URL:   http://www.civilization.ca/  Name: Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMCC)  Canadian Museum of Civilization Photo: Edzard Teubert   Alternate Name: Wakei no niwa  Address: 100 Laurier Street  Mailing Address:   City: Hull  State: Quebec  Postal Code:   Country: CANADA  Latitude/Longitude: lat=45.4333; long=-75.7333 Find Gardens Nearby Phone: +1.819.776.7000 or 1.800.555.5621  Fax: +1.819.776.7187  E-Mail: membrs@civilization.ca  Contact:   Designer(s): Masuno Shunmyo, Japan Landscape Consultants  Contruction Date: January - June, 1995  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: May 1 to June 30, daily, 9 am - 6 pm; Thursdays until 9 pm July 1 to September 4, daily, 9am - 6pm; Thursdays and Fridays until 9 pm September 5 to October 9, daily 9am - 6pm; Thursdays until 9pm October 10 to April 30, Tuesday to Sunday, 9am - 5pm; Thursdays until 9 pm December 14: 9am - 6pm December 24: 9am - 3pm Closed December 25 (Christmas Day) Easter Monday: 9am - 5pm  Admission: Admission to garden is free. Admission to museum is Adults: $8; seniors: $7; youth (13 to 17): $6; children (2 to 12): $4; family (max. 5 people; max. 3 adults): $20 . Admission is half-price on Sundays. Admission is free every Thursday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. The museum also has four 'free days' per year on Sunday before Heritage Day (February 15), the Sunday preceding Museums’ Day (May 18), Canada Day (July 1) and Remembrance Day (November 11).  Added to JGarden: 7/27/2001  Last Updated: 2/23/2006  Sources:   JGarden Description: The Canadian Museum of Civilization presents over 10,000 years of Canada's pre-history, history and culture. The Museum building is an architectural masterpiece -- a symbolic depiction of a land sculpted by winds, waters and glaciers at the end of the Ice Age, when humans first crossed into Canada from Asia. The Canadian Museum of Civilization presents over 10,000 years of Canada's pre-history, history and culture. The Museum building is an architectural masterpiece -- a symbolic depiction of a land sculpted by winds, waters and glaciers at the end of the Ice Age, when humans first crossed into Canada from Asia. The Japanese garden is a roof garden, designed by Shunmyo Masuno with the theme Wakei No Niwa, a reference to the Japanese and Canadian people. Most of the materials for the garden are from the region with native plants and stone selected from the nearby Gatineau Hills. The design team included Shunmyo Masuno, a Zen Buddhist monk from Japan, Patrick Mooney from University of British Columbia, Ueto Construction from Japan, Massie & Associates Ltd from Hull Quebec and Vaughan Landscape Planning and Design. Other museums nearby include the Canadian Children’s Museum and the Canadian Postal Museum.

Which of these leaves Will be the first to fall? Ask the wind!   Soseki   trans. by R.H. Blyth