The Canadian Museum of Nature, housed in the Victoria Memorial Museum building occupies an are surrounded by McLeod Street to the north of the front entrance, Elgin Street to the east, Argyle Avenue to the South and O'Connor Street to the west. The plaque memorializing the Victoria Memorial Museum building stands on the north west side of the front entrance just east of the woolly mammoth family.
VICTORIA MEMORIAL MUSEUM BUILDING
Built between 1905 and 1911, this Tudor Revival structure with its crenellated roofing holds a prominent place in the history of Canadian museums. Originally constructed for the Geological Survey of Canada to feature well-lit exhibition areas, it is Canada's first building designed specifically for national museum collections and research. Over the years, it has been home to no fewer than four national museums devoted to natural history, science and technology, human history and fine art.
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
L'ÉDIFICE COMMÉMORATIF VICTORIA
Construit dans le style néo–Tudor entre les années 1905 et 1911, cet édifice à la silhouette crénelée occupe une place prépondérante dans l'histoire des musées canadiens. Érigé pour la Commission géologique du Canada afin d'offrir de grandes aires d'exposition bien éclairées, c'est des fins d'exposition de collections natinales et de recherches muséologuiques. Au fil du temps, il a abrité pas moins de quatre musées nationaux consacrés à la nature, à la science et à la technologie, à l'histoire de l'humanité ainsi qu'aux beaux-arts.
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
