The exhibit “I, Augustinian: Woman of Action, Sister of Faith,” celebrating the contributions of the Augustine religious community to Quebec’s health care system, runs to March 20, 2011, at the Musée de l’Amérique française (2, cote de la Fabrique, Québec City, Québec, G1R 3V6 Canada; 866/710-8031 or 418/692-2843, www.mcq.org/index_en.html).

Over 370 years, the order has founded and managed 12 monastery-hospitals. Their history and ongoing work is shown through multimedia displays and...

The China-Tibet Mountaineering Association, which issues permits to climbers who want to scale Mt. Everest from the north (Tibetan) side, announced new age restrictions in June. Climbers must be between 18 and 60 years of age. The CTMA says it may consider climbers outside this range if sufficient proof of good health is provided.

Nepal, which issues permits for attempts from the South Face, has a lower age limit of 16 but no upper limit.

The new rule may be partly in response...

In Chatham Marine, Kent, England, the indoor visitor complex Dickens World (phone 016 34 890 421, www.dickensworld.co.uk) shows Charles Dickens’ England, with streets, courtyards, dockside, shops, a school room and a themed restaurant. One of Europe’s largest themed dark boat rides transports visitors from (in a re-creation) the depths of London’s sewers through streets, courtyards, markets and shops and on a “flight” across the rooftops.

A 250-seat “theater” provides an animatronic...