Pier 21
 Front view of Pier 21 |
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| Data | |
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| place | Halifax , Nova Scotia |
| Art |
Immigration History Museum
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| opening | 1999 |
| Number of visitors (annually) | ~ 50,000 |
| management |
Marie Chapman, Director / Chief Executive Officer
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| Website | |
Pier 21 , with its full name Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 or Musée canadien de l'immigration du Quai 21 , is a museum and a historic site in Canada . It is located in Halifax and served as a passenger terminal for transatlantic liner ships from 1928 to 1971 . During this time, it was also the gateway to Canada for more than a million immigrants and refugees, as well as the drop-off point for Canadian troops during World War II . It was also called Canada's Ellis Islanddesignated. After the passenger terminal was closed, the building was used as a warehouse and as an artist's studio. In 1997 the building was as Pier 21 National Historic Site of Canada in the list of national historic sites of Canada ( National Historic Site of Canada ) was added. It reopened as a museum on Canada Day 1999 and became a national museum in February 2011. The museum has around 900 m² of exhibition space available.
Today the cruise ships dock next to the museum, and many of them call at Halifax during the season.
literature
- Joachim Baur: Immigration museums as new national museums. The Ellis Island Immigration Museum and the “Pier 21” museum , in: Zeithistorische Forschungen / Studies in Contemporary History 2 (2005), pp. 456–467.
Web links
- Official website (English, French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Pier 21 National Historic Site of Canada. In: Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved October 3, 2014 .
- ↑ Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. (PDF) Anual Report 2012-2013. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, accessed October 3, 2014 .
Coordinates: 44 ° 38 ′ 16.1 ″ N , 63 ° 33 ′ 56.6 ″ W.