Saturday, September 4, 2021

Chief Of The Undersea World And A Grand Hall

Departing from seeing the documentary film as noted in yesterday's post, I paused to photograph this view below. A dog sleigh team is mounted above the Museum's box office, legacy of a bygone era of Arctic exploration.


Close by is an item I usually see late in a visit to the Museum. Chief Of The Undersea World is a plaster cast version of the sculpture by Haida artist Bill Reid. This stylized killer whale occupies a portion of this level directly over the Museum's main entrance. 


The escalator down from here gives us a first view of the dramatic Grand Hall, boasting a six story high curving window, featuring totem poles and six Houses of the Pacific Coast. We'll carry on here tomorrow.

25 comments:

  1. I´d never be that brave .. or cold proof. Interesting French is first!
    Impressive architecture, too.

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  2. Interesting exhibits. Rightly named Grand hall.

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  3. So much to see and admire. So much to learn.

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  4. That whale sculpture is beautiful.

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  5. Hello,

    I love the dog sleigh and the sculpture is beautiful.
    Have a great weekend!

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  6. @Iris: those were the days.

    @Nancy: it does fit.

    @Italiafinlandia: indeed.

    @Francisco: thank you.

    @David: definitely.

    @Sharon: that it is.

    @Eileen: thank you.

    @Jan: I agree.

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  7. I think I'd need several days to look at all these beautiful works.

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  8. Interesting when some of these exhibits are on a large scale.

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  9. That sculpture is really magnificent. I like seeing the sled dogs, too.

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  10. @Maywyn: I think so.

    @Tom: very much so.

    @Barbara: it's a big museum.

    @Red: very much so.

    @RedPat: I agree.

    @Jenny: it is.

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  11. People were especially brave to explore the Arctic in the early days. The sculpture by Bill Reid is magnificent. A great museum, you have captured it beautifully.

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  12. The whale sculpture looks beautiful.

    All the best Jan

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  13. Impressive, such a fabulous museum.

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  14. would that be interesting. very cool. ( :

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