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GATINEAU, QC, Jan. 28, 2013 /CNW/ - After visiting nine cities, the Canadian Museum of Civilization will hold the last panel discussion and roundtable of its cross-country tour back on home soil at the Museum on Thursday, January 31 to invite the public to participate in the creation of the new Canadian Museum of History. The new exhibition gallery, which will be inaugurated in 2017, will present the national history of Canada and its people. Representatives from the Museum are...

GATINEAU, QC, Jan. 18, 2013 /CNW/ - Representatives of the Canadian Museum of Civilization will be in Montréal, Quebec on Thursday, January 24 to invite the public to participate in the creation of the new Canadian Museum of History. The new exhibition gallery, which will be inaugurated in 2017, will present the national history of Canada and its people. Representatives from the Museum are travelling the country asking Canadians what they would like to see in this new...

GATINEAU, QC, Jan. 17, 2013 /CNW/ - The Chairman of the Board of the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, LGen (ret'd) Bill Leach, is pleased to welcome Andrea T. Bobkowicz of Westmount, Quebec, to the Board of Trustees. Ms. Bobkowicz is an Investment Advisor with National Bank Financial, Private Wealth Management. The order-in-council appointment was announced by the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, the Honourable James Moore. The Corporation's...

GATINEAU, QC, Jan. 8, 2013 /CNW/ - Representatives of the Canadian Museum of Civilization will be in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Tuesday, January 15 and Wednesday, January 16 to invite the public to participate in the creation of the new Canadian Museum of History. The new exhibition gallery, which will be inaugurated in 2017, will present the national history of Canada and its people. Representatives from the Museum are travelling the country asking Canadians what they would...

GATINEAU, QC, Nov. 16, 2012 /CNW/ - Representatives of the Canadian Museum of Civilization will be in Fredericton, New Brunswick on November 23 to invite the public to participate in the creation of the new Canadian Museum of History. The new exhibition gallery, which will be inaugurated in 2017, will present the national history of Canada and its people. The Museum is hitting the road to ask Canadians across the country what they would like to see in this new exhibition. And...

GATINEAU, QC, Nov. 16, 2012 /CNW/ - Representatives of the Canadian Museum of Civilization will be in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Wednesday, November 21 and Thursday, November 22 to invite the public to participate in the creation of the new Canadian Museum of History. The new exhibition gallery, which will be inaugurated in 2017, will present the national history of Canada and its people. The Museum is hitting the road to ask Canadians across the country what they would like to see...

GATINEAU, QC, Nov. 15, 2012 /CNW/ - Representatives of the Canadian Museum of Civilization will be in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador on Tuesday, November 20 to invite the public to participate in the creation of the new Canadian Museum of History. The new exhibition gallery, which will be inaugurated in 2017, will present the national history of Canada and its people. The Museum is hitting the road to ask Canadians across the country what they would like to see in this...

GATINEAU, QC, Nov. 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Representatives of the Canadian Museum of Civilization will be in Vancouver on November 9 and 10 to invite the public to participate in the creation of the new Canadian Museum of History. The new exhibition gallery, which will be inaugurated in 2017, will present the national history of Canada and its people. The Museum is hitting the road to ask Canadians across the country what they would like to see in this new exhibition. And now, people...

GATINEAU, QC, June 14, 2012 /CNW/ - Canada's national history museum has acquired the silver "last spike" that symbolizes the 1885 completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and the uniting of the country from sea to sea. This historic artifact was donated to the Canadian Museum of Civilization by heirs of William Van Horne, the legendary railway executive who led the construction project. The donation was unveiled today at the Canadian Pacific Railway Pavilion in Calgary....