Admiralty House, Mount Pearl
| Established | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Location | 365 Old Placentia Road, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Type | Communications Museum |
| Website | http://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.
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Coordinates: 47°30′17.12″N 52°47′41.03″W / 47.5047556°N 52.7947306°W
Affiliations
The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.
References
- ↑ "Admiralty House Museum and Archives". www.historicplaces.ca. 2004-12-15. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
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