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March Break at the Museum | Canadian Museum of History

Learn | Canadian Museum of History

Activities | Learn | Canadian Museum of History

Membership | Support | Canadian Museum of History

CINÉ+ | Plan Your Visit | Canadian Museum of History

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Title / URL	Issues
Home \| Canadian Museum of Historywww.historymuseum.ca/	100
Exhibitions \| Canadian Museum of Historywww.historymuseum.ca/exhibitions/	100
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.historymuseum.ca/	100
Plan Your Visit \| Canadian Museum of Historywww.historymuseum.ca/visit/	25
Group Visits \| Plan Your Visit \| Canadian Museum of Historywww.historymuseum.ca/visit/groups/	21
March Break at the Museum \| Canadian Museum of Historywww.historymuseum.ca/marchbreak/	15
Learn \| Canadian Museum of Historywww.historymuseum.ca/learn/	10
Activities \| Learn \| Canadian Museum of Historywww.historymuseum.ca/learn/activities/	10
Membership \| Support \| Canadian Museum of Historywww.historymuseum.ca/support/membership/	9
CINÉ+ \| Plan Your Visit \| Canadian Museum of Historywww.historymuseum.ca/visit/cineplus/	8

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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