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THE OWENS ART GALLERY

On the centenary of Canada's oldest university art gallery, opened in 1895 on the campus of Mount Allison University this plaque was unveiled by the Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, Lieutenant-Governor, Province of New Brunswick, 23 September, 1995.
Marker placed by Mount Allison University, in 1995.
On the transfer of the Owens collection from Saint John, and the building of the Owens Art Gallery, see Reid, John G., Mount Allison University: A History to 1963, Vol. I: 1843-1914 (Toronto: University of Toronto, 1984), pp. 208-210.

See also History of the Owens.
This site is listed in the Canadian Register of Historic Places ; see Owens Art Gallery

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