ONLINE PUBLISHING FOR SOCIALS STUDIES TEACHERS: MUSEUMS

THE VITUAL MUSEUM OF CANADA is an online repository of multimedia exhibits and other Canadian cultural resources produced out of a close collaboration between Canada's museums and galleries and the Department of Canadian Heritage. (Teachers' Centre). The Image Gallery showcases thousands of online images of museum artefacts, photos, paintings, and more, including the Group of Seven, Tom Thomson, and Emily Carr. Complete list

Images Canada provides central search access to the thousands of images held on the websites of participating Canadian cultural institutions.

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The Glenbow Museum Archives, located in Calgary, Alberta, houses over 100 000 historical photographs of the Canadian West, 50 000 of which are now available

Alberta InSight is a growing database of over 20 000 photographs held in archival institutions throughout the province of Alberta. Most of the photographs are from the first half of the twentieth century, although there are some more recent ones as well. There are significant numbers of photographs that relate to buildings, family and personal life, transportation, sports and recreation, as well as a variety of other topics.

The Canadian Aviation Museum Digital Archives consists of mostly black and white images dating from the earliest days of heavier-than-air flight to the present day. The collection is especially rich in photographs dating from the 1930s and 1940s, and includes many rare and vivid images of the early bush planes and the aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps in the 1910s.

The Canada Science and Technology Museum/Canadian National (CSTM/CN) photograph collection contains about 750 000 images which date from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid 1980s recording the history and activities of CN and its predecessors. It contains more than 1000 digitized images - Go to the CN Images of Canada Gallery

The Geological Survey of Canada's selection has been made from both historical and modern photographs relating to surveys and studies carried out by Survey scientists during the course of its 150-year history. The collection includes portraits, historical photos, photos of gems, rock specimens and fossils, landscapes and photos of geoscientists at work.

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MARITIME MUSEUMS (AND RESOURCES)

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The Nova Scotia Museum is a decentralized family of museums operated by the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture. The Nova Scotia Museum Image Collection contains over 100 000 photographs, postcards and illustrations depicting the natural and cultural heritage of Nova Scotia and the Atlantic region of Canada.

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Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, Lunenburg
The Dory Shop, Shelburne
Fishermen's Life Museum, Oyster Ponds, Jeddore
Lawrence House Museum. Maitland
Cornwallis Museum, Naval Training Base, Clementsport
HMCS Sackville Naval Memorial
Maritime Command Museum, Halifax
Shearwater Aviation Museum (Naval Aviation)
Yarmouth County Museum and Archives
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Tall Ships of Atlantic Canada web site
SS Atlantic Shipwreck Heritage Park
Bluenose II
Canadian Hurricane Centre
The Cunard Steamship Society
Geological Survey of Canada - Atlantic
Halifax Citadel
Industrial Heritage Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Archives and Record Management
The Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society
Nova Scotia Schooner Association
Pier 21 Society
The Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society
Lost at Sea - Online index of Atlantic Canadian Fishermen and Mariners Lost at Sea