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=== Attractions === [[File:City of Surrey Museum 2010a.jpg|right|thumb|Surrey Museum in [[Cloverdale, Surrey|Cloverdale]]]] The Museum of Surrey is affiliated with [[Canadian Museums Association|CMA]], [[Canadian Heritage Information Network|CHIN]], and [[Virtual Museum of Canada]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} It reopened as the Museum of Surrey on September 29, 2018, after a renovation which added {{convert|12000|sqft}} to the previous {{convert|24000|sqft|adj=on}} building.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |date=April 24, 2018 |title=$16-million expansion of Museum of Surrey to open this fall |work=Daily Hive |url=http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-museum-expansion-opening-2018 |access-date=September 29, 2018 |archive-date=September 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929080424/http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-museum-expansion-opening-2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Museum of Surrey |url=https://www.surrey.ca/culture-recreation/2372.aspx |access-date=September 29, 2018 |website=www.surrey.ca |archive-date=September 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929080424/https://www.surrey.ca/culture-recreation/2372.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> Surrey Art Gallery is the second largest public art museum in the Metro Vancouver region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 19, 2018 |title='Interactive Art Museum' Proposed For Surrey City Centre |url=https://604now.com/interactive-art-museum-downtown-surrey/ |access-date=July 6, 2021 |website=604 Now |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190017/https://604now.com/interactive-art-museum-downtown-surrey/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It opened on September 13, 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 19, 2020 |title=September 13, 1975: Official Opening of the Surrey Art Gallery – Opening Exhibition |publisher=City of Surrey |url=https://www.surrey.ca/arts-culture/surrey-art-gallery/exhibitions/september-13-1975-official-opening-of-surrey-art |access-date=July 6, 2021 |website=www.surrey.ca |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184811/https://www.surrey.ca/arts-culture/surrey-art-gallery/exhibitions/september-13-1975-official-opening-of-surrey-art |url-status=live }}</ref> The historic Surrey Municipal Hall complex includes the Cenotaph in Heritage Square, the Surrey Museum, and Cloverdale Library. The [[Surrey City Centre Public Library]] located at Whalley / City Centre is the second largest library in terms of size in Metro Vancouver.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Marelle |date=November 17, 2010 |title=City Centre Library: not just books |url=https://surreycitycentrelibrary.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/nov17leader-focus-on-the-future.pdf |website=The Surrey City Centre Library Blog |access-date=July 17, 2017 |archive-date=October 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014091032/https://surreycitycentrelibrary.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/nov17leader-focus-on-the-future.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Prittie Metrotown – Burnaby Public Library |url=http://www.bpl.bc.ca/locations-hours/bob-prittie-metrotown |access-date=February 27, 2018 |website=www.bpl.bc.ca |archive-date=February 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064218/https://www.bpl.bc.ca/locations-hours/bob-prittie-metrotown |url-status=live }}</ref> "REMEMBRANCE" by [[André Gauthier (sculptor)|André Gauthier]] in Heritage Square, is an oversized bronze statue depicting a World War I kneeling soldier, helmet in hand, in remembrance of his fallen comrades.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Remembrance |url=http://www.surrey.ca/culture-recreation/1661.aspx |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215015446/http://www.surrey.ca/culture-recreation/1661.aspx |archivedate=February 15, 2013 |accessdate=January 27, 2021}}</ref>
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