 Main entrance to the CBC Museum, contained within the Canadian Broadcasting Centre The CBC Museum is dedicated to the preserving the physical heritage and archival materials relating to the history of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is located in the Canadian Broadcasting Centre at 250 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum was founded in 1994 The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the countrys national radio and television broadcaster. ...
The Canadian Broadcasting Centre The Canadian Broadcasting Centre is the broadcast headquarters of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporations television and radio services. ...
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Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English, French (in some areas) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 106 24 Area - Total - % water Ranked 4th 1,076,395...
The museum features a number of interactive exhibits where people can call up excerpts from famous CBC television shows, including children's series, news and sport events.
Two major exhibits are currently on display at the museum: Growing Up with CBC and CBC Radio Sound Effects. The former features various props, puppets, photos, and video clips from three CBC children's shows: The Friendly Giant, Mr. Dressup and Sesame Park. The latter displays many of the objects and equipment used by the sound effects department at the CBC for many years. The Friendly Giants model castle, used during the opening sequence, currently on view at the CBC Museum The Friendly Giant was a popular Canadian childrens television program on the CBC from September 1958 through to March 1985. ...
Photograph of the Treehouse set from Mr. ...
Sesame Park was a Canadian version of Sesame Street. ...
Adjacent to the Museum is the Graham Spy Theatre, a small 40-seat venue projects video onto a screen made to look like a giant version of a 1960's era wooden television set. It displays a loop of selected classic CBC television shows. Shows rotate on a monthly basis. Past selections have included episodes from such series as Peppiatt & Aylesworth, The Tommy Hunter Show, The Frantics 4 on the Floor, and The Kids in the Hall. Frantics is the name of: Frantics (band), a punk rock band. ...
DVD release of Kids in the Hall first season. ...
The museum is open weekdays from 9am - 5pm, and on Saturdays from 12pm - 4pm. It is closed statutory holidays.
The facility is wheelchair accessible. Easy Access is a term that describes among other things, the design of buildings, or transport so that anybody regardless of whether they are elderly, pushing a pram, or are disabled can use them. ...
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