Another day in NYC, another last Toronto post to get through. This time: the Royal Ontario Museum, which is all shiny natural history with rocks, and eskimos, and ancient Romans, and Chinese, and dinosaurs.
Quick, quick, let's go.
PICTURES.
Note: This is post-Mary, pre- post-Elisa times. It's an official thing.
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| The Royal Ontario Museum! Oh hai. |
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| Intersection! |
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| Fancy intersection! |
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| ORGANZZZ. |
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| Giant totem pole in the stairwell going up 3 stories. |
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| Also: Dorna. Excellent. |
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| Venus de - oh no, wait.. |
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| All of the fancy Canadian things. |
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| Painting of downtown Toronto from the island a couple hundred years ago. |
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| Famous Canadian painting. 1812 things I think. Someone dying. All dramatic and things. |
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| Wonderful paintings from a bloke who followed native Indians around. |
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| Gadgetry. |
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| Painting of Niagara Falls in the 1800s. Ooooh. |
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| Realisation: ships were the boys' toys of the 1700. The bigger, the, y'know, better. |
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| More things. |
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| THINGS OVERLOAD. |
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| Main hall. |
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| Chinese things. |
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CHAAARGE!*
*in Chinese. |
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| Pot + Dorna. |
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| Violence against horses: Australia says no. |
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| China's earliest currency. |
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| GEM ROOM! |
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| Also the room of obese rocks. |
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| COPPERRR. |
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| Rose rock or something. Either way, awesome. |
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| Rocks my mother's style. |
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| Want. |
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| Girls' best friend. |
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| Some kind of mineral that's rarer that diamonds - this is the biggest in le world. Stick a chain through that thing, I'll have it. Thanks. |
WHOA. That was some shift in imagery gears just then. We're now in the real life section. WITH REAL ANTS.
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| Dodo bird skeleton! Kind of half forgot they were actually real creatures once. |
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Break station for 5 year olds Dorna. |
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| Bats are absolutely f***ing ugly. Like, really really ugly. Bastards. |
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A distinct lack of emus in the big bird exhibit. Step up your game, Canada.
Edit: When I posted this blog on Twitter I must've mentioned the Ontario Museum, because a few days later I got a reply back saying they'd promise to get on the emu situation. I'll be back to check...
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| IT'S A REAL MUMMY. I wonder what this bloke would've thought if he knew his withered corpse would be put on show for thousands for randoms in thousands of years. |
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| The egyptians also mummified important animals (cats) and pets - it was a v noble thing to do. Here: crocodile, antelope. |
I hope you enjoyed your brief, yet in-depth and insightful and shiny history lesson.
We're nearly up to date again. Extra, extra shiny things soon :D
thank you for penning high-grade content like this one. keep it going and i'm sure your avid readers will stay tuned.
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