royal bc museum
over the past weekend, i went on a girls getaway to victoria, british columbia, canada. while we were there, we went to the royal bc museum in downtown victoria. when entering the museum, we were greeted by john lennon's yellow rolls royce . we all used our student ids to receive a discounted rate on admission. the museum is primarily on the second and third floors with the first floor housing the entrance to the imax, gift shop and cafes. we headed upstairs first and took in the emily carr exhibit, the other emily . i finally got to see some of her work after being thwarted at the vancouver art gallery . i liked seeing the works by emily carr as well as the photographs of her with her family. i did not quite understand why the curators needed to recreate the photographed portraits with paint. we also checked out the pretty typical "natural history" aspect of the museum that contained lots of stuffed birds, ...