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Plant Portraits: Native Plants of Canada

Tea and Tour for Seniors

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Summer Programming - Celebrating the Year of Space

Summer Programming - Celebrating the Year of Space

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Jul 7, 2018 - Sep 3, 2018

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Exploratek Daily Activities

Exploratek Daily Activities

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Aug 20, 2018 - Aug 26, 2018

9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Exhibitions

Plant Portraits: Native Plants of Canada

Plant Portraits: Native Plants of Canada

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Temporary Exhibition

Beyond Planet Earth

Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Temporary Exhibition

THE ART OF THE BRICK

THE ART OF THE BRICK

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Temporary Exhibition

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A modified Douglas DC-6 operated by the Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction. Anon., “Airborne educational TV.” Flying, July 1961, 96.

Aviation & Space

A unique form of high level education, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Welcome back, my reading friend. Are we ready? Not quite? Are you still studying for the test? Too bad, so sad. It’s time to start. Even though trials took place in May 1961, for 500 000 pupils / students, the Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction (MPATI) began to regularly broadcast to schools in September of that year. The televised signal came in loud and clear. One could truly say of this mini network that when its 2 flying television stations was on the air, it was also in it.

A modified Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber used for the 1948-49 Stratovision television broadcasting trials. Anon., “Airborne telecasting proves successful.” Aero Digest, August 1948, 32.

Aviation & Space

A unique form of high level education, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

For my next trick, yours truly shall require your full attention, my reading friend. Your mission, should you accept it, is to make a leap of faith, across the chasm of time and space, from 2018 to 1948. And yes, the photo above shows an airplane. Any thoughts? Have you ever heard of MPATI or Stratovision? No? That’s quite all right, I forgive you. Besides, yours truly had no clue either until he stumbled across the photo above, in the American monthly magazine Aero Digest . Our story began in

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A typical Innocenti Lambretta scooter. Anon. “Advertising – Bentley’s Cycles and Sports Limited.” Le Petit Journal, 10 August 1958, 110.

Innocentis abroad: The beautiful stories of the Lambretta scooters

Rénald Fortier

Good day / buongiorno / bonjour, my reading friend. You may wonder what a scooter lifted off the pages of the 10 August 1958 issue of a Montréal, Québec, weekly, Le Petit Journal , is doing in our blog / bulletin / thingee. I respectfully respond to this observation by pointing out that there is more to life than airplanes. This being said (typed?), the subject that concerns us this week has a small aeronautical element, but enough twaddle, let us move into the heart of the matter. Allied to

Museum of Odd

Social Science & Culture

Welcome to the Museum of Odd

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Gauging by the artifacts—which include Bob Barker’s toothbrush, Elvis’s underwear, and more than 400 sock monkeys—the Museum of Odd is aptly named. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, the museum is the personal home of Randy Walker – who believes that “everyone should collect something.” Read the full article to find out more about this eclectic museum and its owner.

A Duncan & Bayley XP-2 Skyhook tethered unpiloted helicopter. Anon., “Rotary wing world – Captive helicopter for research work”. Aero Digest, August 1948, 70.

Aviation & Space

Now be honest, can you tell me what a Duncan & Bayley XP-2 Skyhook is?

Rénald Fortier

Really, do you know what a Duncan & Bayley XP-2 Skyhook is, off the top of your head, my reading friend? By the way, please accept my apologies for repeating the name of this pilotless aircraft / drone / remotely piloted vehicle / unmanned aerial vehicle. Yours truly just finds it very cool, but I digress. If truth be told, I must say I had never heard of the Skyhook before the photo above came across my path. Would you like to know more about it? No? Well, too bad, so sad. Our story began in

A poster for the movie Mission Mars

Aviation & Space

1968: A cinematographic space oddity: Mission Mars

Rénald Fortier

May I begin this article by wishing you a bright sunshiny day, my reading friend? The year 1968 was a very significant one for cinema enthusiasts the world over, with film classics like Night of the Living Dead , Planet of the Apes , Rosemary’s Baby , Oliver!, Romeo and Juliet , Bullitt , The Odd Couple , The Love Bug , Funny Girl and 2001: A Space Odyssey. A contrarian to the end, yours truly chose to stay away from these monuments of the cinematographic art. The topic of this week’s issue of

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Social Science & Culture

Egypt plans a GEM of a museum

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Construction is well underway for a new museum in Egypt – scheduled to open in 2019. The Grand Egyptian Museum—or GEM—will house 100,000 artifacts,

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