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Collection Development
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Experimental Collection Engagement with the Locomotives and Rolling Stock Collection

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Chloe Dennis
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
May 3, 2022
The majority of Ingenium’s locomotives and rolling stock collection are not currently on public display and most likely will never be due to their size, weight, and maneuverability. New technologies and digital tools, however, create opportunities for these rail artifacts to be seen and accessed by a wider audience. With this in mind, I created a virtual tour that brings together 360 images, artifact histories, archival material, sound, and other Ingenium projects to tell the story of rail
A scan of drawing J-35-L-326, one of our largest, illustrating a 4-6-2 type steam locomotive.
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Discover the Canadian Pacific Railway Steam Locomotive Drawing Collection

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Marcia Mordfield
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Apr 5, 2022
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Steam Locomotive Drawing Collection documents and illustrates in exacting detail the most vibrant period of steam locomotive development in Canada.
A painting depicts a castle-like building at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.
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Living in two worlds: Celebrating the Park Car Murals

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Eryn O’Neill
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Feb 24, 2022
What happens when art meets science…and how do you best display works from prominent, Canadian artists at the CSTM?
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Agriculture
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Ingenium celebrates #LibraryShelfie Day from home in 2021

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Adele Torrance
Ingenium
Jan 26, 2021
Happy #LibraryShelfie Day! Founded in 2014 by the New York Public Library, Library Shelfie Day is celebrated on the fourth Wednesday of January.
Image is a black-and-white photograph showing the first Canadian contingent of troops standing at attention before a train car.
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Library and Archives
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Remembering in black and white: Wartime photographs just released in Ingenium’s Digital Archives

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Adele Torrance
Ingenium
Nov 9, 2020
On the occasion of Remembrance Day, Ingenium’s archivists would like to share some newly released photographs in the Digital Archives.
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Group of Seven artwork has a home amongst science and technology artifacts

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Sonia Mendes
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Apr 28, 2020
The notion of a science museum collecting famous art might seem a bit peculiar — until you know the full story.
Image is a black-and-white photograph showing employees standing on and around a steam locomotive. There are about 40 men
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Archives Awareness Week: Digital Archives portal expands railway and aviation collections

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Adele Torrance
Ingenium
Mar 31, 2020
As students and educators shift from the traditional classroom to online learning in the face of COVID-19, the Ingenium Digital Archives portal is growing its offerings.
View of the CP 1201 locomotive in a concrete storage facility.
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Rail Transportation
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Railway enthusiasts invited to watch Canadian artifacts take to the tracks

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Sonia Mendes
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Jul 10, 2019
Moving artifacts that weigh hundreds of metric tons is no small feat, but Ingenium is on a roll. Later this month, three pieces of Canada’s storied rail history will take to the tracks during a public event that will see them move out of a storage warehouse and into their new home in Ingenium’s Collections Conservation Centre in Ottawa. The Bytown Railway Society — a volunteer-run organization which restores and operates steam rail equipment — will be a key player in the move.
Two young evacuee children from Great Britain, standing at Bonaventure Station, Montreal, Quebec. August 1941.
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Digital Archives: Canada's Guest Children during the Second World War

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Kristy von Moos
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Apr 5, 2018
In honour of Archives Awareness Week (April 2-8), Ingenium is highlighting a few gems taken from our digital collection. This text has been adapted from the Picturing the Past website, developed by the Canada Science and Technology Museum in 2006. As early as 1933, with Hitler’s rise to power, the British government began to plan for war with Germany. Many Britons were concerned, not only with the bombing of cities, but with the threat of military invasion and occupation by the German army. The
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Science Alive! Episode 4: Zombies at the Museum

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Canada Science and Technology Museum
Mar 21, 2016
If you were trapped in the Museums’ collection warehouse during the zombie apocalypse- what would you use to defend yourself? Dave and Museum Conservator Erin Secord examine the creepier side of the Museums’ collection in this special, zombie-themed episode.

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