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The McCord Museum (in French, Musée McCord) is a public research and teaching museum dedicated to the preservation, study, diffusion, and appreciation of Canadian history. The museum, whose full name is McCord Museum of Canadian History, is located next to McGill University, in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ...
A museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ...
Canada is a nation of 31 million inhabitants occupying almost all of the northern half of the North American continent. ...
McGill University is a research-intensive, non-denominational, co-educational university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...
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Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ...
The museum was founded in 1921 by David Ross McCord, based on his own family collection of objects. Since then the museum's holdings have increased substantially, and now counts: 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
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On October 13, 1921 the McCord National Museum, as it was then called, opened its doors, housed in a building provided by McGill University. The collection was based on the McCord family collection. Since 1878, David Ross McCord had been adding to the already considerable collection assembled by his family since their arrival in Canada. Over the years he developed the plan of founding a national history museum in Montreal, at that time Canada's metropolis. October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ...
1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
The museum was administered by McGill University for over sixty years until it became a private museum. Leading members of the community, including the families of Walter M. Stewart, Thomas H.P. Molson and John W. McConnell, lent their support to the Museum over the years. Today, the McCord Museum is supported by the governments of Canada, Quebec and Montreal, and by a large network of members, donors and sponsors. John Wilson McConnell (July 1, 1877 - November 6, 1963) was an Anglo-Quebecer businessman, newspaper publisher, humanitarian, and the most significant philanthropist in the history of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ...
One of the jewels of the museum's collection is the Notman Photographic Archives, over 450,000 photographs taken in Montreal between 1840 and 1935. 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
External link - McCord Museum (http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/)
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