Shop online for inspired gifts, crafts and souvenirs that support museums of canada for generations to come. Apr 22, 2020 looking to get inspired on your trip to canada. Vimeo, watch over hundreds of videos from past public programs. We are the only museum in canada delivering programs and exhibitions dedicated solely to textile arts. The largest digital source of stories and experiences shared by canadas museums and heritage organizations. Canadian atlas of aboriginal settlement the virtual museum of. This site has been created to honour these fine men and keep their memory alive. Immerse yourself into worldclass art, exciting history, and mindbending science. Virtual museum of anesthesiology anesthesiology asa. Check out the best museums in canada to visit in 2020. Due to the covid19 virus, the museum is closed to visitors and all other groups, until further notice.
Managed by the canadian museum of history cmh, the virtual museum of canada is a federally funded investment program that helps build digital capacity in canadian museums and heritage organizations and gives canadians unique access to diverse stories and experiences. Capable of searching and displaying hundreds of thousands of catalog records, pastperfect online provides an easy way for visitors to explore your collections. Pdf for several years now the concept of virtual museum has had an important role among the means being used for the. Research and collections learn canadian war museum.
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Virtual museum of canada a federally funded investment program that helps build digital capacity in canadian museums and heritage organizations and gives canadians unique access to diverse stories and. Museums enable us to discover our diverse heritage and help us to know who we are and what brings us together. Such web sites may provide content or express opinions that do not necessarily represent the views of the canada science and technology museum corporation. Gabriel dumont institute of native studies and applied research virtual museum of metis history and culture. The corporation oversees the operation of three museums. Aug 16, 2012 i will be blogging about many things concerning the city and its history and its contemporary status. The museum of nonvisible art is an artist project that will become an actual museum, an institution run by the founders.
The virtual museum of canada vmc is canada s national virtual museum. It is located in the hull area of gatineau, quebec, directly across the ottawa river from parliament hill in ottawa, ontario. The resource was founded by jonathan bowen in 1994, originally at the oxford university computing laboratory in the united kingdom, it has been supported by the international council of museums icom and museophile limited. It is administered by the canadian museum of history cmh. Complimentary admission to the canadian museum of history. From valuable minerals and fossils hidden beneath our feet to the t. I am hoping my virtual museum will become known to many others who might like to contribute too. The virtual museum of computing vmoc robin milner 19342010, pioneer of automated theorem proving, programming language design, and concurrent systems, died on 20th march 2010.
Experience canadas past, present and future through its national museums. Canadian museum for human rights virtual tour of the museum. Canadian museum of history inuit prints from cape dorset makes canadas. The canada agriculture and food museum, a demonstration farm in the heart of the city, connects canadians and the world to agricultural science and technology. Its a great souvenir of your visit or, if youre not able to see it for yourself, a fine introduction. The virtual museum of canada vmc invests in online projects by canadian museums and heritage organizations. Jul 07, 2017 the museums new canadian history hall opened last saturday, canada day, to large crowds who lined up for well over an hour to have a look at the refashioned museum. Originally migrating to southeastern british columbia to work on the regions railways and coal mines, many. The canadian museum of history is part of a tradition of research and collecting that extends back to 1842 and the geological survey of canada. Virtual tour smithsonian national museum of natural history. Online exhibitions exhibitions canadian museum of history.
As they have done in numerous other communities across canada, the italians of fernie made important contributions to the towns development. The virtual museum of canada vmc is a collaborative initiative undertaken in partnership with museums and other heritage organizations across canada. Visitors can also access select collections and research areas at our satellite support and research stations as well as past exhibits no. Visit one of canadas national museums or galleries in person or through virtual exhibits. The canada aviation and space museums collection tells the story of humankinds ancient dream of flight. Virtual exhibit investment program canadian museum of history. Breaking ground as the first whollyowned and operated metisspecific institute, gdi is also unique because of its dual focus to provide for the education and training needs of the provinces metis and to preserve and promote metis history and culture. Discover history, art, science, nature and more through virtual exhibits from canada s museums and heritage organizations. This virtual museum includes an eclectic collection of world wide web www hyperlinks connected with the history of computing and online computerbased exhibits available both locally and around the. The museum ignites creativity, inspires wonder, and sparks conversation through the stories held within our global collection of textiles, and active engagement with contemporary art practices. Virtually explore louvre museum in a fully immersive 360degree experience.
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