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Aero Space Museum Association of Calgary - "Come with us on an
exciting tour of Calgary's Aero Space Museum. We have over one hundred
photographs to show you along with fascinating historical information about
the dynamic aviation history of Canada. Canada's wartime aviators and aviation
industries were instrumental in the victory of that time and it is to those
gallant and noble sacrifices that we dedicate our efforts in relaying the
proud history of Aviation in Canada. The Museum building was originally a
Royal Air Force Drill Hall (not RCAF)." (site introduction)
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Alberta Aviation Museum & Learning Centre - The Alberta Aviation
Museum displays aircraft and artifacts from different eras and unique topics
in Alberta's aviation history.
http://www.albertaaviationmuseum.com/ |
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Alberta Railway Museum - The Alberta Railway Museum invites to
take a virtual tour of thier facility. There's something here for families
and railway enthusiasts alike. See steam locomotives, passenger trains, freight
trains and diesel locomotives.
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Arctic Institute of North America - Created by an Act of Parliament
in 1945, the Arctic Institute of North America is a non-profit membership
organization and a multidisciplinary research institute of the University
of Calgary. The Institute's mandate is to advance the study of Canada's North
through the natural and social sciences, the arts and humanities; and to
acquire, preserve and disseminate information on physical, environmental
and social conditions in the North.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/Others/AINA/ |
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Banff Park Museum - Taste the wild by exploring the oldest
natural history museum in Western Canada. This turn-of-the-century taxidermy
collection continues to thrill visitors to Banff National Park curious about
the mammals, birds, insects and fish found in the Canadian Rockies. Relax
and curl up with a book in the Reading Room of this architectural showpiece
or view wildlife videos in the interactive Discovery Room.
http://www.parkscanada.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ab/banff/index_e.asp Le Musée du Parc-Banff - Venez goûter au milieu sauvage en explorant le plus ancien musée d’histoire naturelle de l’Ouest du Canada. Sa collection d’animaux naturalisés qui date du début du siècle continue de fasciner les visiteurs du parc national Banff désireux d’en apprendre davantage au sujet des mammifères, des oiseaux, des poissons et des insectes des Rocheuses canadiennes. Vous pouvez vous installer confortablement avec un livre dans la salle de lecture de cette petite merveille architecturale, ou visionner l’une des vidéos sur la faune dans la sallede découvertes. http://www.parkscanada.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ab/banff/index_f.asp |
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Bonnyville and District Museum - "The Bonnyville and District
Museum is a wonderful display of Bonnyville's history over the past 200 years."
"At the opening of the museum's grounds stands a hand-carved seven metre tall statue of fur trader Angus Shaw (38k jpg), the first European to come to the area in the mid-1700s. Carved by artist Herman Poulin of Hub Designs in St. Edouard, Alberta, the statue stands as a welcome to the 2,500 people who visit the museum each year. Behind him stands the museum itself, and a re-creation of the early buildings of Bonnyville, including the first log church, the first hospital, a fur traders shack, schoolhouse, merchant store and machine shed housing an impressive collection of antique tractors and cars." http://www.virtuelle.ca/cnc/bonnyville/ |
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Calgary Firefighters Museum Society - Firefighters Museum Society
mission is to acquire, restore, maintain and protect apparatus, pictures,
equipment and memorabilia of the Calgary Fire Department's past.
http://www.firefightersmuseum.org |
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Canmore Museum - The Canmore Museum takes visitors back
in time to experience the coal mining town that Canmore was between 1886
and 1979, as well as explore a variety of other culturally and historically
significant aspects of Canmore.
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Donalda and District Museum - The museum is home to an incredible
collection of over 850 lamps - Kerosene, Aladdin, Miniature etc. The beginning
of this impressive collection is due to the generosity of Beth and Don Lawson
who collected coal oil lamps from 1939 to 1979.
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Glenbow Museum, Art Gallery, Library, Archives - Glenbow is a
museum, art gallery, library and archives located in Calgary, focusing on
the human history of northwest North America.
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Grande Prairie Museum - "The history of the Grande Prairie area
from the time of the dinosaurs to the present. With exhibits on dinosaur
bones, arrowheads, local wildlife, and pioneer artifacts complete with a
historical village.
http://www.grandeprairiemuseum.org/ |
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The Nanton Lancaster Society and Air Museum - Honouring all those
associated with Bomber Command during WWII and commemorating the activities
of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. About a 40 minute drive
south of Calgary, Alberta, Canada on Hwy #2.
http://www.lancastermuseum.ca/
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The Naval Museum of Alberta - Located in Calgary, The Naval Museum
of Alberta, commemorates the prairie men and women who served in the Royal
Canadian Navy since its formation in 1910. It is dedicated to the memory
of Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray, VC, DSC, MiD, RCNVR; the Royal Canadian
Navy's only recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War II.
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Kalyna Country Ecomuseum - The 15,000 square km Kalyna Country
Ecomuseum is a cultural heritage district depicting early settlement patterns
for Ukrainian pioneers, other cultures and natural history interpretation.
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Museum of Miniatures - A Southern Alberta attraction in Cardston,
Alberta. Wonderful displays of hand-created scenes from the Old West,
as well as many more miniatures await you.
http://www.geocities.com/miniaturesmsm/ |
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Peace River Centennial Museum and Archives - The museum was built
as part of the centennial project in 1967, and has many priceless items from
the area.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/prcma/ |
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Pioneer Acres Museum - Pioneer Acres is a Museum consisting of
possibly the largest live exhibition of Antique Farm Machinery in Western
Canada. Situated on 50 acres of land one kilometer north of Irricana, Alberta,
the museum is conveniently located on Highway #9 just 45 minutes northeast
of Calgary.
http://www.pioneeracres.ab.ca/ |
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The Provincial Museum of Alberta - "Located in Edmonton, The
Provincial Museum of Alberta is one of Canada's most popular museums. Set
in a park just west of downtown, the Museum offers a full range of exhibitions
and activities for every age level and interest. Feature exhibitions at the
Museum are changing all the time. Behind the scenes, 12 curatorial programs
are responsible for building and making accessible some of the finest human
and natural history collections in the country." (site intro)
http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/ |
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Red Deer and District Museum - Local, national and international
art exhibits of the highest calibre delight the senses.
http://www.museum.red-deer.ab.ca/ |
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Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleontology - Located in
Drumheller, Alberta.
This award winning site is worth a visit, if only to participate in
their virtual tour. The museum provides extensive educational programs
as well as providing rich information resources for student research on
paleontology. Check out their many real field trip opportunities.
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Telephone Historical Centre - This telephone museum and science
centre is the largest of its type in North America. This museum for all ages
allows visitors to try all types of telephone equipment and science
experiments.
http://www.discoveredmonton.com/telephonemuseum/ |
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Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village - The Ukrainian Cultural Heritage
Village is an open-air museum presenting the early history of east central
Alberta through the eyes of its predominantly Ukrainian population 1892-1930.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/ukrainian/ |
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University of Alberta Museum of Zoology - The collections include
specimens representing species from around the world, with the bulk of the
collection being collected from Alberta. The site includes Animal Terms,
and Feature Creatures.
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/uamz.hp/uamz.html |
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Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies - The mandate of the Museum,
located in
Banff, is "to assist in educational, cultural and
aesthetic pursuits connected with the Canadian Rockies through the collection,
preservation, study, exhibition and interpretation of cultural resources
from the Canadian Rockies and to examine the relationship between culture
and mountains through the exhibition, study and interpretation of materials
from mountains around the world."
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