Other cool exhibits happening at Ottawa's museums

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While everybody’s distracted by the sex exhibit at the Museum of Science and Tech , several other museums have some great exhibits and events happening:

 * 
At the Museum of Civilization,
[
 _
  MAYA: Secrets of their Ancient World
 _
](http://www.civilization.ca/maya/)
opens on Friday and runs until October 28. Maybe you can find out the truth about the whole "the world ends in 2012" thing.





 







 * 
The
[
 Museum of Nature
](http://nature.ca/en/home)
is offering free admission on Friday, May 18 as part of International Museums Day.  (Some special exhibits and the IMAX shows still have admission.)





 







 * 
At the Diefenbunker, they're displaying
[
 "unique and rarely seen Cold War artifacts"
](http://diefenbunker.ca/pages/upcoming_events/International-Museum-Day-May-18.shtml)
on Friday, May 18.





 







 * 
The Bytown Museum has several interesting exhibits on right now, including
[
 The Urban Forest
](http://www.bytownmuseum.com/en/exhibits.html)
(until September 30), and
[
 Capital Neighbourhoods
](http://capitalneighbourhoods.ca/english/index.aspx)
, an interactive virtual exhibit that you can explore online.





 







 * 
On May 19 at the Aviation Museum there's a special show called
[
 _
  Sky-high Magic
 _
](http://aviation.technomuses.ca/visit_us/at_the_museum/events/sky_high_magic/index.php)
featuring Ottawa illusionist Chris Pilsworth.





 







 * 
The Agriculture Museum has a
[
 Sheep Shearing Festival
](http://ottawastart.com/story/13804.php)
on from May 21-23.  Proving once again that there is a festival for EVERYTHING in Ottawa.





 







 * 
The Currency Museum hosts
[
 _
  ComODDITY - We Used WHAT for Money?
 _
](http://ottawastart.com/story/16808.php)
featuring strange and wonderful things people have used for money in human history.  May 19-21.





 







 * 
[
 _
  Van Gogh: Up Close
 _
](http://www.gallery.ca/vangogh/)
opens at the National Gallery on May 25 and runs until September 3.





 







 * 
The Goulbourn Museum is launching an 1812 colouring contest, but you
[
 have to be a member
](http://goulbournmuseum.ca/museum/images/KitsClubRegistrationForm.jpg)
.

** You can find links to all of these museums (and others) on our Ottawa Museums Guide . **

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