Great Canadian Museums and Art Galleries Thread

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Dartguard

Where are the Aviation Museum Images?

Too out of Downtown?

It's arguably more downtown than Science and Tech.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada...d_Space_Museum




https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/a...ada/index.html

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by phone

Except that the Remai predates that iteration of the VAG

[davidivivid]

Construction of a new wing of the MNBAQ dedicated to Riopelle has recently begun. It will replace the old glass-roofed atrium, which had lost its main function since the opening of the Lassonde pavilion in 2016.


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https://www.quebecurbain.qc.ca/2024/...t-des-travaux/






https://iwan.com/portfolio/mnbaq-mus...-quebec/#19229

[whatnext]

It’s so telling that in over a year this thread has only made it to three pages. Is Canada the least cultured G7 country?

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by whatnext

It’s so telling that in over a year this thread has only made it to three pages. Is Canada the least cultured G7 country?

We could be.

Could also be that discussion about politics, language, and demographics dominates the board.

Oh and skyscrapers.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

We could be.

Could also be that discussion about politics, language, and demographics dominates the board.

Oh and skyscrapers.

Yet museum buildings tend to be among the more interesting of low rise structures, ie more consideration goes into the design. It would be interesting to poll SSPers to see what their average yearly museum visits add up to.

[J.OT13]

Shoutout to the Ontario Science Centre, designed by fame Canadian Architect Raymond Moriyama, set to close before its namesake TTC station opens.





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Science_Centre

[J.OT13]

Another Raymond Moriyama work, the Canadian War Museum.






https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_War_Museum

Initially established in 1942, it took over the Dominion Archives Building in 1967. The new structure was built under Jean Chrétien and completed in 2005 as the first step to redevelop LeBreton Flats, expropriated in the 1960s (for what was supposed to be the National Defense HQ).


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_War_Museum

[ScreamingViking]

The windows on the "wedge" spell out Lest We Forget in Morse Code (English and French). I just learned that!

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Another Raymond Moriyama work, the Canadian War Museum.

His graduate project in university was a new Civic Centre in Hamilton. Unbuilt. I have a book about "Unbuilt Hamilton" and I wonder if it's in there.

But he did do a little something here too... the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Memorial Pavilion commemorating the 100th anniversary of the regiment's formation.

[ssiguy]

Originally Posted by whatnext

In general Canada seems to underperform in terms of museums.

We certainly don't have many of the great European museums but we do quite well. The VAG is a pathetic joke but Vancouver has never been a cultural mecca. That said, the Museum of Archeology at UBC and the Vancouver Aquarium are both excellent.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by ssiguy

We certainly don't have many of the great European museums but we do quite well. The VAG is a pathetic joke but Vancouver has never been a cultural mecca. That said, the Museum of Archeology at UBC and the Vancouver Aquarium are both excellent.

Are you sure you're in BC? I assume you're referring to The Museum of Anthropology. It's been closed for the past year, and the main display area, the Great Hall, was closed in 2020.

It's just reopened, with the Great Hall now sitting on seismic base isolators installed underneath the museum’s main floor slab, separating the building’s foundation from the structure on top of it, effectively reducing the amount of energy transferred from the ground to the museum itself during an earthquake. As was the trademark of many Arthur Erickson designs, the glazed roof leaked too, but there are new replacement skylights.

You're correct that it's a superb museum with an extraordinarily extensive collection of artefacts which are almost all viewable, thanks to the pull-out drawers underneath the display cases, where the majority of the collection is kept.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Another Raymond Moriyama work, the Canadian War Museum.

Initially established in 1942, it took over the Dominion Archives Building in 1967. The new structure was built under Jean Chrétien and completed in 2005 as the first step to redevelop LeBreton Flats, expropriated in the 1960s (for what was supposed to be the National Defense HQ).


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_War_Museum

It’s interesting how much Moriyama has been in the news lately. Apparently his Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre built in Don Mills (now the Noor Cultural Centre) is also threatened.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real...and-go-public/

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Another Raymond Moriyama work, the Canadian War Museum.






https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_War_Museum

I like it a lot but it does look like the huge Jawa transport vehicle in Star Wars.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by whatnext

It’s so telling that in over a year this thread has only made it to three pages. Is Canada the least cultured G7 country?

Without going too far and calling us a land of rubes, I do think the highlighted is true.

That said, we've always been a bit of an impostor at that table.

[TorontoDrew]

Originally Posted by whatnext

It’s so telling that in over a year this thread has only made it to three pages. Is Canada the least cultured G7 country?

Um no!

source: miro.medium.com

[MonctonRad]

I posted this several months ago in the Proposals thread. I guess it belongs here too.

Initial released renderings for the proposed, approved and already funded NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM in Saint John.

This is a revitalization and expansion of the old NB Museum, located on a bluff overlooking the Kennebecasis Bay just upstream from the Reversing Falls. The old NB Museum had been relegated to a research and artifact storage centre and depository when the exhibition space was relocated to the uptown core of Saint John in Market Square several decades ago. They have decided to relocate back to the original building with this expansion.

[ssiguy]

Originally Posted by Changing City

Are you sure you're in BC? I assume you're referring to The Museum of Anthropology. It's been closed for the past year, and the main display area, the Great Hall, was closed in 2020.

You're correct that it's a superb museum with an extraordinarily extensive collection of artefacts which are almost all viewable, thanks to the pull-out drawers underneath the display cases, where the majority of the collection is kept.

You are quite correct, I was referring to the Museum of Anthropology and not Archeology and I know the former is its name.....a typo. I do know the difference, I have a degree in Anthropology.

[TorontoDrew]

That looks really great. I wonder who thought they should just place an empty wheelchair in the accessible spot? Generally, wheelchairs have people in them. And people who need wheelchairs generally show up in them.

[hipster duck]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Without going too far and calling us a land of rubes, I do think the highlighted is true.

That said, we've always been a bit of an impostor at that table.

Definitely. The other 6 countries have, at one time or another, been imperial powers and all of them had a population bigger than current-day Canada before WW1*.

*Italy had about 35 million people.

[niwell]

Originally Posted by hipster duck

Definitely. The other 6 countries have, at one time or another, been imperial powers and all of them had a population bigger than current-day Canada before WW1*.

*Italy had about 35 million people.

Yeah even if intended as a slight it’s pretty clear to be an accurate statement when looking at the competition!