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Public Presentations and Tours
Tours and Theatre Presentations
The Military Museums offers public tours for groups of 10 people or more. Tours must be booked in advance by submitting a Public Program Request. TMM offers gallery tours, theatre presentations, artefact handling, special speakers and outreach programs.
| Landmines: A Global Plague |
12+ yrs • 45 mins
Learn about the historical, humanitarian, economic, and political realities of landmines. |
| Women in War: The Force of Canada’s Females |
10+ years • 45 mins
Learn how women contributed to Canada’s military from the Northwest Rebellion to Afghanistan. |
| Aboriginal Veterans: Calling My Spirits Home |
10+ yrs • 45 mins
During this theatre presentation you will learn about Aboriginal veterans and their contributions to Canada’s history, military, and identity. |
Gallery Tours
| Naval Museum of Alberta |
5+ yrs • 45 mins
Look through a periscope, decipher navy flags, examine airplanes, and learn about a sailor’s life during the Second World War. |
| Army Museums: Tour One of Five |
5+ yrs • 45 mins
Tour one of five army museums. The museum you tour will be determined based on volunteer availability. Army museum tours cover a variety of topics, including the Boer War, the First World War, the Second World War, Aboriginal veterans, women’s contribution to the war effort, the UN, peacekeeping operations, and current conflicts such as Afghanistan. |
| Air Force Museum of Alberta |
5+ yrs • 45 mins
Learn the history of flight and about the men and women who serve in today's air force. |
| Founders' Gallery |
7+ yrs • 45 mins
Tour the current exhibit. |
Special Speakers
| Meet a Veteran or Serving Soldier |
8+ yrs • 45 mins
Meet a serving soldier or veteran of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps, the Second World War, Korea, the Cold War, or Afghanistan. |
| Evolution of Peacekeeping: Cyprus to Afghanistan |
10+ yrs • 45 mins
Honourary Peacekeeper and historian Norman Leach explains how Lester B. Pearson’s innovative vision of peacekeeping has evolved, the cost of peace support missions, and its historical lead-up to the current situation in Afghanistan. |
Outreach
| Request a serving soldier or veteran of the Second World War, Korea, the Cold War, or Afghanistan to speak at your venue. This outreach opportunity to meet a veteran is available all year, but in high demand during the remembrance period. Requests exceed capacity from 6 to 13 November, so to ensure a speaker plan your function for an alternate date. |
Other Activities
| Artefact Handling |
5+ yrs • 45 mins
Get your hands involved and compare Second World War battle tunics, gas masks, and helmets to modern military equipment. (Does not include weapons). |
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