Victoria Memorial Museum

Site Name: Victoria Memorial Museum
Description: Built to house Canada's first national museum, the building originally served as the home of the National Gallery of Canada and of the geological and natural history collections of the Geological Survey of Canada, and then served as the temporary premises of the Parliament of Canada from 1916 to 1922 when the original Centre Block was destroyed by fire; now the home of the Canadian Museum of Nature
Date: 1911 (completed)
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Region: Central Canada
Geolocation : 45.41266, -75.68875
Designated: 1990




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