Museum London
Museum London is an art and history museum located in London, Ontario, Canada.
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It is located near the forks of the Thames River. It started its operations in 1940 with London Public Library and amalgamated with London Regional Art Gallery and London Regional Historical Museum in 1989. The current building is designed by Raymond Moriyama, architect of Science North in Greater Sudbury, the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, and the National Museum of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh.
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| Established | 1940 |
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| Location | 421 Ridout Street North London, Ontario N6A 5H4 |
| Coordinates | 42°58′57″N 81°15′18″W / 42.9826°N 81.2551°W |
| Type | Art and history museum |
| Director | Julie Bevan |
| Curator | Andrew Kear |
| Website | www |
Facilities
In 2018, the museum opened an expansion to the museum called Centre of the Forks.
Collection
The museum's collection contains 45,000 artifacts and 5,000 pieces of art. The museum's art collection includes works by Lawren Harris, one of the founders of the Group of Seven, Kent Monkman, and Edward Burtynsky. In 2004, the London Health Sciences Centre gave the museum its medical artifact collection.
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