of course, but I wouldn't be cooperating with that crowd until there's somebody on the Hill that doesn't treat the place with contempt. For now, I'd say that if they want it they should pay for it. My heart governing my head, perhaps.

Maybe they could negotiate a donation of the stump in return for a National Portrait Gallery. :haha:

J.OT13
Sep 19, 2013, 1:52 PM
City's choice, of course, but I wouldn't be cooperating with that crowd until there's somebody on the Hill that doesn't treat the place with contempt. For now, I'd say that if they want it they should pay for it. My heart governing my head, perhaps.

Maybe they could negotiate a donation of the stump in return for a National Portrait Gallery. :haha:

A trade with the Feds is a good proposal.

I too don't like the idea of "donating" to the Feds or NCC, but the Museum is sort of it's own entity and have been neglected as badly as we have by the government of the day. I know they have recently completed a uber expensive reno and expansion, but that was kick started by the Liberals (2004) and was in too deep by the time Harper came in, therefore cancellation (or move to the West) was not an option.

Urbanarchit
Feb 5, 2014, 5:48 AM
While on the #14 bus going to a doctor's appointment that turns out was scheduled for 2 weeks later, I noticed that they had replaced the whale in the VMMB's "lantern" with a giant jellyfish. I guess they have an exhibit coming up about jellyfish and other animals/ sea creatures in the dark.

It's quite fitting that they put a jellyfish in the lantern. ;)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3756/12308265833_10ac971875_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheldef/12308265833/)
Jellyfish lantern (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheldef/12308265833/) by Shel DeF (http://www.flickr.com/sheldef) on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5515/12307764975_49564411b7_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheldef/12307764975/)
Jellyfish lantern (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheldef/12307764975/) by Shel DeF (http://www.flickr.com/sheldef) on Flickr

I also noticed, when I sat down on a bench beside the museum to eat some macarons, that there was a used bubblegum disposal box beside the garbage cans. It's an interesting idea to eliminate gum litter, yet I almost feel it would be better to just ask people to put it in the garbage. Not unless they intend to recycle them... I looked inside and noticed that it was empty. This program may not be so successful.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7309/12308250353_01c3ed9092_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheldef/12308250353/)
Envyro Bubble (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheldef/12308250353/) by Shel DeF (http://www.flickr.com/sheldef) on Flickr

J.OT13
Feb 5, 2014, 4:38 PM
Giant Jelly Fish is awesome! Nice to see some change once in a while.

Bubble gum disposal thing seems kind of pointless. I guess the bright colours are suppose to attract kids or something?

McKellarDweller
Feb 5, 2014, 4:39 PM
Nice photos ^ :tup:

rocketphish
Feb 5, 2014, 6:30 PM
I also noticed, when I sat down on a bench beside the museum to eat some macarons, that there was a used bubblegum disposal box beside the garbage cans. It's an interesting idea to eliminate gum litter, yet I almost feel it would be better to just ask people to put it in the garbage. Not unless they intend to recycle them... I looked inside and noticed that it was empty. This program may not be so successful.


Interesting... So why not just put it in the garbage? Do they collect and recycle the used gum into something else? (eww)

teej1984
Feb 5, 2014, 6:42 PM
Whoa, jelly fish FTW! It looks like it may be topped by LED lights?? I wonder if it lights up at night!

Urbanarchit
Feb 5, 2014, 9:00 PM
Whoa, jelly fish FTW! It looks like it may be topped by LED lights?? I wonder if it lights up at night!

Southfacing/ Chuck Clark (http://www.flickr.com/southfacing) took a nighttime shot (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/12296122095/). I think they shine lights on it?

J.OT13
Feb 7, 2014, 2:13 AM
Whoa, jelly fish FTW! It looks like it may be topped by LED lights?? I wonder if it lights up at night!

I saw it tonight. I think they have LEDs on its underside. Looks awesome!

citydwlr
Nov 10, 2015, 5:57 PM
New "Iceburg" sculpture on the premises:

http://i.cbc.ca/1.3303635.1446653930!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/lishman-icebert-nature-museum-ottawa-canada.jpg

* Photo courtesy of the following CBC article:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bill-lishman-iceberg-sculpture-1.3303631