The McCord Museum is one of Canada’s leaders in the development of online collections. With more than 135,000 images of artifacts, paintings, minatures, clothing, and photographs, their extensive online database is a great starting point for early Canadian history.

Virtual Exhibits studying editorial cartoons, photography of Canada, urban life, and magic lantern shows also add colour and life to your lessons. And of course the museum’s excellent education section links material thematically for quick use in the classroom.

Perhaps most notably, the McCord Museum has recently joined Flickr Commons, an online database of easily accessible photos.