Black Powder: The Mechanics & Limits of Early Firepower
September - December 2012
Level 2 Vitrines
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Black powder firearms dominated warfare from the mid 1400s to the 1880s; four crucial centuries when modern nation-states emerged from near continuous conflict. Yet this technology had major shortcomings – slowness, inaccuracy, unreliability and no potential for serious improvement. This exhibition explores black powder technology – how it worked and what was done when it didn’t.
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Natural Legacies - Joseph Banks: Launching Botanical Studies in Newfoundland and Labrador
May 11 - Ongoing
Level 3
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Joseph Banks was one of the first Europeans to visit our province with the sole purpose of collecting and classifying its flora and fauna. During his 1766 voyage he amassed a collection of specimens and notes that continue to shape scientific thought and efforts today. The exhibition features an exact replica of his voyage diary and some of the plant specimens that he collected. Also featured are modern provincial projects that illustrate some of the significant ways that botany has changed since Banks's day.
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Working on History - Watching Our Stories Unfold
Ongoing
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Connections: This Place and Its Early Peoples
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Birds, Birds, Birds!
Level 3
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Guillemots, gyrfalcons and several kinds of gulls . . . did you know that there are over 30 species of birds in The Rooms Provincial Museum’s Permanent Gallery. It’s a perfect place for budding birders to practice their identification skills and learn all about the birds that call Newfoundland and Labrador home.
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A Tour de Fort
Level 2
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Stroll the grounds of Fort Townshend where British soldiers marched and police paraded. Inside, interpretive panels tell the story of this 18th century symbol of England’s domination over the international fishery and the proud history of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary who have made the site their home since 1870.
Talamh an Éisc: The Fishing Ground
Ongoing
Level 2
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Find out why so many people from Trepassey to Tilting describe themselves as Irish Newfoundlanders. This exhibition introduces you to the Irish who have been here since the late 1600s while exploring the communities they built and celebrating the contributions they made to life here in Newfoundland.
A project of the governments of Newfoundland and Labrador and Ireland, with generous support from Tom and Susan Foran.
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RMS Titanic: Relics of Disaster
April 12 – September 30, 2012 Level 3
This small exhibit explores Newfoundland’s connections with the disastrous 1912 sinking through related artifacts, documents and images from the Rooms’ collections. From distress messages received at Cape Race, to items recovered at sea in the search for bodies, these relics tell their own story of the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history.
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