Confederation Centre of the Arts
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Official name | Confederation Centre of the Arts National Historic Site of Canada |
Designated | 2003 |
Confederation Centre of the Arts (
History
Construction of Confederation Centre, as it is commonly referred to, started in 1960 and
..."[The Fathers of Confederation Memorial Building] is a tribute to those famous men who founded our Confederation. But it is also dedicated to the fostering of those things that enrich the mind and delight the heart, those intangible but precious things that give meaning to a society and help create from it a civilization and a culture."
— Prime Minister L. B. Pearson, Opening Ceremonies for the Confederation Centre of the Arts, October 6, 1964[2]
The centre has played host to the
In 2011 the mainstage Homburg Theatre underwent a $17-million renovation to improve acoustics, seating, lighting, and rigging. The project was completed in time for the centre's 50th anniversary in 2014.
Architecture
Confederation Centre was built on Queen's Square in the centre of Charlottetown's business district, immediately west of Province House, Prince Edward Island's legislature and the location of the Charlottetown Conference. The centre is one contiguous structure, however at street level it appears as three separate buildings (hosting a theatre and art gallery) clustered around "Memorial Hall" which faces east toward Province House. The Confederation Chambre in Province House, where the conference meetings took place, is located on the western side of that building, thus facing directly at Confederation Centre's Memorial Hall.
Confederation Centre covers a block in the central business district, bounded on three sides by Grafton Street, Queen Street, and Richmond Street. The structure houses an art museum, and several performing arts venues.
Art museum
Opened at the same time as the rest of the structure, the Confederation Centre Art Gallery is an art museum in the northeast pavilion of the Confederation Centre of the Arts. The art gallery pavilion is housed in a three-storey structure, that includes over 3,250 square metres (35,000 sq ft) of exhibition space. As of June 2017, it held over 17,000 works in its permanent collection.[5]
Theatres
The Confederation Centre of the Arts includes a number of venues for the
References
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions - Questions courantes". Archived from the original on 2004-12-07. Retrieved 2004-11-16.
- ^ "History of the Centre - Histoire du Centre". www.confederationcentre.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Longest running annual musical theatre production | Guinness World Records".
- ^ Confederation Centre of the Arts. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "Art Gallery". confederationcentre.com. Confederation Centre of the Arts. Retrieved 7 November 2019.