Exhibitions
Currencies of Conflict: University of Calgary Collections at The Military Museums
March 9, 2022 – May 23, 2022
Currencies are much more than monetary denominations. As means of establishing value that can circulate, exert influence, and be exchanged, currencies are …
Mission: Afghanistan
July 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021
Mission: Afghanistan is a major bilingual traveling exhibit developed in partnership between The Military Museums in Calgary, and the Department of Nationa …
Tensile Strength: Weavers and War
July 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021
Tensile Strength: Weavers and War showcases intriguing forms of carpet-making known as Afghan War Rugs. Mounted to coincide with the twentieth anniversary …
They Never Talked About It: Untold Stories WW II
June 15, 2020 – March 31, 2021
2020 marked the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, affording opportunities for reflection on the world’s largest conflagration, and the m …
Steven Nunoda: Ghostown
February 7, 2020 – April 13, 2020
This solo exhibition is based on Nunoda’s research into Japanese-Canadian internment during World War II, addressing social, familial and personal fallout. …
Daughters of Uranium, an exhibition by Mary Kavanagh
September 27, 2019 – January 26, 2020
On July 16, 1945, when the United States detonated the world’s first atomic bomb, the atmospheric radiation released by this event marked the beginning of …
Keepsakes of Conflict: Trench Art and Other Canadian War-related Craft
June 7, 2019 – September 2, 2019
Founders’ Gallery presents two sister exhibitions of Canadian war-related craft. Both curated by Heather Smith, this will be the first time they have been …
Quilting for a Cause: Red Cross Quilts of the Great War
June 7, 2019 – September 2, 2019
Founders’ Gallery presents two sister exhibitions of Canadian war-related craft. Both curated by Heather Smith, this will be the first time they have been …
Walled Off: The Politics of Containment
February 1, 2019 – May 20, 2019
Perhaps the ultimate denial of freedom is captivity; this exhibition brings together photographic work that explores state suppression, control and contain …
Tour of Duty: Canadians and the Vietnam War
September 27, 2018 – January 13, 2019
This personality based exhibit will relate a range of soldiers’ perspectives on the Vietnam War. Artifacts and oral histories from Canadians who were there …
Gassed Redux
June 22, 2018 – September 9, 2018
Adad Hannah will create a new work based on the epic First World War painting, Gassed by John Singer Sargent. Adad Hannah is known for cleverly staged tabl …