![]() The volunteer and education programs are supported by The Military Museums Foundation. “They’re independent and tell their own story.” DND provides the building and infrastructure on the five-hectare site. “The galleries operate as a storefront in a mall,” said Stinson. ![]() ![]() Soon after, they were joined by the army, naval and air force museums of Alberta. Those artifacts will serve as the cornerstone of exhibits honouring the more than 40,000 Canadians who served and the 158 soldiers and seven civilians who died in Afghanistan between 20.īut during fundraising and planning for the expansion, which is expected to be about 3,000 square metres and cost about $50 million, it’s business as usual for The Military Museums-plural, because the site houses seven separate accredited museums as well as the University of Calgary Founders’ Gallery and the museums’ library and archives.Īfter Canadian Forces Base Calgary closed in the late 1990s, the base junior high school was repurposed as the Museum of the Regiments, housing artifacts of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Lord Strathcona’s Horse Infantry, King’s Own Calgary Regiment and Calgary Highlanders. “There’s a lot of stuff that came back from our time in Afghanistan that’s sitting in warehouses or travelling,” he said. “We’ve been honoured to be the permanent home of the Afghanistan legacy exhibit,” said director Doug Stinson. The Military Museums in Calgary-the country’s second largest military museum-is poised to get a lot larger with an expansion including a new museum devoted to the war in Afghanistan. ![]()
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