On Sunday we headed out to UBC to check out the new Beaty Biodiversity Museum. The museum had contacted me late last year, and asked if I would be willing to provide them with some images for their exhibits. I was honoured and thrilled that they would ask me to help. The museum itself is located in the middle of UBC and is built under ground. The biological collections that make up the exhibits of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum were each started by different collectors, some as early as the 1910s. Over the decades, myriad researchers added to the collections, which has now grown to contain over 2 million specimens. The fish collection that my images are a part of is the third largest fish collection in Canada, containing over 800,000 alcohol-stored whole fishes, cleared and stained specimens that reveal internal bony structure, skeletal preparations, and X-ray images. The museum is also home to a fully intact and restored Blue Whale Skeleton, which was constructed here in Victoria. This is a truly magnificent museum and worth spending the time to see.
Scott
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