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TORONTO — Toronto District School Board students may be preparing to leave school for the summer, but those who have a tough time saying goodbye will be able to go back to school — and those of yesteryear — during the break.

The TDSB unveiled its new museum recently, featuring the largest public education collection in Canada, with more than one million items that have been collected since the mid-19th century.

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The museum, also known as the Debwemowin Lodge, is found in the basement of the Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute and guests can enter for free but must call in advance of a visit.

Items featured in the museum include a modified piano, housed in the School for the Deaf, with a large indent so deaf children could lie down and feel its vibrations. Old desks, an LP used for sex education, pamphlets featuring warnings of nuclear war, and science experiments featuring taxidermied animals are also on display.

The museum’s first exhibition features contemporary First Nations, Metis, and Inuit First Nations artwork and is being curated by Elder Dr. Duke Redbird.

National Post