Join the museum's new Collections Officer, Mercedes Cormier, for a behind the scenes look at the Museum's collections and archives. Program participants will learn about the museum's current reorganization and rehousing project, how to access and use the Museum's archives and hear stories about some of the objects in the collection. This event is for...
Members of the Canmore Museum are invited to celebrate the holidays at the North West Mounted Police Barracks. Members will learn how to make pioneer Christmas decorations and help bring the holiday spirit to the Barracks. A Christmas cookie exchange, some hot chocolate and carol singing will round out the event. The Canmore Museum is...
This last year has been one of reflection and change for the museum. As we enter a new year, we are keen to have a conversation around why the Museum has adopted the Social Museum model and how it is actively working to engage with the community in meaningful and sustainable ways. The first Member...
Meet our new Programs Officer, Kevin Meisner, and learn more about the new directions that the Canmore Museum is taking towards museum education. Kevin will demonstrate the museum's Museum@School website; this is a new online platform for Bow Valley educators to access a wide variety of resources and programming, including Museum@School content, field trip experiences,...
While men’s stories are told in detail, women are often stereotypically represented in objects related to their traditional social roles, limited to the home, domestic duties, and childrearing. Through this narrow depiction, museums have done a disservice to the real history of women’s contributions to society. Join us as we search the Canmore Museum’s collection...
Your story matters! Join Sarah Knowles and local author, photographer, and political analyst Stephen Legault for a discussion about how to capture and write your personal or family history. Writing your story for posteriety, for museum archives and local history books serves as an important way for researchers, historians and museums and archives to understand...
