Redesigned Web Site Now Online from Canada’s Largest Museum
Hull, Quebec, September 27, 2001 - A major revamp of Canada’s largest museum Web site culminated in its relaunch today by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC). The new site, Civilization.ca, is located at http://www.civilization.ca .
Civilization.ca has been redesigned to offer additional navigation tools, pathways to news and many new interactive features: exhibitions, publications, scholarly material, educational games, online shopping and quick links to the CMCC’s special interest areas. With the recent improvements to the site, Web users will be enticed to explore and discover the wealth of the CMCC’s historical content online.
“The new and improved Web site will enable the Corporation to do an even better job of providing knowledge related to Canadian history and culture,” stated Dr. Victor Rabinovitch, President and CEO of the CMCC. “Today’s learning and research, especially by students and teachers, is highly dependent on online sources. The CMCC’s extensive site will remain at the forefront of the information revolution as a premiere Web destination for information, education, study and pleasure.”
The site has been designed to give everyone the desire to explore, learn and have fun. New online features include:
- Symbol of a Profession: One Hundred Years of Nurses’ Caps - explores the evolution of the nursing profession, in parallel with a current exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
- Mystery at Number 262 - an interactive educational game with antique objects from the CMCC collection, including the Forster Dollhouse currently on exhibit at the Canadian Children’s Museum
- A Chronology of Canadian Postal History - showcasing the breadth of postal history from 1506 to the present and the research initiatives of the Canadian Postal Museum
- Genealogy - a searchable database featuring genealogical and historical information about our ancestors, from the Virtual Museum of New France™
- Armoured Warrior - an interactive and pedagogical adventure about Canada’s role during the Second World War, from the Canadian War Museum
The site enables visitors to further search for a precise subject or to browse through material in thematic sections: archaeology, arts and crafts, civilizations, cultures, First Peoples, history, treasures and military history. Special resources for kids, educators, scholars and the media are also available. By the beginning of November, the introductory issue of an electronic newsletter will be sent to those who subscribe through Civilization.ca.
The CMCC launched what was the first Canadian museum Web site in 1994. It now receives over 78 million hits a year and has won numerous awards. The site has over 30,000 screens of information in English and French. It also has extensive collections databases available online and various audiovisual materials.
The Civilization.ca site includes the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Canadian War Museum, the Canadian Children’s Museum, the Canadian Postal Museum and the Virtual Museum of New France™.
Backgrounders on the Civilization.ca site.
Media Information:
Media Relations Officer
Tel.: (819) 776-7169
Senior Media Relations Officer
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Fax: (819) 776-7187
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