{"id":1744,"date":"2008-11-23T05:42:15","date_gmt":"2008-11-23T10:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/11\/23\/photo-du-jour-redpath-albertasaurus\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:33:24","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:33:24","slug":"photo-du-jour-redpath-albertasaurus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/11\/23\/photo-du-jour-redpath-albertasaurus\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo du Jour &#8211; Redpath Albertasaurus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24923563@N02\/3051567590\/\" title=\"Redpath Museum by alanah.montreal, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3294\/3051567590_3a7452ac52.jpg\" alt=\"Redpath Museum\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the weather getting colder and miserable-er, I&#8217;ve been seeking more indoor adventures around town. The Redpath Museum at McGill University is cozy and curious, and its natural history exhibits are free to the public. This albertasaurus skeleton dominates the main exhibition hall, and they also recently acquired a triceratops (which was not yet on display when I visited in early November). The second floor features an Egyptian Mummy which has been MRI-ed.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1882, the Redpath was the first building constructed to house a museum collection in Canada. It originally housed Sir William Dawson&#8217;s mineral collection, which has since been greatly expanded upon (Dawson was <strike>president<\/strike> principal of McGill University at that time, and also lent his name to Dawson College.) More on the building&#8217;s history and architecture <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/redpath\/about\/history\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check the <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/redpath\/visiting\/\">museum website<\/a> for their opening hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the weather getting colder and miserable-er, I&#8217;ve been seeking more indoor adventures around town. The Redpath Museum at McGill University is cozy and curious, and its natural history exhibits are free to the public. 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