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Canada House, Trafalgar Square
Canada Home occurs as building located in Trafalgar Square, London.
Canada Home was built between 1824 and 1827 to designs by Sir Robert Smirke, the designer of the British Museum. It was originally utilized per Union Club & a Royal College of Physicians. A Canadian government acquired the building inside 1923. A building under went restoration act within 1993, & was officially reopened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1996. To commemorate a re-opening, a detachment from either the Tertiary Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry came to London in 1998 mounted the Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace.
Canada personal is the home of the High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom. These are much the public building. It contains a High Commissioner's professional, & hosts conferences, receptions, lectures, launches & "vernissages" in which Canadians & Britons might meet, & has facilities for film, cd & television screenings.
A Canada Home Gallery stages irregular exhibitions of historical & contemporary art & artifact. There exists besides an facts centre, in which visitant may sample Canada & Canadians via computer terminals, a information library & reading room, & music-listening posts featuring the works of American singers, ballad maker & musicians.
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