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of her adult life. The main exhibit in the lower hall changes regularly, featuring anything
from ancient art to the avant-garde. Free tours are given at 2pm Sunday year-round and
daily during July and August.

Halifax Public Gardens GARDENS
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At the corner of Spring Garden Rd and South Park St, these are considered the finest
Victorian city gardens in North America. Oldies bands perform off-key concerts in the
gazebo on Sunday afternoons in summer, tai chi practitioners go through their paces, and
anyone who brings checkers can play on outside tables.

Titanic Burial Grounds HISTORIC SITE
When the Titanic sank, the bodies not buried at sea were brought to Halifax. Today there
are 19 graves at Mt Olivet Catholic Cemetery (7076 Mumford Rd) , 10 in the Baron de
Hirsch Jewish Cemetery at the north end of Windsor St, and 121 in the adjacent Fair-
view Lawn Cemetery ; 40 graves are still unidentified. J Dawson, whose name was the
basis for Leonardo DiCaprio's character in the film Titanic, is buried at Fairview Ce-
metery.

Anna Leonowens Gallery GALLERY
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( 902-494-8184; http://nscad.ca ; 1891 Granville St; 11am-5pm Tue-Fri, noon-4pm Sat, show
openings 5:30-7:30pm Mon) Off the pedestrian area on Granville St, this gallery
shows work by students and faculty of the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. The
gallery is named for the founder of the college, who was immortalized in The King and I
for her relationship with the king of Siam.

St Paul's Church CHURCH
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( 902-429-2240; 1749 Argyle St; 9am-4pm Mon-Fri) Established in 1749 with the found-
ing of Halifax, Anglican St Paul's Church once served parishioners from Newfoundland
to Ontario. Across the square, Halifax' City Hall OFFLINE MAP

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gem of Victorian architecture.

St Mary's Cathedral Basilica CHURCH
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