Sault Ste. Marie Museum
The Sault Ste. Marie Museum is a historical museum in Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario , which has existed since 1951 and 1983, respectively. It is operated by the Sault Ste. Marie & 49th Field Regiment RCA Historical Society maintain. Hence the full, but uncommon name of the house is Sault Ste. Marie & 49th Field Regiment RCA Historical Society Museum . Three directors, one of whom is appointed by the city and two by the historical society, run the institution.
history
When JH Coyne visited the city in 1920, the member of the Ontario Historical Society initiated the construction of a museum. A first meeting of twelve interested citizens followed on August 10, and a week later a statute was adopted in the town hall. By 1923 the provincial government rejected several requests for support, so that the publications soon had to be stopped.
The company was not activated again until January 26, 1951. Lt. Col. Derrer had the War Department give him a room for a library or museum at Pine St. Armory. A little later, the original members of the society founded Sault Ste. Marie Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RCA Historical Society . Sir James Dunn (1874–1956), then President of Algoma Steel , took care of the interior, but the exhibitions suffered from a lack of space. In addition, there was a lack of stringent concepts. Therefore, a part-time employee was hired in 1956, who was also secretary, treasurer and curator . But the space problem persisted, and a sensitized society criticized the problematic access to the museum. On March 17, 1962, the Sault Ste. Marie (Sault Ste. Marie Museum) a member society of the Ontario Historical Society.
When museum standards were introduced by the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation in 1980 , the access problem proved insurmountable. The old post office was an adequate building that was also of sufficient size. The municipality of Sault Ste. Marie bought the building in 1981 and the museum opened in 1983. The building itself was built between 1902 and 1906; In 1912 the tower received a clock.
In 1982, a contract was signed between the 49th Field Regiment RCA, Sault Ste. Marie and the 49th Field Regiment RCA Historical Society.
On the first floor there is a military history and a postal history collection, in the second a kind of children's museum, plus the Skylight Gallery, an exhibition on prehistory and early history, as well as on history up to around 1960. On the third floor there is an exhibition on Maritime history on the Great Lakes, especially on the Upper Lake and Lake Huron. A concession to the financier Francis Hector Clergue is a division about Algoma Steel. Finally, a small exhibition on local sports history was set up.
Web links
- Official website (English).
Footnotes
Coordinates: 46 ° 30 ′ 29 ″ N , 84 ° 19 ′ 41 ″ W.