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The Canadian Museum of Nature originates from the collecting efforts of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), an organization established in 1842 in Montreal. [4] In 1856 the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada passed an act that enabled the GSC to establish a museum to exhibit items found from its geological and archaeological field trips; with the museum initially established in ...
The National Museums of Canada Corporation (NMC) (French: Société des musées nationaux du Canada) was created in 1967.It included the National Gallery of Canada Corporation, the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, the Canadian Museum of Nature Corporation, and the National Museum of Science and Technology Corporation (now the Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation).
Water is one of the agents of deterioration. Its effects can be seen in these flood-damaged library books. The 'ten agents of deterioration' are a conceptual framework developed by the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) used to categorise the major causes of change, loss or damage to cultural heritage objects (such as collections held by galleries, libraries, archives and museums). [1]
Canada's national science museum, displaying the technological and scientific history of Canada [3] Canadian Museum of History: Hull: 1856 History Canada's national history museum, featuring a large collection, study, and preserve of materials that illuminate the human history of Canada [4] Canadian Museum of Nature: Centretown: 1968 Nature
Natalia Rybczynski is a Canadian paleobiologist, professor and researcher. She is a research scientist with the Canadian Museum of Nature and holds a professorship at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. Her doctorate was obtained at Duke University and her main interests are evolutionary functional morphology, particularly at the polar ...
Alan R. Emery was born in 1939 in Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad, West Indies, of Canadian parents, Roy W. and Ruth I. (nee Jackson), the eldest of three children. [citation needed] Alan Emery received his Bachelor of Science at the University of Toronto [6] and his Master of Science at McGill University in Montreal in 1964 with a study of ocean currents and their role in distributing larval ...
Vapour pressure of water – Pressure exerted by molecules of water vapor in gaseous form; Steam – Water in the gas phase; Ice – Frozen water: the solid state of water; Optical properties of water and ice; Water quality – Assessment against standards for use; Water (data page) – Chemical data page for water
This list of museums in Nova Scotia, Canada contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.