Editing Dalhousie University (section)

===Libraries and museums===
The university has five libraries. The largest, [[Killam Library|Killam Memorial Library]], opened in 1971 and claims to be the largest academic library in [[Atlantic Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libraries.dal.ca/locations_services/locations/killam_memorial_library.html|title=Killam Memorial Library|publisher=Dalhousie University|access-date=10 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518040513/http://libraries.dal.ca/locations_services/locations/killam_memorial_library.html|archive-date=18 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The W. K. Kellogg Health Science Library provides services largely for the faculties of dentistry, medicine, and other health professions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libraries.dal.ca/locations_services/locations/w_k_kellogg_healthscienceslibrary.html|title=W. K. Kellogg Health Science Library|access-date=10 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425020516/http://libraries.dal.ca/locations_services/locations/w_k_kellogg_healthscienceslibrary.html|archive-date=25 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Sexton Design & Technology Library is located within Sexton Campus. Its collection largely serves those in the faculties of engineering, architecture and planning, and houses the university's rare books collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libraries.dal.ca/locations_services/locations/sexton_design_technologylibrary.html|title=Sexton Design & Technology Library|access-date=10 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513135639/http://libraries.dal.ca/locations_services/locations/sexton_design_technologylibrary.html|archive-date=13 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Sir James Dunn Law Library holds the university's collection of common law materials, legal periodicals, as well as books on international law, health law, and environmental law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libraries.dal.ca/locations_services/locations/sir_james_dunn_lawlibrary.html|title=Sir James Dunn Law Library|publisher=10 May 2013|access-date=11 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531005018/http://libraries.dal.ca/locations_services/locations/sir_james_dunn_lawlibrary.html|archive-date=31 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> MacRae Library is located at the university's Agricultural Campus, and has the largest collection of agricultural resource material in Atlantic Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libraries.dal.ca/locations_services/locations/macrae_library.html|title=MacRae Library|access-date=10 May 2013|publisher=Dalhousie University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426062836/http://libraries.dal.ca/locations_services/locations/macrae_library.html|archive-date=26 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Dalhousie University Archives houses official records of, or relating to, or people/activities connected with Dalhousie University and its founding institutions. The archives also houses material related to theatre, business and labour in Nova Scotia. The collection consists of manuscripts, texts, photographs, audio-visual material, microfilm, music, and artifacts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/GetMuseumProfile.do?lang=en&chinCode=guaanp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616235504/http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/GetMuseumProfile.do?lang=en&chinCode=guaanp|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 June 2013|title=Dalhousie University Archives|publisher=Canadian Heritage Information Network|year=2009|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref> The university's first library, Macdonald Memorial Library, was built after alumni raised funds on the death of professor [[Charles Macdonald (professor)|Charles Macdonald]], who had left the university $2,000 to buy books in English literature on his death in 1901.<ref name="dict">{{cite DCB |last1=Waite |first1=P.B. |title=MacDonald, Charles |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/macdonald_charles_13E.html |volume=13}}</ref>

The biology department operates the Thomas McCulloch Museum in its Life Sciences Centre (LSC). The most notable of the museum's exhibits include its preserved birds collection. Other collections include its Lorenzen ceramic mushrooms, its coral and shell collection, and its butterfly and insect collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biotype.biology.dal.ca/museum/|title=McCulloch Museum|access-date=10 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040312202932/http://biotype.biology.dal.ca/museum/|archive-date=12 March 2004}}</ref> The museum's namesake [[Thomas McCulloch]] was a Scottish Presbyterian minister who served as Dalhousie's first president and created the Audubon mounted bird collection which is now housed at the museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biotype.biology.dal.ca/museum/McCullochHistFrame/mcCullHistFrame.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040530095952/http://biotype.biology.dal.ca/museum/McCullochHistFrame/mcCullHistFrame.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 May 2004|title=The history of Thomas McCulloch's Life|publisher=Dalhousie University|access-date=10 May 2013}}</ref>

The Dalhousie Art Gallery is both a public gallery and an academic support unit housed since 1971 on the lowest level of the [[Dalhousie Arts Centre]]. Admission is free of charge. It is host to a permanent collection of over 1000 works.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Permanent Collection|url=http://artgallery.dal.ca/collection/|publisher=Dalhousie Art Gallery|access-date=13 July 2013|archive-date=10 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610202457/http://artgallery.dal.ca/collection/|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of the [[List of public art in Halifax, Nova Scotia|outdoor sculptures]] around the campus are part of this collection, such as the distinctive ''Marine Venus'' which has sat in the median of University Avenue since 1969.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schneidereit|first=Rebecca|title=Contemplating 'Marine Venus'|url=https://www.dal.ca/news/2008/06/06/marine.html|access-date=13 July 2013|newspaper=Dal News|date=6 June 2008|archive-date=26 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626050218/http://www.dal.ca/news/2008/06/06/marine.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A notable exhibition from the Dalhousie Art Gallery includes "Archives of the Future" (March – April 2016) exploring the relationship between art creation and commerce with work by artists Zachary Gough, Dawn Georg, Sharlene Bamboat, [[Katie Vida]] and [[Dana Claxton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/the-future-is-now/Content?oid=5276048|title=The Future is Now|last=Higgins|first=Kathleen|date=2016-03-17|website=The Coast Halifax News|access-date=2016-03-27|archive-date=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324140740/http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/the-future-is-now/Content?oid=5276048|url-status=live}}</ref>