Edmonton City as Museum Project ECAMP
November 19, 2024, 6:30pm – 8:30pm. Put your Edmonton knowledge to the test! The Edmonton City as Museum Project (ECAMP) presents an evening of local history trivia at Canadian Brewhouse (Downtown). Discover the secrets, scandals, and surprising stories hiding in plain sight around our city. Shock your friends with random Edmonton facts for ...
Exhibits - Edmonton City as Museum Project ECAMP
Edmonton Living Rooms is the culmination of a series of gatherings and conversations engaging newcomer Canadians in story sharing to honour their presence and experiences in the unfolding story of lands and peoples. Welcome to ECAMP Exhibitions! These are unique compilations of ECAMP stories, live events, video, photography, personal ...
About the Edmonton City as Museum Project
Launched in 2013, the Edmonton City as Museum Project (ECAMP) is an initiative of the Edmonton Heritage Council that explores the history of our city through story. The stories that connect us, the stories that divide us, and the stories that nurture an appreciation of our differences as Edmontonians. Curiosities Bus Tour, November 2013. Al ...
Edmonton’s 1957 City Hall - Edmonton City as Museum Project …
Aug 7, 2014 · Edmonton’s second City Hall was a news-making building right from the beginning. Completed in 1957 as one of Canada’s first modernist city halls, the building on the north side of 102A Avenue between 99 and 100 streets was daring and controversial. Like many other modernist buildings constructed in the city during the period, its cutting ...
The Other Side of Emily Murphy - Edmonton City as Museum …
Oct 21, 2020 · The Other Side of Emily Murphy. “In the case of Murphy, contemporary criticism finds evidence in Murphy’s 1922 book, The Black Candle, where she explores the causes and potential solutions to drug addiction in Canada.”. Shortly after entering Emily Murphy Park, which sits on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River between Groat Bridge ...
Armistice 100: Edmonton & the First World War
On November 11, 1918, 11 a.m. Paris time, the Armistice of Compiègne was signed by the Allies and Germany resulting in a ceasefire. In the next months, war-weary men returned home. But homecoming was bittersweet. While the fighting was over, difficulties continued. Returning soldiers suffered from shell shock (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.)
Maud Bowman: The leader who kickstarted the Art Gallery of …
1 day ago · In the early 1920s, a resolute woman named Maud Bowman set out to start the Edmonton Museum of Arts – today’s Art Gallery of Alberta. Bowman was a somewhat unconventional model of a female museum leader. Her work is even more remarkable given the sexism she faced.
Collections - Edmonton City as Museum Project ECAMP
In this collection, uncover Indigenous perspectives historically excluded from the story of Edmonton. ECAMP commits to the continued work needed to grow this collection, with future collaborations that will increase and amply the stories of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities in and around Treaty 6. Explore this collection.
A Black Presence in Alberta, late 1800s – 1970s
Black history is Alberta’s history. In this exhibit explore the formation of Alberta’s Black communities from the late 1800s through to the early 1970s. Although Black peoples encountered racism in Alberta they were also active and assertive in challenging such instances. Image courtesy of the ...
Danielle Siemens | Edmonton City as Museum Project ECAMP
Maud Bowman: The leader who kickstarted the Art Gallery of Alberta. Danielle Siemens. In the early 1920s, a resolute woman named Maud Bowman set out to start the Edmonton Museum of Arts – today’s Art Gallery of Alberta. Bowman was a somewhat unconventional model of a female museum leader. Her work is even more remarkable given the sexism ...