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exhibitions
exhibitions
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Toy Town
Toy Town
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Toy Town explores how villages, towns, and cities have been represented in toys from Europe and North America. Drawn from CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, the twenty-nine toys reflect shifting social values and different approaches to the design, organisation, and planning of communities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Toy Town is the sixth in(...)
Toy Town explores how villages, towns, and cities have been represented in toys from Europe and North America. Drawn from CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, the twenty-nine toys reflect shifting social values and different approaches to the design, organisation, and planning of communities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Toy Town is the sixth in(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
22 October 1997 to 31 May 1998
22 October 1997 to 31 May 1998
Title:
Toy Town
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Toy Town explores how villages, towns, and cities have been represented in toys from Europe and North America. Drawn from CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, the twenty-nine toys reflect shifting social values and different approaches to the design, organisation, and planning of communities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Toy Town is the sixth in(...)
Toy Town
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Toy Town explores how villages, towns, and cities have been represented in toys from Europe and North America. Drawn from CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, the twenty-nine toys reflect shifting social values and different approaches to the design, organisation, and planning of communities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Toy Town is the sixth in(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
22 October 1997 to
31 May 1998
22 October 1997 to
31 May 1998
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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Not only do toys provide evidence of the social and economic life of their period, but architectural toys ranging from wooden building blocks to iron and steel construction sets reflect distinct stylistic predilections and technological advances. New industrial and building techniques were used not only to create the new building types transforming our cities, but were(...)
Not only do toys provide evidence of the social and economic life of their period, but architectural toys ranging from wooden building blocks to iron and steel construction sets reflect distinct stylistic predilections and technological advances. New industrial and building techniques were used not only to create the new building types transforming our cities, but were(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
28 November 1990 to 31 March 1991
28 November 1990 to 31 March 1991
Title:
Buildings in Boxes: Architectural Toys from the CCA
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Not only do toys provide evidence of the social and economic life of their period, but architectural toys ranging from wooden building blocks to iron and steel construction sets reflect distinct stylistic predilections and technological advances. New industrial and building techniques were used not only to create the new building types transforming our cities, but were(...)
Buildings in Boxes: Architectural Toys from the CCA
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Not only do toys provide evidence of the social and economic life of their period, but architectural toys ranging from wooden building blocks to iron and steel construction sets reflect distinct stylistic predilections and technological advances. New industrial and building techniques were used not only to create the new building types transforming our cities, but were(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
28 November 1990 to
31 March 1991
28 November 1990 to
31 March 1991
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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Architecture, though constrained by boundaries of function and structure, is always ultimately an act of the imagination. Potential Architecture: Construction Toys from the CCA Collection explores twenty-one construction toys, made in the hundred years from 1850 to 1950, that were designed to challenge a child’s creativity. The toys illustrate how children learn to invent(...)
Architecture, though constrained by boundaries of function and structure, is always ultimately an act of the imagination. Potential Architecture: Construction Toys from the CCA Collection explores twenty-one construction toys, made in the hundred years from 1850 to 1950, that were designed to challenge a child’s creativity. The toys illustrate how children learn to invent(...)
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
4 December 1991 to 8 March 1992
4 December 1991 to 8 March 1992
Title:
Potential Architecture: Construction Toys from the CCA Collection
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Architecture, though constrained by boundaries of function and structure, is always ultimately an act of the imagination. Potential Architecture: Construction Toys from the CCA Collection explores twenty-one construction toys, made in the hundred years from 1850 to 1950, that were designed to challenge a child’s creativity. The toys illustrate how children learn to invent(...)
Potential Architecture: Construction Toys from the CCA Collection
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Architecture, though constrained by boundaries of function and structure, is always ultimately an act of the imagination. Potential Architecture: Construction Toys from the CCA Collection explores twenty-one construction toys, made in the hundred years from 1850 to 1950, that were designed to challenge a child’s creativity. The toys illustrate how children learn to invent(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
4 December 1991 to
8 March 1992
4 December 1991 to
8 March 1992
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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events
events
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We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
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Click, Cut, Paste
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We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
Click, Cut, Paste
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We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
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events
events
Date:
13 December 2023
9am to 3:30pm
13 December 2023
9am to 3:30pm
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events
events
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We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
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Get Out of Your House!
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We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
Get Out of Your House!
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We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
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events
events
Date:
6 December 2023
9am to 3:30pm
6 December 2023
9am to 3:30pm
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events
events
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Over three evenings on 15-17 August, join us for free outdoor Inuit games, stories, food, and films, in parc Baile as part of the 4th edition of the Tillitarniit festival. Organized by Inuit visual artist and filmmaker asinnajaq, this year’s festival titled home, body, land will bring together Inuit artists and filmmakers who are shaping todays world with stories from(...)
Over three evenings on 15-17 August, join us for free outdoor Inuit games, stories, food, and films, in parc Baile as part of the 4th edition of the Tillitarniit festival. Organized by Inuit visual artist and filmmaker asinnajaq, this year’s festival titled home, body, land will bring together Inuit artists and filmmakers who are shaping todays world with stories from(...)
Date:
15 August 2024 to 17 August 2024, 6pm
15 August 2024 to 17 August 2024, 6pm
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Tillitarniit at CCA – home, body, land
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Over three evenings on 15-17 August, join us for free outdoor Inuit games, stories, food, and films, in parc Baile as part of the 4th edition of the Tillitarniit festival. Organized by Inuit visual artist and filmmaker asinnajaq, this year’s festival titled home, body, land will bring together Inuit artists and filmmakers who are shaping todays world with stories from(...)
Tillitarniit at CCA – home, body, land
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Over three evenings on 15-17 August, join us for free outdoor Inuit games, stories, food, and films, in parc Baile as part of the 4th edition of the Tillitarniit festival. Organized by Inuit visual artist and filmmaker asinnajaq, this year’s festival titled home, body, land will bring together Inuit artists and filmmakers who are shaping todays world with stories from(...)
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events
events
Date:
15 August 2024 to
17 August 2024
6pm
15 August 2024 to
17 August 2024
6pm
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events
events
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We invite kids to get out of the house and into the CCA for a day of free activities inspired by Ange Loft’s installation Visibly Iroquoian . In addition to a guided tour of the installation, participants will take part in the Carrying Patterns: Making Visible an Iroquoian Montréal workshop , which will invite them to familiarize themselves with Iroquoian aesthetics,(...)
We invite kids to get out of the house and into the CCA for a day of free activities inspired by Ange Loft’s installation Visibly Iroquoian . In addition to a guided tour of the installation, participants will take part in the Carrying Patterns: Making Visible an Iroquoian Montréal workshop , which will invite them to familiarize themselves with Iroquoian aesthetics,(...)
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Living Land: Kids’ Day at the CCA
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We invite kids to get out of the house and into the CCA for a day of free activities inspired by Ange Loft’s installation Visibly Iroquoian . In addition to a guided tour of the installation, participants will take part in the Carrying Patterns: Making Visible an Iroquoian Montréal workshop , which will invite them to familiarize themselves with Iroquoian aesthetics,(...)
Living Land: Kids’ Day at the CCA
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We invite kids to get out of the house and into the CCA for a day of free activities inspired by Ange Loft’s installation Visibly Iroquoian . In addition to a guided tour of the installation, participants will take part in the Carrying Patterns: Making Visible an Iroquoian Montréal workshop , which will invite them to familiarize themselves with Iroquoian aesthetics,(...)
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events
events
Date:
7 March 2024
9am to 3:30pm
7 March 2024
9am to 3:30pm
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articles
articles
Title:
Playing it Safe
Playing it Safe
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Delara Rahim, Francisco Brown, Jimmy Pan, and Angie Door on the creation of play subjects and playgrounds
Issue:
Keep Safe
Keep Safe
Keyword(s):
Keep Safe, playgrounds, safety, risk, regulation, public space, control, contemporary playground design,
Keep Safe, playgrounds, safety, risk, regulation, public space, control, contemporary playground design,
Published:
8 July 2024
8 July 2024
Title:
Playing it Safe
Delara Rahim, Francisco Brown, Jimmy Pan, and Angie Door on the creation of play subjects and playgrounds
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Playing it Safe
Delara Rahim, Francisco Brown, Jimmy Pan, and Angie Door on the creation of play subjects and playgrounds
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Keep Safe
Keep Safe
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articles
articles
Title:
Toys Shape Minds no. 5
Toys Shape Minds no. 5
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Issue:
Let us assure you
Let us assure you
Keyword(s):
July Monarchy, Game of the Monuments of Paris, board games, monuments, Paris, Napoleon, Arc de Triomphe
July Monarchy, Game of the Monuments of Paris, board games, monuments, Paris, Napoleon, Arc de Triomphe
Published:
18 September 2009
18 September 2009
Issue:
Let us assure you
Let us assure you
Form:
articles
articles
Issue:
The planet is the client
The planet is the client
