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Artefacts Canada

Provided by the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN), Artefacts Canada allows users to search and browse information about and images of millions of objects from Canadian museums and archaeological sites. The Humanities section includes all forms of visual art, clothing, jewelry, furniture, tools, surgical instruments, and other historical objects, many accompanied by images. The Natural Sciences area has over one million specimen records representing 28,000 different species with some images, while Archaeological Sites contains information on "70,000 archaeological sites administered by Canadian provincial, territorial, and federal government departments or agencies." For those unfamiliar with the terminology used in this wide variety of fields, performing an advanced search by browsing indices allows users to scroll through lists of index terms and automatically pop them into the search screen. There are also sample searches provided for each area, to retrieve, for example, ceremonial and sacred objects from the archaeological sites, or Impressionist art or costume and clothing in the humanities section. All searches can be limited to include only objects with images.
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July 6th, 2001
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April 7th, 2003 at 3:38pm
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August 2nd, 2007 at 4:34pm
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