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Photo: Courtesy of Museum of Anthropology

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CANADIAN BROADCASTING
CORPORATION (CBC) MUSEUM

ADDRESS: 250 Front Street West, Toronto, ON
WEBSITE: www.cbc.ca/museum
ABOUT: Since 1936, the Canadian Broadcasting

Corporation has been the voice of this nation,
linking Canadians from coast to coast with its
respected brand of journalism, sports coverage and
entertainment. At the CBC Museum and Graham
Spry Theatre, visitors can experience firsthand the
history of Canadian broadcasting... and the shared
stories of all Canadians!

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MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

ADDRESS: 6393 N.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC
WEBSITE: www.moa.ubc.ca
ABOUT: Vancouver’s Museum of Anthropology, Canada’s largest teaching

museum, is located in a spectacular building overlooking the mountains and
sea. Its collections, exhibitions and programs are renowned for giving access and
insight into the cultures of indigenous peoples around the world. The Museum
houses some 535,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects, many of which
originate from the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Massive totem poles,
carved boxes, bowls, and feast dishes are featured in the Museum’s Great Hall,
while smaller (but no less magnificent) pieces in gold, silver, argillite, wood,
ceramic, and other materials are exhibited elsewhere in the galleries. Seems like
the kind of place Indiana Jones would love. The Museum of Anthropology will be
closed for ‘innovations’ until March 3, 2009, but we’re sure it will be worth the wait!

CANADIAN CENTRE
FOR ARCHITECTURE

ADDRESS: 1920, rue Baile, Montréal, QC
WEBSITE: www.cca.qc.ca
ABOUT: The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)
is an international research centre and museum. The
Centre holds one of the world’s foremost international
research collections of publications and architectural
design documentation including conceptual
studies, drawings, plans, models, prints, and master
photographs, archives and oral histories of individual
architects and related artifacts.

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RCMP HERITAGE CENTRE

ADDRESS: 5907 Dewdney Avenue, Regina, SK
WEBSITE: www.rcmpheritagecentre.com
ABOUT: The RCMP Heritage Centre is located
on the grounds of the RCMP Academy, ‘Depot’
Division. The museum tells the story of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, including their
role in the development of Canada, the policing of
over 200 communities across the country and the
battle against crime on an international level.

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF FLIGHT

ADDRESS: Hangar # 3 - 5333 216th Street, Langley, BC
WEBSITE: www.canadianflight.org
ABOUT: If the words CF-100 Canuck MK3B, Canadair

(Lockheed) T-33AN Silver Star, WWII Handley Page
Hampden or deHavilland DH82C Tiger Moth get your
blood pumping, then this is the museum for you. Open
year ’round, the Canadian Museum of Flight, located at
the Langley Airport, is dedicated to restoring, preserving
and showcasing Canada’s rich aviation heritage.

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Photo: Courtesy of Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic

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FISHERIES MUSEUM
OF THE ATLANTIC

ADDRESS: 68 Bluenose Drive, Lunenburg, NS
WEBSITE: www.museum.gov.ns.ca/fma
ABOUT: The beautiful Lunenburg waterfront is
home to the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic,
which commemorates the fishing heritage of
the Atlantic coast of Canada. Housed in brightly
painted red buildings, with floating vessels at
wharfside, the Museum offers a host of attractions,
exhibits, displays and activities. Set your sea legs
on the schooner Theresa E. Connor and talk with
“old salts” who fished the North Atlantic. Gently
touch starfish and other marine creatures in the