http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:52:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/7ffa871a61f09217d5d3d6d4ed62e9cd?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/imagine-a-world-without-seafood/ http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/imagine-a-world-without-seafood/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:57:26 +0000 Sarah McPherson http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/?p=1793 Continue reading →]]> http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/imagine-a-world-without-seafood/feed/ 0 sarahmcphersoncmn An image from The End of the Line. Several people sit around a table, talking. Fish-farm infrastructure in a river. Several people sit around a table, talking. http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/tu-honongas-journey/ http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/tu-honongas-journey/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:55:45 +0000 Jennifer Lee Mason http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/?p=1750 Continue reading →]]> http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/tu-honongas-journey/feed/ 7 jenniferleemason A man blows into the end of a spiral shell. View of the vestibule, full of scaffolding, people and whale skull. The large end of the skull fills the doorway. The whale skull being lifted to the fourth floor. View from the atrium floor to the fourth floor, including a large crate waiting to be lifted. The whale skull reaches the level of the fourth floor. http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/a-whale-of-a-time/ http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/a-whale-of-a-time/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:00:35 +0000 Jonathan Ferrabee http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/?p=1725 Continue reading →]]> http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/a-whale-of-a-time/feed/ 1 jonathanferrabee Two sperm-whale (Physeter catodon) skeletons in Whales Tohorā. Detail of the mosaic on the floor of the atrium. View from the top (fourth) floor, overlooking the atrium. The atrium ceiling, showing the beams. http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/diorama-artist-clarence-tillenius/ http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/diorama-artist-clarence-tillenius/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:30:26 +0000 Luci Cipera http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/?p=1689 Continue reading →]]> http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/diorama-artist-clarence-tillenius/feed/ 1 lucicipera Clarence Tillenius in front of a mounted thinhorn-sheep (Ovis dalli) specimen. Clarence Tillenius standing on a ladder and painting. Archive #CMN J 8468 8. Clarence Tillenius crouches beside a mounted bison (Bison bison) specimen in the bison diorama in 1960. The moose (Alces americanus) diorama in the museum's Mammal Gallery. http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/our-science-was-state-of-the-art-in-the-1700s/ http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/our-science-was-state-of-the-art-in-the-1700s/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:08:25 +0000 Paul Sokoloff http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/?p=1654 Continue reading →]]> http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/our-science-was-state-of-the-art-in-the-1700s/feed/ 0 pressing-pedicularis-capitata paulsokoloff pressing-pedicularis-capitata p1050480 p1050474 pedicularis-capitata-can595619 p1050483 http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/do-iwi-taonga-and-motu-mean-anything-to-you/ http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/do-iwi-taonga-and-motu-mean-anything-to-you/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:32:30 +0000 Caroline Lanthier http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/?p=1621 Continue reading →]]> http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/do-iwi-taonga-and-motu-mean-anything-to-you/feed/ 0 wtohora_image-16 carolinelanthier wtohora_image-16 wtohora_image-26 baleines_panneaux-avant_apres http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/state-of-blitz/ http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/state-of-blitz/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:43:25 +0000 Jennifer Lee Mason http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/?p=1596 Continue reading →]]> http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/state-of-blitz/feed/ 0 jenniferleemason 20110110blitz-lc04 20110110blitz-mk08 20110110blitz-ss05 20110113_mc-ck02 http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/papers-please-rare-specimens-cross-the-border-for-whales-tohora/ http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/papers-please-rare-specimens-cross-the-border-for-whales-tohora/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:01:27 +0000 Jonathan Ferrabee http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/?p=1587 Continue reading →]]> http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/papers-please-rare-specimens-cross-the-border-for-whales-tohora/feed/ 0 jonathanferrabee Two articulated sperm whale skeletons (Physeter macrocephalus) in the exhibition Whales Tohorā. A Tasmanian wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus) in its case. A male proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) in its case. http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/renewable-energy-the-debate/ http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/renewable-energy-the-debate/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:02:28 +0000 Sarah McPherson http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/?p=1564 Continue reading →]]> http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/renewable-energy-the-debate/feed/ 0 sarahmcphersoncmn David Chernushenko and Matthew Bramley sitting at a table. An image from the movie Powerful: Energy for Everyone, showing a field of wind turbines. People sitting around a table. http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/expanding-my-horizons-awesome-arctic-part-two/ http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/expanding-my-horizons-awesome-arctic-part-two/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:22:46 +0000 Roger Bull http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/?p=1550 Continue reading →]]> http://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/expanding-my-horizons-awesome-arctic-part-two/feed/ 4 rogerbullcmn Roger Bull stands at a table covered with photographs, papers and a laptop. Roger Bull sticks a photo to a wall that has other photos on it. Mounted images for the exhibition lie on the floor by the wall on which they will hang. Two men check the level and spacing of mounted images that they are hanging. In the midst of the Awesome Arctic exhibition, Roger Bull sits on a camp chair before a tent, some rocks and plant presses.