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Admiralty House, Mount Pearl

Coordinates: 47°30′17.12″N 52°47′41.03″W / 47.5047556°N 52.7947306°W / 47.5047556; -52.7947306
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Admiralty House Museum & Archives
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Established1997
Location365 Old Placentia Road, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador
TypeCommunications Museum
Websitehttp://www.admiraltymuseum.ca/

Admiralty House is located in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland.[1] It was built in 1914 for the British Admiralty as a World War I communications post. It now houses a museum, with exhibits on the history of Mount Pearl, Guglielmo Marconi and wireless communications, the wreck of SS Florizel, and HMS Calypso (later HMS Briton), a training ship for the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve before and during World War I.

47°30′17.12″N 52°47′41.03″W / 47.5047556°N 52.7947306°W / 47.5047556; -52.7947306

Affiliations

The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.

References

  1. ^ "Admiralty House Museum and Archives". www.historicplaces.ca. 2004-12-15. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 10 June 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)