Redpath Museum — Attraction in Montreal

I am a frequent visitor to this museum and support this museum to the fullest (until recently). The museum itself is an excellent, amazing experience.

However I have witnessed unruly behaviour with faculty harrassing members of the public. In fact acting territorial on more than one occasion (it's almost expected upon each visit). This past week my fiancé and I witnessed a public outburst by a professor (Dr. Anthony Ricciardi) towards a young family, with children that were visiting (This was my breaking point after witnessing this event.) Unfortunately they were chastised because their two year old child was just being two. The professor started yelling that "this isn't a daycare centre" and slammed his door (imagine, a building over 100 years old, very delicate with precious artifacts and someone who is upset by a two year old for talking loudly, and slamming their lab door)

My fiancé and I comforted the shaken family. That behaviour was uncomfortable for many visitors, students and other faculty members.

This has been an ongoing issue, and rules need to be set in place on proper etiquette in dealing with the general public. Perhaps, even if the faculty are bothered by visitors then this building should not be open to the public. Another option would be providing appropriate training for faculty members in dealing with the general public.

Personally, my generous donations have been...

This museum has 3 floors: The first is a simple, small place with skulls from large mammals. Washrooms downstairs.

The second floor is ocean and rocks, prehistoric, and Canadian animals. When you arrive on this floor, immediately are lots of beautiful seashells and rocks. It is magnificently presented. I can look at each conch shell and fall in love. And that's not even the best part. You turn right and enter the main room of prehistoric animals. OMG this is a breath-taking, beautiful view of the museum!! Then, the back (near the windows) are lots of information about animals we actually know. Around the walls are actual scientists working!

The third floor contains many, many display windows of history from around the world. The history for each artifact is very brief, but still interesting.

If you visit a lot of museums yourself, nothing is new here. Still it is a beautiful museum. It is also free! It is peaceful and empty during...

Free entry with optional donation.

Nature, shells, stones, crystals and minerals, animals, mummies, dinosaurs, fossils, Egyptian art. A brief history of our existence: Writing, la monnaie, sculpture, race

Makes us wonder how much weve accomplished as i delve into our past, without the appearance of tech and AI yet. Whats next for us in the future? Im always amazed at how our past gets imprinted and immortalized in a museum. reflecting and walking by these displays always puts us in a trance. How we condense all our existence to mere displays and the knowledge we can learn in short years as we keep on evolving.

Betel and kava. Clothing, fashion, pottery, music, sound, trees, plants. All of these are inventions created of discovered throughout our history. Makes us realize how infinitely small we are. Perhaps just an atom sized particle in the universe.

Glad to have finally popped by...