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| The Canadian
Museum of Contemporary Photography |
Canadian
Museum of Contemporary Photograph is located in
downtown Ottawa, in a reconstructed railway tunnel at 1 Rideau Canal
(between the Rideau Canal and the Chateau Laurier),just east of the
Parliament Buildings. The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
showcases the work of Canada's most dynamic photographers in intimate
galleries, complemented by a terrific boutique. It is Canada's first
photography museum maintaining a permanent collection of more than
150,000 images focusing on Canadian photography as an art form.A theater
and a research center also are available in the museum .
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The National Arts
Centre
The National
Arts Centre (NAC), located at 53 Elgin Street, just steps from Parliament
Hill (main entrance faces the Rideau Canal at the junction of Elgin
and Queen Streets), is North America's most diversified and Canada's
largest performing arts complex. A home to the internationally acclaimed
National Arts Center Orchestra, the Center hosts numerous renowned
artists from the world and stages hundreds of Canadian and international
musical and theatrical performances each year. In addition, it also
offers fine food and free parking for visitors.
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| The National
Gallery of Canada |
 Situated
on 380 Sussex Dr., the National Gallery of Canada is in a dramatically
modern building highlighted by expanses of glass, skylights and interior
courtyards. As a visual arts museum of international stature, the
gallery contains more than 40,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings
and photographs in its permanent collection, including works by Old
Masters, the Impressionists and renowned Canadian artist. The mandate
of the National gallery, as set out in the 1990 Museums Act is: to
develop, maintain and make known, throughout Canada and internationally,
a national collection of works of art, historic and contemporary,
with special
but not exclusive reference to Canada; and to further knowledge, understanding
and enjoyment of art in general among all Canadians. |
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The Currency
Museum
Currency Museum
of the Bank of Canada, situated on 245 Sparks Street in the Bank of
Canada building, has seven galleries of exhibits illustrating the
origin, history and development of Canadian currency dating back to
wampum (a form of money used by the aboriginal people) and beaver
pelts(a brass token equivalent to a skin of an adult male beaver which
was used as late as 1910) and is currently the sole museum in the
world housing the most complete collection of Canadian bank notes,
coins and tokens. In the Currency Museum of the Bank of Canada, visitors
are provided with the opportunities both to experience the highlights
of the surprising range of articles from sea shells to Spanish dollars
used for exchange, to get access to the explanations of the evolution
of a standardized and distinctive currency in this country and to
learn about how bank notes are designed and printed today as well.
The artifacts and maps in the museum also describe the currencies
of the early Chinese dynasties, ancient Greek civilization, the Roman
and Byzantine empires, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and North
America at the time of its settlemen. |
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The Canadian
Postal Museum
Canadian Postal
Museum, located within the Canadian Museum of Civilization, was founded
in 1971 and opened in 1974.After that, it joined the Canadian Museum
of civilization in 1988. In 1996, the name changed to Canadian Postal
Museum (CPM). The Canadian Postal Museum operates a complete museum
programme and acts as a repository to hold objects in trust for the
Canadian public. Its mission is to preserve and interpret the material
heritage of postal communication within the context of global and
societal communications, especially, but not exclusively, in Canada.
The Canadian Postal Museum is the only museum in Canada dedicated
to preserving the heritage of Canadian postal communication and objects
representative of the international postal heritage. The collection
covers ancient and modern history, science and technology, philately,
fine art, architecture, folk art, and the decorative arts. The Museum
also houses changing exhibits on varying postal themes. |
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| The National
Museum of Science and Technology |
Situated
2.6 south of the Queensway at 1867 St. Laurent  Boulevard
(corner of Lancaster), 10 minutes east of downtown, the National Museum
of Science and Technology, as a museum devoted to the history, principles
and applications of science and technology, takes a "hands-on" approach
to exploring how man has transformed the natural elements of his world
into a new world of mechanics,
transportation, and technological advances and offers "hands-on" experiences
highlighting how research and inventions have changed the way we view
the world and have transformed just about every facet of life -- from
the way we cook to the ways we communicate. Here everything is open
to visitors including locomotives, vintage cars, cycles and motorcycles,
household implements and space equipment, computers. Besides, the
Helen Sawyer Hogg Observatory with a 38cm(15 inch) refracting telescope
is among the featured hands-on exhibits open to visitors on weekday
evenings by appointment, so anyone can have the thrilling experience
of star-gazing on his own. |
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Carmel Art
Gallery
Carmel Gallery,
situated on 196 Bank Street and established in 1979, is a fine art
gallery representing Canadian and international artists such as Alexander
Putov, John Wilkinson, Ted Stackless, Gerald Squires, and Maureen
Chaume. It houses a large collection including original and limited
edition artwork, as well as a selection of prints. It also provides
businesses, corporations and individuals alike with a wide range of
professional art services. |
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