SIGNIFICANT TREASURES, 132 CANADIAN MUSEUMS, ILLUS.1ST ED, '97 Introduction
SIGNIFICANT TREASURES, 132 CANADIAN MUSEUMS, 132 (61 COLOUR) ILLUSTRATIONS 320 pgs., Cdn Federation of Friends of Museums, (Art Gallery of Ontario), 1997, 9 1/2" x 6 1/2", with back crease, & 1/16" tear. This soft cover book with beautiful clear images is an invaluable primer of 132 Canadian Museums across Canada in 11 provinces, & the Northwest Territories with their individual highlights, a map of where they are located, & summary. Their collections include mainly Canadian artifacts, & art, often unique & peculiar to Canada, & international pieces like art by Monet. Some examples include a juvenile Albertosaurus fossilized skeleton 75 million years old, Aboriginal art & artifacts from tribes like the Beothuk from Newfoundland, 1942 Prisoner of War Uniform made for the Canadian Government, David Milne, Alex Colville, Mary Pratt, Greg Curnoe, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Tom Thompson, Emily Carr, Ernest Lumsden, William Blair Bruce, Robert Harris Theophile Hamel (1817-1870) works of art, Folk Art, Musical Instruments, Jewellery, Armour, Books, Domestic Artifacts, Acadian Flag, Furniture, Navigational Tool, 1660 Map, Medicinal artifacts, Industrial, Photographs, Poster of "Selling Canada" to U.S. farmers, Quilt, Pottery, Sculpture, Textiles, Tools, Transportation like Trains, Iceboat, Skiff, & Haida Canoe, etc..
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