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Pier 21 re-opened its doors on July 1, 1999. July 1 of this year marked a special anniversary : 25 years since our building first re-opened its doors as a museum. Pier 21 served as a gateway to Canada from 1928 to 1971. Nearly a million people arrived through the building, disembarking from …
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Pier 21 re-opened its doors on July 1, 1999. July 1 of this year marked a special anniversary : 25 years since our building first re-opened its doors as a museum. Pier 21 served as a gateway to Canada from 1928 to 1971. Nearly a million people arrived through the building, disembarking from …
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… It may not come as a surprise for many that the head of the National Arts Centre … music were less than ideal, it helped steer him down a path to become one of this country’s best known champion of the arts. In 1947, with their sons Peter and Fred in tow, Anna-Maria and Bob Herrndorf left the port of Rotterdam and a …
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… was when she arrived to this new land. Although she did not travel alone, I believe a part of each immigrant’s journey originates as a … and custom, it was Raffaele’s responsibility to be the man of the house; so his decision to move the family to Canada was respected and …
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… was when she arrived to this new land. Although she did not travel alone, I believe a part of each immigrant's journey originates as a … and custom, it was Raffaele's responsibility to be the man of the house; so his decision to move the family to Canada was respected and …
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… Bill One day, a letter simply addressed to “Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia,” arrived on my desk. The first line read, “I don’t know if anyone is ever going to read this.” In his letter, Bill Pineo described … throughout the harbour. It had to be the favourite of almost everyone, and the timing was most appropriate: Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me …
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… One of the things I love most about working in the Scotiabank Family History Centre (SHFC) at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is that every interaction is … their family members about their lives and stories when they had the chance. Too often we take our loved ones for granted, or forget that …
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… (Updated January 28, 2022) Perfect Landings was created by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to coincide with the Canadian … Commons , linking back to the late 1800s, when people waltzed on ice in the Public Gardens. More recently, I think it is fair to say … took up as a suitable use of the storied Commons of the city. (Aside: one of the builders featured in Perfect Landings is Joe Geisler, a …
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… neutral way towards them. [5] After 1840, white citizens started to become fearful when fugitive slaves began to arrive in larger numbers. … influx of newly freed blacks once slavery was abolished. [7] Creating Community Black immigrants spread out around various towns and … Museum, Buxton, 21975 A. D. Shadd Rd, North Buxton, Ontario, N0P 1Y0, Visited Nov. 6, 2015 ↩ Alexander and Glaze, Towards Freedom , 66. ↩ …
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… Technology Operations Rental Services Research & Collections Security Visitor Experience Executive Office Departmental Enquiries … Nathaline Piedrahita-Budiman media@pier21.ca 902-425-7770 ext. 264 Access to Information and Privacy Officer John Murray … 902-425-7770 ext. 248 Nathaline Piedrahita-Budiman Social Media and Communications Coordinator 902-425-7770 ext. 264 Shipra Chaubey …