“These loans become a focal point for much more than just telling exhibit stories – they help us build communities,” he says. 17 following a three-year closure – now has the expanded facilities to borrow artifacts from international collections. Pantalony says he’s pleased that the renovated museum – which reopened its doors on Nov. It was, however, similar to the type of telescope that was used to confirm the discovery of the rings of Saturn. “How dramatic that would have been!”Īt the same time, he adds it was a difficult telescope to use some historians argue it was more of a showpiece, to illustrate the sheer power of telescopes. “Think of that, in 1665,” muses Pantalony. Made of glass, wood, cardboard, and leather, Divini’s telescope fully extends to a length of 8.8 m, although in its case at the museum it extends to only about 3 m. The Indigenous astronomy section in the museum's Hidden Worlds exhibition was co-curated by Annette S. However, Pantalony emphasizes the importance of recognizing that Canada’s Indigenous Peoples had developed their own extensive knowledge of the stars, which originated even earlier in history. “From that time, in the 1600s, this telescope represents the Western astronomical knowledge that came to Canada, to New France,” explains David Pantalony, Curator of Physical Sciences and Medicine for the museum, adding the telescope was made about 50 years after Galileo first used telescopes. The unexpected backdrop to this ornamented artifact – which is regally displayed in a humidity-controlled, glass case – is an Indigenous star knowledge wall.
Two streams of astronomical thought and practice are represented in a stunning display at the Canada Science and Technology Museum – but visitors will need to act fast in order to see it.Ī telescope made by Eustachio Divini – an extremely fragile and valuable artifact which dates back to 1665 – is on international loan for the next six months, after travelling all the way from the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy to Ottawa.
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