Behind the Scenes
The Royal Ontario Museum is celebrating their 100th anniversary this year. Today (and tomorrow), they are offering free admission and two behind the scenes tours -- a chance to go into where the collections are stored and cared for and see some of the work. It felt like the behind section was bigger than the front section. In some places they had 10,000's or 100,000's object in the collection. It was interesting to see the way some of the things were stored -- surround by acid free paper, cushioned by foam, flat in drawers, carefully wrapped up or hung from shelves. I didn't click the members link soon enough so all the advanced member tickets were gone and I had to line up in the non-ticket holders line. The line started at the main doors and went along Bloor to University, turned the corner and went to the old main entrance -- or at least that's where I joined it at 9:30. I think it ended up down by the Planetarium before the doors opened...