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July 7, 2014
Museum Reconstruction - Part 3
Though naturally we are aware that the former Museum space is being gutted, the reality of seeing it empty is still pretty strange for most of us here. In the last blog of this series we showed you the empty cafeteria space that will become the new Museum, as well as some images of the old Museum as it was at the time: stuffed with odds and ends of exhibit cases, the occasional display still on the walls. -
July 7, 2014
Birds of Canada Series $1000 Note
The note’s face features the Queen’s portrait. On her left is a view of the Parliament Buildings, showing the north side of the Centre Block with the Library of Parliament in the foreground. -
July 7, 2014
Birds of Canada Series $100 Note
The second note to feature the optical security device was the $100 note, printed by British American Bank Note Company issued in December 1990. -
July 7, 2014
Birds of Canada Series $50 Note
The $50 note issued in December 1989 was the first in the series to carry the cutting edge optical security device on its face. -
July 7, 2014
Birds of Canada Series $20 Note
The face of the $20 note features the Doubtfire engraving of the Queen that appears on the $2 note, but the adjacent vignette spotlights the Library of Parliament. -
July 7, 2014
Birds of Canada Series $10 Note
Printed by British American Bank Note Company and issued in June 1989, the $10 note features a portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald engraved by Thomas Hipschen of the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing. -
July 7, 2014
Birds of Canada Series $5 Note
The face of the $5 note features a portrait of Sir Wilfrid Laurier engraved by Yves Baril. Beside the portrait is the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings as it appeared in Laurier’s day. -
July 7, 2014
Birds of Canada Series $2 Note
Issued in September 1986 and printed by both Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd. and British American Bank Note Company, the $2 note was the second in the new series and features a portrait of the Queen engraved by Henry S. Doubtfire of De La Rue, based on a photograph by Anthony Buckley. -
June 23, 2014
CENTimental Journey
With all the blogging we’ve been doing for Voices from the Engraver, you’d think we had nothing else on our exhibition plate. We do, actually, and it’s called CENTimental Journey. This temporary exhibition, hosted at the Canadian Museum of History, walks you through more than 150 years of the Canadian 1 cent piece. -
June 16, 2014
Museum Reconstruction - Part 2
We are coming up on a year since we closed the doors on the physical museum. During that year, we’ve worked very hard to make sure everybody knows that we are still a functioning museum and one that will be opening its doors again in a few years on a beautiful new space, with an expanded mission and mandate.
