Royal Alberta Museum
 Building of the Royal Alberta Museum |
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Edmonton , Canada 
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historical Museum
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| opening | December 6, 1967 |
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The Royal Alberta Museum is a Canadian museum in Edmonton , the capital of the Province of Alberta . It was called the Provincial Museum of Alberta until Queen Elizabeth II's visit on May 24, 2005, and opened on December 6, 1967.
In the first year the museum already had 314,000 visitors. It was created to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Canada and was launched by the Confederation Memorial Centennial Program and the government of the province. The first plans go back to the 1950s, but it wasn't until 1962 that the project received a director. The Australian Raymond O. Harrison was entrusted with this task in 1964 and endowed with 5 million dollars . In 1969, the museum supported the Museum Advisory Program , which later became Museums Alberta , an institution that promotes the development of museums in Alberta. Admission has only been required for the museum since 1990.
From 1989 to 2001 a program of more than 175 featured exhibitions was carried out. The Syncrude Gallery of Aboriginal Culture was established in 1997, Wild Alberta in 2003 . During this time, 13 different programs were created: botany , geology , ichthyology , invertebrate zoology , mammals , ornithology , environment and paleontology of the Quaternary , archeology , ethnology , cultural studies , history of the military and politics and history of western Canada. 60,000 students participate in programs annually. For this purpose, a separate museum school (museum school) was founded.
The history-oriented museum focuses on natural history , the history of the First Nations and history since the immigration of Europeans. The floors offer the Syncrude Gallery of Aboriginal Culture , which shows the history of the Indians in the province, Wild Alberta , a floor that has dioramas from the former Habitat Gallery , and the Natural History Gallery , which deals with geological history. Special exhibitions, such as the hummingbirds of America, have been held since 1968.
The Syncrude Gallery features around 3,000 artifacts. Lectures are given in an oversized tipi and storytellers perform. One department is devoted to the Canadian government's attempt to eradicate the cultures of the Indians, and another to healing and recovery attempts.
Wild Alberta has set itself the goal of clarifying ecological relationships and interactions, and also trains in this sector. Since 2007 there has been a partnership with the Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta (FRIAA) and the Friends of Royal Alberta Museum Society .
The Natural History Gallery deals with the geological, but also with the biological history and present of Alberta.
literature
- Susan Berry and Jack Brink: Aboriginal Cultures in Alberta: Five Hundred Generations , Ed .: The Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton: Syncrude 2004