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Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Situated in the heart of MONTRÉAL, The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal plays an essential role in the presentation of QUÉBEC and international art.
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Musée de l'Amérique francophone
Established in 1806 by the Séminaire de Québec, the Musée de l'Amérique francophone is the oldest museum in Canada.
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Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in Quebec City houses the world’s most extensive collection of Québécois art, ranging from the paintings of such 19th-century masters as James Wilson Morrice and Cornelius Krieghoff to contemporary artists such as the Quebec City-based collective BGL. It also holds collections of early, modern and contemporary Canadian art, including an extensive collection of Inuit art. Since it opened in 1933, the Musée has designed, organized and hosted hundreds of exhibitions. Expanded in 1991 and again in 2016, the four-pavilion complex includes numerous exhibition galleries and workshops, an auditorium and a sculpture garden. The Musée also plays a role in the community through its library, educational service, and photographic documentation centre.
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Pointe-à-Callière, the Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History
A major attraction in Old Montréal, this museum complex was opened on 17 May 1992 to showcase and raise awareness of Montréal’s history and archaeology.
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Museum of Anthropology
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at the University of British Columbia was established in 1949. The MOA’s current location opened in 1976. The MOA’s collection includes ethnographic and archaeological objects from around the world and it is widely recognized for its collection of Northwest Coast Indigenous Art. (See also Northwest Coast Indigenous Peoples in Canada.) In addition to research, the museum provides public programs and exhibitions. It also serves as a teaching museum, providing training in museum studies and conservation. (See also Anthropology in Canada; Archaeology.)
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Musgrave Harbour
Musgrave Harbour, NL, incorporated as a town in 1954, population 1053 (2011c), 1085 (2006c). First incorporated as the Rural District Council of Musgrave Harbour and Doting Cove, the Town of Musgrave Harbour is located on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland at the mouth of Hamilton Sound, 100 km east of Gander.
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Music at Acadia University
Acadia University. Non-denominational, predominantly undergraduate institution in Wolfville, NS, with some graduate programs at the master's level (not in music).
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Music at Bishop's University
Bishop's University. Founded in 1843 in Lennoxville, near Sherbrooke, Que, by George Jehoshaphat Mountain, the third Anglican bishop of Quebec, as a liberal arts college. Its foundation was ratified by an act of the Quebec Legislative Assembly.
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Music at Brandon University
When the Dept of Music was founded in 1906, it offered only conservatory-type instruction under the direction of Abbie Helmer Vining (1906-7). W.L. Wright, afterfour years' study in Berlin with Leopold Godowsky, took over in 1907 and remained director until 1947.
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Music at Brock University
Brock University. Non-denominational university founded in St Catharines, Ont, in 1964 with undergraduate and graduate programs in arts, sciences, education, and administration.
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Music at Canadian Mennonite Bible College
Canadian Mennonite Bible College (Canadian Mennonite University beginning 1998). School of theology, liberal arts, and music, founded in 1947 in Winnipeg by the Conference of Mennonites in Canada.
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Music at Carleton University
Carleton University's music department was founded in 1967 with John Churchill (b London, 29 May 1920, d Sidbury, England, 1 Dec 1996) as its first chair.
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Music at CEGEPs
CEGEPs (Collèges d'enseignement général et professionel) have supplanted a whole stratum of autonomous schools and colleges.
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Music at Classical Colleges and Seminaries in Quebec
Classical colleges and seminaries in Quebec. Teaching institutions run by Roman Catholic religious communities providing a program of studies termed 'classical'.
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Music at Community Colleges
Community colleges. Post-secondary, non-university educational institutions in English-speaking Canada (for Quebec, see Cegeps). Community colleges do not generally grant degrees, although many offer university transfer credit, and most confer diplomas.
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