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The National Arts Centre opened in 1969

The renewed entrance and façade of the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, photographed in 2019.
The renewed entrance and façade of the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, photographed in 2019. NAC-CNA-2019 · Thelongdarkteatimeofthesoul · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Canada’s National Arts Centre in Ottawa opened on 2 June 1969, two years after the centennial that inspired it. Built to produce and present music, opera, theatre and dance, it was designed to be bilingual, reflecting Canada’s linguistic duality.

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The Centre’s opening and founding mandate, not its current programming or later renovations.

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