Timeless Canada

March 28, 2009

Art Gallery of Ontario

Kategori: Museums — Etiketler: , , , — cemsarak @ 7:40 am

Founded in 1900, the Art Gallery of Ontario holds one of Canada’s most extensive collections of fine art and modern sculpture. This modern structure houses European works by Rembrandt, Gainsborough, van Gogh and Picasso, a superb collection of Canadian art, including the Group of Seven work, Inuit art, and the world’s largest public collection of works by British sculptor Henry Moore. The gallery is designed by architect Frank Gehry, to accommodate an unprecedented gift of 2,000 works from a private collection. biblioth ques sp cialis es Cialis 5 Cealis produce tadalafil
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December 2, 2008

Musée des Beaux Arts

Kategori: Museums — Etiketler: , , , , , — cemsarak @ 1:43 am

THE OLDEST AND LARGEST art collection in Quebec is housed in two dramatically different buildings that face each other across Rue Sherbrooke. The Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion, fronted with four white marble pillars, faces the huge concrete arch and tilting glass front of the Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion. (daha fazla…)

McCord Museum of Canadian History

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LAWYER DAVID Ross McCord (1844–1930) was an avid collector of virtually everything that had to do with life in Canada, including books, photographs, jewellery, furniture, clothing, documents, papers, paintings, toys, and porcelain. (daha fazla…)

Musée d’Art Contemporain

Kategori: Museums — Etiketler: , , , , — cemsarak @ 1:36 am

OPENED IN 1964, THE MUSEUM of Contemporary Art is the only institution in Canada dedicated exclusively to modern art. Located in downtown Montreal, more than 60 percent of the approximately 6,000 paintings, drawings, photographs, videos, and installations in the permanent collection are by Quebec artists. Works date from 1939, but the emphasis is on the contemporary. (daha fazla…)

Place des Arts

Kategori: Museums, Quebec — Etiketler: , , , , , , — cemsarak @ 1:35 am

THIS COMPLEX of halls and theatres is Montreal’s prime center for the performing arts. Both the Opéra de Montréal (Montreal Opera) and the Orchéstre Symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra) make their home in the Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, the largest of the center’s five halls. (daha fazla…)

November 28, 2008

Centre d’Histoire de Montréal

Kategori: Museums — Etiketler: , , , , — cemsarak @ 10:59 pm

THIS MUSEUM is housed in a handsome, red-brick fire station, which has a gracefully gabled roof built in 1903. The exhibits trace the history of Montreal from the first Indian settlements to the modern age, with the focus on everyday life. (daha fazla…)

Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

Kategori: Maritime Provinces — Etiketler: , , , , , , — cemsarak @ 10:26 pm

This harbourfront museum offers extensive displays on Nova Scotia’s seafaring history, including small craft, a restored chandlery, and, at the dock outside, the elegantly refitted 1913 research vessel Acadia. (daha fazla…)

November 15, 2008

The Provincial Seaman’s Museum

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THESE TWO SMALL islands are not Canadian but French, and have been under Gallic rule since 1783. Saint-Pierre, the only town on the island of the same name, is a charming French seaside village, complete with gendarmes, bicycles, and fine French bakeries where people line up every morning for fresh baguettes. (daha fazla…)

The Rooms

Kategori: Attractions — Etiketler: , , , , — cemsarak @ 11:10 am

A major new landmark, The Rooms is a modern facility housing three provincial institutions: the Provincial Archives; the Museum of Newfoundland which charts the province’s history over the past 9,000 years; and the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador which showcases the work of local, national and international artists.

November 2, 2008

Glenbow Museum

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Western Canada’s largest museum highlights many aspects of western life through paintings and cultural artifacts collected over many years. (daha fazla…)

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