Diefenbaker Canada Center
The The Right Honorable John G. Diefenbaker Center for the Study of Canada (unofficially Diefenbaker Canada Center ) is a museum and archive in the Canadian city of Saskatoon . It is located on the campus of the University of Saskatchewan and was built in honor of John Diefenbaker (1895–1979), the 13th Prime Minister of Canada.
After his election as Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan in 1969, Diefenbaker promised to donate land to the university, provided that a museum and archive building would be built on it to store his memorabilia. The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence (Missouri) , which he had previously visited, served as a model. The university accepted Diefenbaker's offer and the Diefenbaker Canada Center opened on June 12, 1980.
The museum houses an exhibition about the life and career of Diefenbaker. This includes the replicas of the Prime Minister's Office and the Privy Council Chamber as they existed on Parliament Hill in Ottawa during his reign (1957–1963) . Part of the museum building is used for traveling exhibitions.
Personal and professional writings, photographs and audio-visual recordings are kept in the archive. Diefenbaker and Richard Bedford Bennett are the only Prime Ministers whose writings are not held by Library and Archives Canada . The graves of the Diefenbaker couple are on the green space in front of the center.
Web links
- official website (English)
Coordinates: 52 ° 8 '2 " N , 106 ° 38' 24" W.