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Conceiving a National Museum

The Museum as Symbol

The Museum as Vision

A World-Class Museum

A Change of Address

The Need for New Accommodations

Site Selection

Site Characteristics

The Architect

Selection of the Architect

Douglas Cardinal

Cardinal's Design Vision

The Design Process

Information Gathering

Challenges

Progress of the Work

The Product

Architectural Form

Architectural Symbolism

Meeting the Challenges

Exterior Features and Landscaping

A Museum
for the 21^st Century

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Copper Roof Vaults and Domes - CD94-608-021

The copper roof vaults and domes have started to turn green and will eventually look like the many others on the other side of the Ottawa River. The verdigris on the copper symbolizes vegetation reclaiming the bare ground after the glaciers have melted.