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Conceiving a National Museum
The Museum as Symbol
The Museum as Vision
A World-Class Museum
A Change of Address
The Need for New Accommodations
Site Selection
Site Characteristics
The Architect
Selection of the Architect
Douglas Cardinal
Cardinal's Design Vision
The Design Process
Information Gathering
Challenges
Progress of the Work
The Product
Architectural Form
Architectural Symbolism
Meeting the Challenges
Exterior Features and Landscaping
A Museum
for the 21st Century
Written in the Stone - An Architectural Tour of the Canadian Museum of Civilization

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CONCEIVING A NATIONAL MUSEUM

The Museum as Symbol
The Museum as Vision
A World-Class Museum

A CHANGE OF ADDRESS

The Need for New Accommodations
Site Selection
Site Characteristics

THE ARCHITECT

Selection of the Architect
Douglas Cardinal
Cardinal's Design Vision

THE DESIGN PROCESS

Information Gathering
Challenges
Progress of the Work

THE PRODUCT

Architectural Form
Architectural Symbolism
Meeting the Challenges
Exterior Features and Landscaping

A Museum for the 21st Century


Text taken from MacDonald, George F. and Stephen Alsford. A Museum for the Global Village. Hull, Québec: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1989, with minor adaptations and updates.



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    Date Created: December 10, 2004 | Last Updated: July 30, 2010
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