Bank of Canada Museum to showcase life of Viola Desmond

A new temporary exhibition opening today at the Bank of Canada Museum shows off the country's new vertically-oriented $10billand the woman who appears on it.

A Noteworthy Womanfeatures rare artifacts from the life of Viola Desmond, the Nova Scotia woman whorefused to give up her seat in the whites-only section of a movie theatrein 1946.

She was dragged out of the theatre, fined $26 and spent a night in jail.

Among the items on display isface powder from the her line of cosmetics and a notebook she used to keep track of beauty product recipes and prices.

It also showcases the posthumously-awarded pardon that Desmond, who died in 1965, was awarded in 2010.

The exhibition runs until next May.

Visitors will be able to exchange their old $10 bills for thevertical banknotes on Saturday and Sunday.

The notes officially entered circulation earlier this month.