Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A Visitors Centre was constructed in 2005 with Wins Bridgman as its architect. The Museum and Visitors' Centre are currently operated by the Friends of Dalnavert. It was temporarily closed in November 2013, [4] but was reopened in May 2015 [5] [6] thanks to extensive community support and campaigning by the Friends of Dalnavert. It is now a ...
This is a list of National Historic Sites (French: Lieux historiques nationaux) in Montreal, Quebec and surrounding municipalities on the Island of Montreal.. As of 2018, there are 61 National Historic Sites in this region, [1] of which four (Lachine Canal, Louis-Joseph Papineau, Sir George-Étienne Cartier and The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site) are administered by Parks Canada ...
Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin, closed in 2007, [2] collection now at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Musee historique canadien, 1935-1989, wax museum about Canadian history, [3] Musée Grévin Montreal, wax museum, closed in 2021; Sisters of Saint Anne Historic Centre, closed in 2014; Montreal Fashion Museum, closed in 2018, collection now at ...
In addition, visitors have the opportunity to view film clips and hear songs and stories. The top two floors are devoted to temporary exhibitions with changing content. The collection of the Centre d'histoire de Montreal is composed of more than 4,000 artifacts, dating mainly from the twentieth century.
The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA; French: Centre Canadien d'Architecture) is a museum of architecture and research centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.It is located at 1920, rue Baile (1920, Baile Street), between rue Fort (Fort Street) and rue Saint-Marc (Saint-Marc Street) in what was once part of the Golden Square Mile.
Dalnavert (Scottish Gaelic Dail nam Feart) is a small rural hamlet, that lies 4 miles northeast of Insh, and 8 miles northeast of Kingussie, in the strath of the River Spey, in the west Cairngorms National Park, in Badenoch and Strathspey, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
It is now a Parks Canada museum dedicated to the history of this strategic location as a departure and arrival point for fur trading expeditions. The site is separate from Lachine Canal National Historic Site, with which it is inextricably connected. Montreal was the start of nearly all westward canoe routes. See Canadian canoe routes (early ...
The McCord Stewart Museum, formerly known as the McCord Museum of Canadian History, is a public research and teaching museum.The Museum’s Archives, Documentary Art, Dress, Fashion and Textiles, Indigenous Cultures, Material Culture and Photography collections, containing 2.5 million images, objects, documents and works of art, position it as the custodian of a remarkable historical heritage.