14 Museums for Peace in Canada

Alberta (2 Museums)

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1981 - Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Interpretive Centre & Museum, Highway 785, Fort Macleod, Alberta (Canada). "$10 million facility blends unobtrusively into the ancient sandstone cliff. Its interior is made up of five distinct levels depicting the ecology, mythology, lifestyle and technology of Blackfoot peoples within the context of available archaeological evidence." Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981.

1988? - Grain Academy Museum, Calgary Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta (Canada). "Besides giving people the facts about how much and what kind of grains are grown in Canada, visitors learn that some 90 nations buy grain from Canada, and they get to see an array of products derived from grain."

British Columbia (2 Museums)

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1987 - Doukhobor Village Museum, Castlegar, British Columbia (Canada). "Contains over a thousand artifacts representing the arts, crafts, and daily life of the Doukhobors of the Kootenays in 1908-1938."

Date? - Aboriginal Museum & Cultural Centre, Whistler, British Columbia (Canada). "Designed in the form of a Squamish longhouse and a Lil’wat istken – a traditional pithouse dwelling – the centre features fascinating displays, an istken, an interpretive forest walk, multimedia exhibits, interactive performances, and traditional craft making."

Manitoba (1.5 Museums)

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July 14, 1932 - International Peace Garden, Boissevain, Manitoba (Canada) and Dunseith, North Dakota (USA). "2,339 acre botanical garden on the world’s longest unfortified border." Includes two 20-story concrete Peace Towers, Peace Chapel, and 9/11 Memorial. Click here for Wikipedia article. Entry #1209 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001).

M U S E U M

2012 Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada). "Following the experiences of Bilbao and Valencia, this Canadian city hopes to draw tourists to an architecturally significant project." Designed by American architect Antoine Predock. "Perhaps the most transformational project before our nation today. As the largest centre of its kind anywhere, it has the potential to be one of Canada’s most significant contributions to promoting human rights here and around the world."

New Brunswick (No Museum)

Newfoundland & Labrador (No Museum)

Nova Scotia (2 Museums)

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July 1, 1999 - Pier 21: Canada'a Immigration Museum, 1055 Marginal Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada). "We celebrate and share the Canadian immigration experience by honouring the unique stories of immigration throughout history. We also pay tribute to 1.5 million immigrants, war brides, displaced people, evacuee children and Canadian military personnel who passed through Pier 21 between 1928 and 1971."

Future - Pugwash Peace Exchange, 236 Water Street, Pugwash ("World Famous for Peace"), Nova Scotia (Canada). Creating "an important new facility -- in the restored lodge of Cyrus Eaton [1883-1979] -- that will celebrate Pugwash’s peace history, while actively promoting peace around the world." (The Pugwash Conferences on Science & World Affairs brings together scholars & public figures to work toward reducing the danger of armed conflict & to seek solutions to global security threats. It was founded in 1957 by Joseph Rotblat [1908-2005] & Bertrand Russell [1872-1970] in Pugwash, following the release of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto on July 9, 1955. Pugwash & Rotblat jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995 for efforts on nuclear disarmament.)

Nunavut (No Museum)

Ontario (2 Museums)

1949? - Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site, Dawn, near Dresden, Kent County, Ontario (Canada). "The burial place of former slave Josiah Henson [1789-1883]. His autobiography inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe to pen Uncle Tom's Cabin, credited by President Abraham Lincoln as a catalyst of the American Civil War."

Early 2004 - Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization (CMOHC), 8640 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill, Toronto, Ontario (Canada). "Dedicated to world peace." "First knowledge-based museum dedicated to showcasing Hinduism in North America." Cost $5 million. Has a Wall of Peace depicting "the personalities & symbols of major religion [sic] -- Lord Mahavir of Jainism, Lord Buddha, Lord Jesus Christ, Shri Guru Nanak of Sikhism, Star of David, Symbol of Islam, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela & Symbol of Hinduism."

Date? - Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Vishnu Mandir Hindu Temple, Toronto, Ontario (Canada). Adjacent to CMOHC.

Prince Edward Island (No Museum)

Québec (3 Museums)

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1856 - Musée canadien des civilisations / Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Québec (Canada). "The First Peoples Hall highlights the cultural, historical and artistic achievements of Canada's First Peoples. The Grand Hall displays six Native houses, connected by a Pacific coast shoreline and boardwalk, portraying the rich cultural history of the First Peoples of the Northwest Coast."

1967 - Environment Museum, Environment Canada, Biosphere, Montréal, Québec (Canada). "An exclusive venue to better understand major environmental issues, including those related to water, air, climate change, sustainable development and responsible consumption." Former US pavilion and "symbol of Expo '67, the sphere was designed by visionary architect Buckminster Fuller [1895-1983] and has an important place in the history of contemporary architecture. The largest building of its kind in the world, its structure reproduces more than 75% of a sphere."

Date? - Grosse Île & Irish Memorial National Historic Site of Canada, Grosse Île, St. Lawrence River, Québec (Canada). "A quarantine station for the Port of Québec 1832-1937. At the time, the main point of entry for immigrants coming to Canada. A witness to both human tragedy and exceptional dedication. Relive the troubling experience of immigrants who set sail in hopes of a better future, and of those who cared for them upon arrival."

Saskatchewan (1 Museum)

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June 29, 1980 - Doukhobor Village Museum, Verigin, Saskatchewan (Canada). "Veregin was an important Doukhobor settlement. Brickworks, grain elevators, and a floor mill were built here. Veregin became the site of the annual meetings no later than January 1910."

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