War and Nature

The last two days was double duty on museums here in Ottawa - the national War Museum and The Museum of Natural History - condensed into one post for your easier digestion (not really, i just am too lazy to write two separate one). The former, an unusually shaped building (seems to be prerequisite for this kind of museum) had a special exhibition on Propaganda - booklets, posters and postcards from the 1st and 2nd, Spanish Civil and other wars - both for the Allies and the Axis Powers - fascinating stuff indeed. The permanent exhibition was also interesting - particularly the Canadian History stuff - but after going through this, World War 1 and 2 (from a Canadian slant i should add), i was ready to hand back my membership to the human race.

The Natural History Museum was a more inviting prospect (obviously, for a scientist) but, alas, was undergoing refurbishment meaning only half of it was open. Still, the exhibits that i did get to see were very interesting and reminded me of a lot of information from my earlier university days that i thought i had forgotten. When the new stages open, it will be very impressive. I also got round to buying Darwin's 'The Origin of Species' - a seminal text in science. I think i may hide it when i get back to Charleston though in case the Intelligent-Designists go on a book-burning spree!