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Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography - closed in 2006, collections now at the National Gallery of Canada Canadian Postal Museum - closed in 2012 Canadian Ski Museum - moved to Mont Tremblant, Quebec 2013
Opera Lyra Ottawa is a registered charity, governed by a volunteer Board of Directors with an Advisory Council and an Executive Committee. Its Patron is Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada. [15] According to the company, approximately 40% of the cost for presenting a mainstage opera is covered by ticket sales.
New York City March 16–17 Trudeau travelled to New York City to visit the UN Headquarters. Trudeau announced Canada's bid to take a seat in the UN Security Council for a two-year term beginning in 2021. [9] 7 United States: Washington, D.C. March 30 – April 1 Trudeau travelled to Washington, D.C. to attend the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit.
One of Canada's most extensive performing arts facilities, the National Arts Centre displays ballets, orchestras, theatre and musical performances. At 107,600 m 2 (1,158,000 sq ft), the NAC works with thousands of artists, both emerging and established, from across Canada and around the world and collaborates with dozens of other arts ...
Ottawa [a] is the capital city of Canada.It is located in the southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the meeting of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River.Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). [13]
The 1939 royal tour was a cross-Canada royal tour by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Although there had been many invitations since 1858 for the reigning monarch to tour Canada, [108] George was the first to do so. (In 1926, Queen Marie of Romania also visited the country. [109]) The tour helped unify the nation by providing a shared ...
The Canadian Tulip Festival (French: Festival Canadien des Tulipes; Dutch: Canadees Festival van de Tulp) is a tulip festival held annually each May in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The festival claims to be the world's largest tulip festival, displaying over one million tulips , [ 1 ] with attendance of over 650,000 visitors annually. [ 2 ]
Doors Open Ottawa is an annual event held in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that gives the public access to many of the city's unique and historically significant buildings. Among the buildings included are government offices, [ 1 ] museums, [ 2 ] radio stations, [ 3 ] places of worship, [ 4 ] embassies, [ 5 ] and historical landmarks. [ 6 ]