Musem re-opens after months of extensive renovations
Posted Jun 4, 2010 06:02:29 AM.
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After a lengthy shutdown, the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History re-opens to the public today.
The museum was closed for renovations that officials hope will make the facility and its displays more interesting and relevant.
The renovations, which took eight months to complete, included extensive repairs to the outside brickwork and the removal of interior ceilings from the galleries.
Museum operations director Callum Ewing says there will also be ongoing changes to their displays over the next few years.
“[We want] to make sure that the kinds of topics and issues that the museum is talking about and presenting in its exhibits and programs are the kinds of things that are relevant today, and in the future, to Nova Scotians.” said Ewing.
And running June 4 through August 9 will be Little Ray’s Venom Display, put together by Ottawa’s Paul Raymond Goulet.
“It’s a venomous exhibit and it features venomous animals from around the world,” he said. “We also have a few poisonous animals to talk to people about the difference between venom and poison. One of those big misconceptions is that rattlesnakes are poisonous when indeed they’re not, they’re venomous.”
It includes a King Cobra and a Rattlesnake among others.
For today’s re-opening, admission is free.
