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Founders' Hall

Six Prince Street, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P5, Canada
902-368-1864
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Type: History Museums, Historic Sites
Owner description: Visitors to this heritage attraction are transported back to 1864 to relive Canada's history through state-of-the-art displays and multimedia... more » Owner description: Visitors to this heritage attraction are transported back to 1864 to relive Canada's history through state-of-the-art displays and multimedia presentations. « less
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chennai
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7 reviews 7 reviews
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 May 2013

This is a beautiful building and the guide who showed us around offered a brief but thorough (enough) history of the building and the events that took place. That we were there when the sky was a brilliant blue and the gentle breeze through the open door almost seemed to usher in the envoys that had met 150 years ago... More

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PEI Canada
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7 reviews 7 reviews
4 attraction reviews
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 April 2013

Impressive displays used to share the history of PEI in a way that young and old will enjoy. Must see for visiters and islanders too.

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Calgary, Canada
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71 reviews 71 reviews
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Reviews in 36 cities Reviews in 36 cities
32 helpful votes 32 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 April 2013

We really enjoyed this chronological travel through history. A great place to receive an overview of the history of Confederation from 1864 right up to the addition of Nunavut.

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Atlanta, Georgia
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3 attraction reviews
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 February 2013

Not much for the foreign traveler. The story and movie are very insignificant if you are not Canadian... do other things.

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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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10 attraction reviews
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9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 January 2013

The sound equipment is showing its age. History shown in a novel (hokey?) way, but puts a good perspective to Confederation.

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Clearwater, Florida
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23 reviews 23 reviews
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Reviews in 14 cities Reviews in 14 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 November 2012

The movie describing the start of the Federation was interesting and a good preparation for viewing the upstairs rooms. It seemed to bring those days to life.

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Winnipeg
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27 attraction reviews
Reviews in 28 cities Reviews in 28 cities
49 helpful votes 49 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 September 2012

This exhibit was quite corny. We were provided with audio head phones to hear the exhibit as we walked through but the premise is that it`s a media telecast of the conference in the 1860`s when they had no media telecast. You had to stand on a certain area of the exhibit floor to hear what that part of the... More

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Timmins
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 September 2012

Excellent displpay of history of our founding but the communication system would be a pain if it was real busy. Staff were helpful and glad to see us

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Vancouver area
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5 attraction reviews
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 September 2012

It was great to hear about our own history! In the gift shop there is an awesome video on the building of the Confederation Bridge which is well worth watching.

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Ottawa, Canada
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3 reviews 3 reviews
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 September 2012

Stopped here to get lots of info for a trip around PEI and I must say all the staff were sooo helpful. We got lots of info and found lots of things on PEI that we wouldn't have discovered on our own

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