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From the Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association, we learned about an interesting exhibit at the Canadian Embassy (501 Pennsylvania Ave NW). The details follow:
Murals from a Great Canadian Train on Exhibit
Through September 16, 2016In 1953, the Canadian Pacific Railway purchased 173 brand-new stainless steel rail cars from the Budd Company of Philadelphia. To highlight the natural beauty along the cross-country route as well as promote tourism, the Canadian Pacific Railway engaged prominent Canadian artists of the day who were able to create over a dozen landscape murals of Canada’s national and provincial parks to adorn the rail car interiors.
Text accompanying the murals is in English and French
No charge to see the exhibit
Mondays – Fridays, 9:00am – 4:30pmMore information
Embassy of Canada
501 Pennsylvania Avenue,NW
202.448.6255
Metro: Archives-Navy Mem’l-Penn Quarter
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