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Museum London
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Established1940
Location421 Ridout Street North
London, Ontario, Canada
N6A 5H4
TypeArt and history museum
DirectorBrian Meehan
CuratorMelanie Townsend
Websitewww.museumlondon.ca

Museum London is an art and history museum located in London, Ontario, Canada, and for more than 70 years has preserved, interpreted and shared the story of London and Londoners.

The museum is located near the forks of the Thames River in a building designed by Raymond Moriyama, architect of the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto and the National Museum of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh.

Its collection includes more than 5,000 regional and Canadian works and over 45,000 artifacts.[1] The art collection includes works by Paterson Ewen, Jack Chambers, and Greg Curnoe among many others. Particular noted examples of Canadian art include Group of Seven and Paul Peel.[2]

In January 2015 the museum was visited by actor and comedian Steve Martin. Martin was there to see Lawren Harris' oil on canvas painting called From the North Shore, Lake Superior, c. 1927.[3]

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