title: Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games
text: The Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games was a public board game museum housed at the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1971 as the Museum and Archive of Games, and renamed in 2000 in honour of its founder and first curator. It housed over 5,000 objects and documents related to games. It was administered by the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, and was found within B.C. Matthews Hall, near the north end of the main campus.
  
  The museum had both physical and virtual exhibits about a diversity of board games and related objects. The resources of the museum contributed to the university's program in Recreation and Leisure Studies.
  
  The University closed the museum in 2009 and transferred the physical collection to the Canadian Museum of Civilization (now known as the Canadian Museum of History) however information about the collection, which includes over 5000 objects and a large number of archival documents about games, is still hosted on the University website. There are over 700 web pages of virtual exhibits which includes videos, photographs, diagrams, other graphics, and textual information about games.
  
  See also
  History of games
  History of video games
  
  References
  
  External links
   Elliott Avedon Museum & Archive of Games website
   Obituary for Elliott Avedon
  
  University museums in Canada
  Virtual museums
  Archives in Canada
  Museums in Waterloo, Ontario
  University of Waterloo
  Amusement museums in Canada
  Defunct museums in Canada
  2009 disestablishments in Ontario
  1971 establishments in Ontario
  Museums established in 1971
  Board game websites