Canadian Museum Of Civilization

400 Years Of History: Three Unique Perspectives

ruzik_tuzik — Sat, 31 May 2008 06:52:31 -0500

The first years of Europe’s encounter with North America — and the centuries of competition between Britain, France and Spain — are explored in a unique international exhibition opening at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Jamestown, Quebec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings is a partnership between Canadian and American institutions,presented as part of the Museum of Civilization’s celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City.

Quebec Exhibition Highlights Style Of Quebec Pottery

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:07:06 -0500

The Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC) has inaugurated a new showcase exhibition on a popular style of Quebec pottery. Harvesting Clay: The Beauce Pottery in the 1940s will give visitors a chance to enjoy a collection of over 60 pieces of red clay pottery recently donated to the Museum from private collections.

Quebec Museum Is The Venue For 'The Greeks'

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:36:32 -0500

Athens, Sparta, Troy and Constantinople — the names echo the incredible history and power of ancient empires. The Greek world left a significant imprint on Western culture and civilizations. Discover 8,000 years of history in the Museum's upcoming must-see exhibition, The Greeks.

Aboriginal Treasures Are Beijing-Bound

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:18:03 -0500

Some of the most important Aboriginal artifacts in the Canadian Museum of Civilization's (CMC) national collection are heading to China for a groundbreaking exhibition on the remarkable diversity and creativity of Canada's First Peoples from earliest times to the present day.

Decision Iraq exhibition Comes To Canadian War Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:55:55 -0500

The Canadian War Museum is pleased to present Tony Blair at War: Decision Iraq, a new exhibition of 24 photographs by world-renowned photojournalist Nick Danziger. The exhibition is presented in the Lt-Col John McCrae Gallery through May 4, 2008.

Civilization Museum Honors Daphne Odjig's Art

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:49:23 -0600

The Canadian Museum of Civilization is celebrating one of Canada's most influential visual artists with a retrospective exhibition to be presented from January 18 to April 20, 2008. Daphne Odjig: Four Decades of Prints traces the Aboriginal artist's creative arc from powerful, groundbreaking experimentation to graceful, mature expression.

New Children's Exhibition Is Out Of This World

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:49:48 -0600

The Canadian Children's Museum is taking kids to the final frontier with the launch of Living in Space, a new, interactive exhibition that lets them play astronaut for a day.

Exhibitions Contribute a Museological Twist To Quebec's 400th Anniversary

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:45:16 -0600

The Canadian Museum of Civilization, in Gatineau, will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first Canadian city by presenting two major exhibitions, on North American history and on the evolution of popular art in Quebec.

Exhibition Reveals Golden Riches Of Ancient Peru

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:15:07 -0600

A thousand years ago in the northern Peruvian Andes, the Sicán people built an ingenious and complex civilization that produced some of the region's finest gold and ceramic objects.

Canadian Museum Presents Treasures Of Tsimshian

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:04:34 -0600

A new exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Civilization is giving visitors a chance to admire spectacular works of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century First Nations art, which are back home in Canada after spending 143 years in private hands.

Afghanada: Radio Drama By Canadian War Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:13:39 -0500

Join CBC Radio One and the Canadian War Museum on Sunday, November 4, 2007 for a special live taping of CBC Radio One's popular radio drama, Afghanada.

Quebec Museums Celebrates History Costume Ball

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:18:12 -0500

Leading members of Canada's business and political circles stepped out in style tonight at the Canadian War Museum for a memorable fundraising ball celebrating the '20s, '30s and '40s. The 2007 History Costume Ball: The Age of Style conjured an era of glitz and glamour with vintage music, elegant dancing, fine food and a sparkling crowd of 450 supporters, many of them decked out as gangsters and molls, matinee idols, flappers and flyboys.