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The National Gallery of Canada (French: Musée des beaux arts du Canada), located in the capital city Ottawa, Ontario, is one of Canada's premier art galleries. The Gallery is housed in a glass and granite building on Sussex Drive with a notable view of the Canadian Parliament buildings on Parliament Hill. The acclaimed structure was designed by Moshe Safdie and opened in 1988. The Gallery's former director Jean Sutherland Boggs was chosen especially by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to oversee... full article at wikipedia

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380 Sussex Drive	Ottawa	Ontario	K1N 9N4	Canada
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Utopia/Dystopia: The Photographs of Geoffrey James	May 30, 2008	Oct 19, 2008	Pratt & Whitney Canada
Selected Scenes from the 1950s at the National Gallery	Sep 10, 2008	Dec 19, 2008
Dots, Pulses and Loops	Jul 9, 2008	Oct 2, 2008
High-definition Inuit Storytelling		2009
Real Life: Ron Mueck and Guy Ben-Ner	Jun 21, 2008	Sep 28, 2008
The 1930s: The Making of "The New Man"	Jun 6, 2008	Sep 7, 2008	Department of Canadian Heritage
Joe Fafard	Feb 1, 2008	May 4, 2008	Department of Canadian Heritage
Imaging a Shattering Earth: Contemporary Photography and the Environmental Debate	Jun 27, 2008	Oct 13, 2008	Oakland University
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