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Recommended Links

Local History Sites

• Online Resources for Canadian Heritage (Geography and Local History)
• Calgary & Southern Alberta Women
• Virtual Tour of Historic Calgary

History

• Calgary Public Library : Link Library : History
• Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
• British Columbia History Internet WWW Page
• ArchNet: Worldwide Web Virtual Library for Archaeology
• Online Medieval and Classical Library
• World War I Document Archive
• World War I Biographical Dictionary
• Trenches on the Web: an Internet History of the Great War
• Arctic Dawn: The Journeys of Samuel Hearne
• The British Monarchy
• Directory of Royal Genealogical Data

Virtual Tours

• Arctic Dawn: the Voyages of Samuel Hearne
• Virtual Tour of Historic Calgary
• A Tour of Union Cemetary
• National Gallery of Canada

Museums, Galleries & Archives:

Canadian Museums and Galleries

• Calgary Aerospace Museum
• Emily Carr: At Home and At Work
• Glenbow Museum
• J.S. Helmcken - Pioneer Doctor
• Museum of the Regiments (Calgary)
• National Gallery of Canada
• Nickle Arts Museum
• Point Ellice Collection of Household Victoriana
• Royal Ontario Museum
• Royal Tyrrell Museum: for dinosaurs
• Schoolnet Digital Collections
• Tech Museum of Innovation: includes 10 favorite technology websites for students, teachers and families

U.S. Museums

• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: over 60,000 images from museum collections are searchable here
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City
• The Smithsonian Institution

European Museums

• Louvre Palace and Museum - Paris, France
• Musei Vaticani: The Vatican Museum
• Tate Gallery - London, UK
• Uffizi Gallery - Florence, Italy

Archives

• Archives Society of Alberta
• British Columbia Archives and Records Service: an amazing collection of photos and documents growing daily
• Glenbow Museum and Archives
• University of Alberta Archives
• Archives Network of Alberta (ANA) Database

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