I decided to make my way to the ROM for the 'Kick-Off' of Doors Open Toronto. I wanted to get to know the city a little more, especially the architecture. My boyfriend is studying architecture and I thought it would be fun to see what it's all about.
I learned a lot about the ROM. Like for example, the mosaic which you see on the roof when you're in the old entrance way is made of Venetian glass. ooo. Fancy eh? However, everything else in that atrium is made of limestone from Ontario. It was built during the depression meaning that the museum needed to use Canadian materials as well as employ as many people as they could. Interesting eh?
Inside the museum there's a gallery called "Canada" and it houses all sorts of Canadian artifacts and paintings, etc. Here's some cool things I saw:
Here's a photo of the where the initial entrance to the ROM was, and it was also the first part of the ROM that was built. Beside it you can see the new addition. Strange contrast eh?
Along side the museum there's also something called the "Philosopher's Walk". It's sandwiched between the ROM and the Royal Conservatory of Music. It's quite pretty :)
And here's the Royal Conservatory
So that was my adventure to the ROM yesterday. I also saw an exhibit by Dan Perjovschi, a political cartoonist, but I'm going to make a separate blog for that. It was very very interesting. I enjoyed it even though some people may have been confused by it, I thought it was all quite clever.
Till next time!
Keep Smilin,
Monica
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