Temporary Exhibits
BEHIND RACISM - CHALLENGING THE WAY WE THINK
Presented October 4, 2024 – January 5, 2025
Explore the mental processes that can help you think and act quickly, and learn how they can lead to dangerous biases, racism and discrimination. Discover how interference, bias, blindspots and other cognitive mental processes can help—or hinder—your ability to understand the world around you.
This thought-provoking exhibition asks visitors to consider what would happen if everyone could better understand the mental processes that lead to inequity.
Together, could we unearth the roots of racism in ourselves, alter our behaviours and effect greater change across our communities and institutions?
The exhibition and its tour are presented by The Canadian Race Relations Foundation with the generous support of the Government of Canada and in partnership with Mosaic Institute, Ontario Science Centre and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
MIGHT AND LIGHT
A history of black powder, from China to America
Presented January 18 – April 27, 2025
This colourful exhibition brings you on a journey through the centuries and to different continents while explaining how black powder has made a shockwave in the history of humanity. Immerse yourself in the world of China’s great emperors, medieval castles, the European revolutions, and the conquest of the Americas. Reacquaint yourself with prominent characters such as Leonardo da Vinci and Joan of Arc and learn about other figures for whom black powder was a significant advent.
This exhibition is a production of the Parc historique de la Poudrière de Windsor, and tour adaptation by the Musée de la nature et des sciences de Sherbrooke. This project was made possible thanks to the contribution of the Government of Canada, the Quebec ministry of Culture and Communications and the town of Windsor.