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*Les paradis du monde*: Quebec Folk Art
1995-1996: Arts and Traditions Hall
June 24th, 1995 - September 29th, 1996
1991 Bronfman Award recipient
1991: Salon Marius-Barbeau
March 15th, 1991 - June 02nd, 1991
19th Century Pottery and Porcelain in Canada
1994-1997: Canadian History Galleries
March 10th, 1994 - January 05th, 1997
Adventures with Clifford The Big Red Dog
2006: Canadian Children's Museum
February 18th, 2006 - May 07th, 2006
A Canadian Tradition
1997-1998: Salon Marius-Barbeau
October 23rd, 1997 - October 18th, 1998
A Caring Profession: Centuries of Nursing in Canada
2005-2006 : Special Exhibitions Gallery E
June 17th, 2005 - July 30th, 2006
A Collector's Passion: The Work of Nettie Covey Sharpe
2004-2006: Special Exhibitions Mezzanine
February 06th, 2004 - October 30th, 2005
A Community of Nations: Objects from the Javier and Marcela Pérez de Cuéllar Collection
1992-1993: Salon Marius-Barbeau
February 26th, 1992 - January 31st, 1993
A Day in the Life of Canada
1993-1997
March 15th, 1993 - September 10th, 1997
A Queen and Her Country
During her 60-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II has...
July 01st, 2012 - January 06th, 2013
Abitibiwinni: 6,000 Years of History
1998: First Peoples Hall
April 30th, 1998 - December 13th, 1998
Absolutely Vikings!
2002: Exhibitions Corridor, Level 3
May 08th, 2002 - October 14th, 2002
access/Ability
2005: Canadian Children's Museum
February 05th, 2005 - April 24th, 2005
Acres of Dreams - Settling the Canadian Prairies
2005-2006: Special Exhibitions Gallery C
October 28th, 2005 - January 29th, 2006
Across Borders: Beadwork in Iroquois Life
2001-2001: First Peoples Hall
June 08th, 2001 - November 11th, 2001
Across Time and Tundra: The Inuvialuit of the Canadian Arctic
2003-2005: Special Exhibitions Gallery D
November 07th, 2003 - January 09th, 2005
AFGHANISTAN: Hidden Treasures
2009-2010: Special Exhibitions Gallery A
October 23rd, 2009 - April 25th, 2010
Africville: A Spirit That Lives On
1992: Exit Corridor of the Canada Hall
February 06th, 1992 - April 26th, 1992
Aitnanu: This is How We Live
1993-1994: Special Exhibitions Hall
October 01st, 1993 - May 01st, 1994
Allen Sapp Retrospective
1996-1997: First Peoples Hall
October 24th, 1996 - February 16th, 1997
An Encounter Between Two Worlds as Seen by Haiti's Artists 1492-1992
1994: Special Exhibitions Hall
June 23rd, 1994 - October 23rd, 1994
Ancient Treasures and the Dead Sea Scrolls
2003-2004: Special Exhibitions Gallery C
December 05th, 2003 - April 12th, 2004
Animals in the Arctic
2004-2006: Stewart Salon
February 05th, 2004 - June 25th, 2006
Ann Harbuz: Inside Community, Outside Convention
1997: Special Exhibitions Hall
June 05th, 1997 - September 01st, 1997
Art and Ethnicity: The Ukrainian Tradition in Canada
1991-1993: Arts and Traditions Hall
August 29th, 1991 - February 21st, 1993
Art Travels: Mail Art Festival
1992: Grand Hall
September 13th, 1992 - December 05th, 1992
Audubon's Wilderness Palette: The Birds of Canada
1999:The Gallery
February 04th, 1999 - April 04th, 1999
Beads of Life - Eastern and Southern African Adornments
2005-2006: Special Exhibitions Gallery A
April 15th, 2005 - September 10th, 2006
Between Two Worlds: Sculpture by David Ruben Piqtoukun
1997-1998: First Peoples Hall
April 18th, 1997 - March 01st, 1998
Beyond the Golden Mountain: Chinese Cultural Traditions in Canada
1989-1991: Arts and Traditions Hall
June 29th, 1989 - April 14th, 1991
Boat People No Longer: Vietnamese-Canadians
1998-1999: Arts and Traditions Hall
October 15th, 1998 - September 20th, 1999
Bob Boyer – His Life’s Work
Photo: Don Hall Bob Boyer – His...
June 07th, 2012 - November 12th, 2012
Bob the Builder
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- Project: Build It
2008: Canadian Childen's Museum
June 21st, 2008 - September 08th, 2008
Building Brainstorm
2009: Canadian Childen's Museum
May 30th, 2009 - September 07th, 2009
Canada by Malak
1995-1996
October 24th, 1995 - February 18th, 1996
Canada in a Thousand Pictures
2000: Upper Gallery
May 11th, 2000 - November 19th, 2000
Canadian UNESCO World Heritage Sites
1997-1999
September 26th, 1997 - January 03rd, 1999
Canvas of War: Masterpieces from the Canadian War Museum
2000-2001:The Gallery
February 10th, 2000 - January 07th, 2001
Champlain 1603-1635
1997-1998: Canadian History Galleries
June 27th, 1997 - May 30th, 1998
Chiefly Feasts - The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch
1994-1995: Special Exhibitions Hall
December 01st, 1994 - May 07th, 1995
Children of Hangzhou: Connecting with China
Experience China through the eyes of four young...
June 04th, 2011 - September 11th, 2011
Clothes Make the MAN
2003: Special Exhibitions Gallery D
April 25th, 2003 - September 01st, 2003
Coast Salish Blankets
1992-1994: Grand Hall
June 30th, 1992 - January 24th, 1994
Collecting Passions
1992-1993: Special Exhibitions Hall
October 15th, 1992 - February 21st, 1993
Collector's Corner - The 2¢ 1898 Christmas Map Stamp and Its Postal Usage
2002: Canadian Postal Museum
June 13th, 2002 - December 08th, 2002
Collectors' Corner - Space Exploration
2001-2002: Canadian Postal Museum
December 12th, 2001 - May 27th, 2002
Comforts of Home
1990-1994: Canadian History Galleries
December 17th, 1990 - October 02nd, 1994
Cool '60s Design
2005: Special Exhibitions Gallery D
February 25th, 2005 - November 27th, 2005
Costume as Communication
1990-1991: Special Exhibitions Hall
November 27th, 1990 - February 03rd, 1991
Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska
1991-1992: Special Exhibitions Hall
October 17th, 1991 - September 30th, 1992
Daphne Odjig: Four Decades of Prints
2008: Special Exhibitions Gallery A
January 18th, 2008 - April 20th, 2008
Designed for a Queen: Celebrating the 60-year Reign of Queen Elizabeth II through Stamps
The Canadian Postal Museum is honouring Queen...
March 19th, 2012 - October 08th, 2012
Designed for Delight: Alternative Aspects of Twentieth-Century Decorative Arts
1997-1998: Special Exhibitions Hall
October 09th, 1997 - February 15th, 1998
Dialogue Between Nations
1993-1994: Grand Hall
September 20th, 1993 - March 06th, 1994
Digitization Project
1994: Grand Hall
March 21st, 1994 - September 05th, 1994
Discovering Saint Joseph Through Postage Stamps
2005-2006: Canadian Postal Museum
April 05th, 2005 - January 08th, 2006
Discovery of the Titanic
1992-1993
October 24th, 1992 - February 21st, 1993
Diverse Legacies
1991-1992: Arts and Traditions Hall
July 18th, 1991 - May 28th, 1992
Dream, Wonder, Imagine!
2001: Canadian Children's Museum
April 13th, 2001 - October 10th, 2001
Dream, Wonder, Imagine!
2004: Canadian Children's Museum
May 22nd, 2004 - September 06th, 2004
Dressing Up Canada: Late Victorian Fancy Dress Balls
1997-1999: Canadian History Galleries
October 24th, 1997 - January 03rd, 1999
Eastern European Costume
1997
January 21st, 1997 - July 14th, 1997
Edward Poitras
1996: First Peoples Hall
June 13th, 1996 - September 29th, 1996
Emergence from the Shadow: First Peoples' Photographic Perspective
1999-2002: First Peoples Hall
October 22nd, 1999 - January 06th, 2002
En Route to the New World: Caboto and the Italian Navigators on their Journey to the Americas
1998-1999: Canadian History Galleries
June 24th, 1998 - May 02nd, 1999
Encounters at Friendly Cove
2004-2006: Nuu-chah-nulth House (Grand Hall)
December 10th, 2004 - December 31st, 2006
Enlightened Voyages: Malaspina and Galiano on the Northwest Coast 1791-1792
1991: Exit Corridor of the Canada Hall
July 25th, 1991 - September 22nd, 1991
Epogan
1998: First Peoples Hall
May 28th, 1998 - December 06th, 1998
Every Kid's Capital Contest
2001: World Exchange Canadian Children's Museum
February 01st, 2001 - March 01st, 2001
Ex Patria: Scots in Canada
1997
January 15th, 1997 - April 20th, 1997
Excellence: Saidye Bronfman Award Recipients, 1997-2001
2001-2002: David M. Stewart Salon
November 21st, 2001 - March 24th, 2002
Expedition: Arctic
Expedition: Arctic, the most diverse discoveries, the...
April 21st, 2011 - April 15th, 2012
Fabrications: Stitching Ourselves Together
1999-2000: Canadian History Galleries
February 04th, 1999 - January 02nd, 2000
Facing the Gods: Rituals Masks of the Himalayas
1990: Special Exhibitions Hall
August 23rd, 1990 - December 02nd, 1990
Fair Measure for All
1991: Salon Marius-Barbeau
April 22nd, 1991 - May 31st, 1991
First Son: Portraits by C. D. Hoy
2002: Special Exhibitions Gallery B
February 01st, 2002 - September 02nd, 2002
Fluffs and Feathers: An Exhibition on the Symbols of Indianness
1994: Special Exhibitions Hall
February 10th, 1994 - May 23rd, 1994
Fluorescence
2000: Canadian Postal Museum
February 17th, 2000 - June 20th, 2000
Folk Art in Canada: Land and People
1992-1995: Arts and Traditions Hall
June 24th, 1992 - September 14th, 1995
For the Beluga to Survive
1991
March 20th, 1991 - April 03rd, 1991
For the Best
1993: Special Exhibitions Hall
September 12th, 1993 - September 26th, 1993
Forest Industry Workers: Photos by Rolf Bettner
1996
February 22nd, 1996 - September 02nd, 1996
France-Canada: Three Centuries of Letters and Correspondence
1996-1997: Canadian History Galleries
November 20th, 1996 - April 04th, 1997
From Cradle to Grave: Objects for Life
1993-1996: Exit Corridor of the Canada Hall
June 29th, 1993 - January 14th, 1996
From the Hands of a Master: Tradition Revealed by Contemporary Artisans
2000: Canadian Postal Museum
April 27th, 2000 - November 13th, 2000
Full Circle - First Contact: Vikings and Skraelings in Newfoundland and Labrador
2001:The Gallery
April 20th, 2001 - September 03rd, 2001
Gaspé, A Sea Ledger
1990-1991: Special Exhibitions Hall
October 18th, 1990 - January 13th, 1991
Gather Beneath the Banner
2000-2001: Canadian History Galleries
September 28th, 2000 - February 11th, 2001
Gift of the Gods: The Art of Wine from the Ancient World to Canadian Vineyards
2004-2005: Special Exhibitions Gallery E
November 05th, 2004 - April 03rd, 2005
Glass Works: The Story of Glass and Glass-making in Canada
1998-2002: Special Exhibitions Mezzanine
April 16th, 1998 - August 25th, 2002
Glenn Gould: The Sounds of Genius
2007-2009: Special Exhibitions Gallery E
September 28th, 2007 - May 18th, 2009
Global Shoes
2000: Kaleidoscope Gallery, Canadian Children's...
July 15th, 2000 - November 12th, 2000
God(s): A User's Guide
Explore the vast diversity, and the similarities, in...
December 02nd, 2011 - September 03rd, 2012
Growing Up with the Berenstain Bears
2006: Canadian Children's Museum
May 27th, 2006 - September 10th, 2006
JAPAN: Tradition. Innovation.
JAPAN: Tradition. Innovation. is an exploration of...
May 20th, 2011 - October 10th, 2011
Marianne, Symbol of Liberty in France
The Canadian Postal Museum is pleased to announce the...
March 18th, 2011 - July 31st, 2011
MAYA: Secrets of their Ancient World
Familiar to most but understood by few, the history...
May 18th, 2012 - October 28th, 2012
Much More Munsch
Welcome to the world of Robert Munsch, the...
October 08th, 2011 - April 09th, 2012
Tombs of Eternity: The Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
2008-2009: Special Exhibitions Gallery A
December 19th, 2008 - August 16th, 2009
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