April 1, 2024 – September 2, 2024
People of Canada’s Air Force: 100 Years Canada celebrates the centennial of the Royal Canadian Air Force on 1 April 2024. Conducting war in the air and from the air is more hazardous than most conflic…
October 20, 2023 – March 3, 2024
Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Canadian Military Medicine explores Canadian military medicine from the 19th century through to Afghanistan. The exhibition features personal artifacts and oral histories from…
May 26, 2023 – September 24, 2023
DEFIANCE features Ukrainian-Canadian artist Taras Polataiko, whose critique of cultural representation is in reaction to political instability attributed to the historic and current Russian aggression…
May 30, 2023 – August 13, 2023
At the beginning of the First World War, mental illnesses and nervous conditions were believed to result from an individual’s “weak” mind or character, rather than a legitimate reaction to an overwhel…
November 8, 2022 – April 30, 2023
To Oldman River showcases significant new material in UCalgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources’ holdings at The Military Museums (TMM). The exhibition includes firearms, uniforms, medals, relics an…
June 11, 2022 – September 11, 2022
A Uniform Coat of Many Colours: Military Immigrants in Alberta explores and presents diverse stories of immigrants in Alberta, who have undertaken military service in their countries of origin. Organi…
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 influential concepts that also depict and pre…
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 National Defence Directorate of History and Heritage…
Tensile Strength: Weavers and War showcases intriguing forms of carpet-making known as Afghan War Rugs. Mounted to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, and curated by Michele Hardy, PhD, a…
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 manner in which art and heritage can recalibra…
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. Comprising a large-scale sculptural installa…
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 the what is now called the Nuclear Anthropoce…