I promised... I promised... so, my last post.
1. Comparing ROM's dinosaur exhibit -- which took out a tired diorama and made it into a modernist space with many, many more artifacts and descriptive panels (mostly touch screen with added detail) -- to the Royal Tyrell -- a museum made
specifically to highlight the ongoing explorations and discoveries of dinosaur bones around Drumheller, using
real ferns, etc. to create a diorama effect much better then the ROM's old one, is apples to oranges.
2. Been to MOMA. It's a good addition to a museum where they hang stuff on the walls. Again, nothing to do with what the Crystal adds/is/does.
3. Yeah, I can Google old reviews, too:
http://www.citytv.com/toronto/cityn...-chin-crystal-as-one-of-world-s-7-new-wonders . Apparently, some people thought it was the best thing ever, even at the opening. But, to answer the WaPo critic's concern, the ROM has built transparent cases for all of its artifacts, both in the Crystal and in the rest of the museum. It's really easy to walk around most of the new exhibits, see stuff from all sides, etc. And -- oh, by the way -- which is it you don't like? The fact you can't put 'art' on the walls? (Kind of weird, seeing we're talking about dinosaur bones.) Or you can't get perspective (go outside on the street and see the cool view from there.)
Finally -- you insulted me by saying I was a 'sophisto'. Then you insulted me by saying I'm a Toronto hick that never gets out of town. I'm starting to think you've never been to the Tyrell or MOMA yourself. (I can't say much about Boston as I haven't been in years.) Given that it's a couple of hours outside Calgary and a little underwhelming once you get there, I was a little disappointed by the Tyrell. Given that it's a nice but not particularly special museum (the collection is excellent), MOMA isn't even in my top three museums on Manhattan, much less the planet. My favourite ROM-style museum is the British. My favourite MOMA-style museum ('art on walls') is Musee d'Orsay. My favourite museum in Toronto, for many and varied reasons, but particularly the great new collections in its new expanded space, is the ROM.
I'll stop now, except to say that, IMHO, you post like you're a bit of a dick. (Yes, I feel better now, thank you for asking.)