Museum moving right(s) along

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By: Kevin Rollason

Posted: 07/30/2014 1:00 AM | Comments: | Last Modified: 7:05 AM | Updates

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Landscape expert Bob Somers crouches in tall grass around the human rights museum. The intent is to get 'as close to a tall grass prairie here as one can,' he says. s Photo Store

Inside the Canadian Museum for Human Rights there are still construction workers working away while outside it looks like weeds are taking over.

But spokespeople for the CMHR say they're not worried because everything is on schedule for the inside and what's outside is supposed to look that way -- for now.

With just under two months left until opening day on Sept. 20, Corey Timpson, the museum's director of exhibits and new media, said workers are no longer constructing the building, but are busy installing the wiring and other infrastructure to be able to run video machines and screens that will enhance the experience of visitors.

Timpson said most of the exhibits have already been constructed elsewhere and just have to be set up inside the museum.

"There's a 60,000-square-foot facility in Toronto and until three months ago it was still full of our stuff and we have 47,000 square feet of exhibit space," he said.

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Museum moving right(s) along