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The Royal Saskatchewan Museum was established in 1906. Its collections and research explore Saskatchewan’s natural history and Indigenous cultural heritage, with museum sites in Regina and Eastend.
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The Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montréal was founded by Phyllis Lambert in 1979. A research institution and museum, it uses exhibitions, publications, collections and public programs to explore architecture as a public concern.
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Pointe-à-Callière opened to the public on May 17, 1992, during Montréal’s 350th-anniversary celebrations. The museum complex interprets the city’s archaeology and history.
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Exporail, the Canadian Railway Museum in Saint-Constant, Quebec, was founded in 1961 by the Canadian Railroad Historical Association and opened to the public in 1965 with 25 trams, 20 steam locomotives and 5 passenger cars. In 2007 the House of Commons recognized it as the National Railway Museum.
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The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic interprets Nova Scotia’s maritime history on the Halifax waterfront. In 1982 it was established at its waterfront site, which includes the historic Robertson & Son ship chandlery.
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The Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton opened on December 6, 1967, as the Provincial Museum and Archives of Alberta, a partnership between the federal Confederation Memorial Centennial Program and the Government of Alberta.
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The Ontario Science Centre officially opened in Toronto on September 26, 1969. Architect Raymond Moriyama was commissioned in 1964 to design the centre as an Ontario project marking Canada’s Centennial.
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The Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village commemorates the Ukrainian settlement of east central Alberta. A society founded in 1971 began it, the Province of Alberta acquired the site in 1975, and more than 40 buildings have been moved there and restored to their early 20th-century appearance.
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The McCord Stewart Museum in Montréal, a museum of life in Montréal, first opened its doors as the McCord National Museum on October 13, 1921.
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The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax traces its history to 1908. It took its present name under the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Act in 1975.
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The Gardiner Museum in Toronto was opened in 1984 by George and Helen Gardiner to house their collection of ancient American artifacts and European pottery and porcelain.
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The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal was founded by the Quebec government in 1964 and opened to the public in March 1965. It collects, preserves and presents contemporary art from Quebec and beyond.
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The Montreal Holocaust Museum traces its history to the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, founded in 1976. The centre opened to the public on September 9, 1979, with Holocaust survivors participating in its inauguration.
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The Winnipeg Art Gallery opened in 1912. In 2021 it expanded with Qaumajuq, an Inuit art centre, bringing a dedicated space for Inuit art into its Winnipeg cultural campus.
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Glenbow in Calgary was founded in 1966 as an independent, non-profit museum, archive and gallery. Its collections preserve art, objects and belongings from Alberta and beyond.
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McGill University’s Redpath Museum in Montréal opened in 1882 to preserve and display the natural history collections of Sir William Dawson.
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The Aga Khan Museum was founded in Toronto in 2014. Through collections including manuscripts, paintings, ceramics and textiles, it explores Muslim cultures and their connections with other cultures.
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The Bata Shoe Museum opened on May 6, 1995, on Bloor Street West in Toronto. Its building was designed by Moriyama and Teshima Architects, and its collections trace footwear history across cultures and periods.
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The Canadian War Museum is Canada’s national museum of military history. It traces its origins to 1880, when it was mainly a collection of militia artifacts, and opened in its present building on LeBreton Flats in Ottawa on May 8, 2005.
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The Canadian Museum of Nature is Canada’s national natural history museum. Its castle-like public building in Ottawa opened in 1912 and is a national historic site.
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Casa Loma in Toronto was built as the home of financier Sir Henry Pellatt. In 1911, Pellatt worked with Canadian architect E.J. Lennox on plans for the castle-like residence, which took three years to build.
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The Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau explores the histories and cultures of what is now Canada. Its institutional roots date to 1856, and it stands on the traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabeg.
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Founded in 1860, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts collects and presents art from different cultures and periods. Its collections include Quebec and Canadian heritage, Indigenous art and international art.
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M.G. Vassanji was appointed Member of the Order of Canada in 2004. The appointment recognizes a writer who moved from nuclear physics into a literary career.
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