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Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

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Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
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+1 902-425-7770

Hours:
Sunday10am - 5pm
MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
Wednesday10am - 5pm
Thursday10am - 5pm
Friday10am - 5pm
Saturday10am - 5pm


The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is Canada's national museum of immigration. The museum occupies part of Pier 21, the former ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971. Pier 21 is Canada's last remaining ocean immigration shed. The facility is often compared to Ellis Island , in terms of its importance to mid-20th century immigration to Canada an association it shares with 19th century immigration history at Grosse Isle, Quebec and Partridge Island in Saint John, New Brunswick . The Museum began as an independent institution run by the Pier 21 Society in 1999. It became a national museum run by the Canadian federal government in 2011.
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