Treasuring the Tradition: The Story of the Military Museums

Treasuring the Tradition: The Story of the Military Museums

Treasuring the Tradition: The Story of the Military Museums

Treasuring the Tradition: The Story of the Military Museums

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Overview

The Military Museums in Calgary, Alberta is Western Canada's only tri-service museum and military education centre. Containing the regimental museums of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI), Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), The King's Own Calgary Regiment, and the Calgary Highlanders along with the Naval, Army, and Air Force Museums of Alberta, The Military Museums welcome over 10 000 visitors each year.

This is the story of how The Military Museums came to be. From the unprecedented coming together of individual regimental museums to form the Museum of the Regiments to the extraordinary work of veterans and citizens to create and maintain one of Calgary's principal cultural, educational, and tourist sites, it is a story of perseverance, cooperation, and community.

With the mantra "Remember, Preserve, and Educate," The Military Museums, Founders Gallery, and Military Museums Libraries and Archives are dedicated to preserving the memories and traditions of the countless Canadians who proudly served their country through war and conflict.

Treasuring the Tradition: The Story of the Military Museums is a Special Presentation of the University of Calgary Press


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781773850580
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Publication date: 02/15/2020
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 0.31(w) x 0.31(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Jeff Keshen is vice-president of Memorial University, Grenfell Campus. He is an historian specializing in War and Society.

David Bercuson is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Calgary. He is the author of Long Night of the Tankers and The Patricias: A Century of Service.

Table of Contents

Introduction
A Military Community
A Museum for the Regiments
The Naval Museum - Beginnings
Operating the Museum of the Regiments
Coming Together
Growing the Brand
Exhibits
Education
A Renewed Beginning

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