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Museum Exhibit
Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton
Project Manager: Capt Michaud, MWO Ogston
Date: 7 May 2005 - 11 Nov 05
Event success factor: To increase the Regiment's visibility and highlight the contribution that the Regiment has made to the Province of Alberta throughout the last century.
The Provincial Museum of Alberta
| The Provincial Museum of Alberta will be hosting a major display centered on the South Alberta Light Horse and the relationship to Alberta. Scheduled to coincide with the 100th Anniversary of the Province of Alberta, the museum exhibit will include "living" interactors and cover the major predecessor Units of the SALH from 1885 to today. It is hoped that the SAR half-track will be a center-piece of the display.
Project Update
Project Update February 11, 2006
The Museum Display at the Royal Alberta Museum closed down on September 17th, 2005, after a highly successful summer. Thanks to Dr. Bruce McGillivray and all the staff of the Royal Alberta Museum and Alberta Infrastructure who helped make the display such a success. Thanks as well to the Regimental Foundation, who worked so hard to help us achieve success in this project. And, of course, thanks to our four Museum interpreters, Cpl Dustin Angle, Cpl Francois Bergeron, Cpl Kyle Sand, and Cpl Michael Sibulak, all of whom did a fantastic job of helping visitors experience our Regimental History.
While the display at the Royal Alberta Museum has closed, the work that has gone into creating the displays and panels will continue to be exhibited. It was recently announced that these displays will be exhibited in the summer of 2006 at the Museum of the Regiments in Calgary, thanks to the efforts of the Regimental Foundation.
On 7 May 2005, the South Alberta Light Horse took part in the opening ceremonies of "Hoof Prints to Tank Tracks" at the Provincial Museum of Alberta. Soldiers were inspected by His Excellency, Ambassador Omar Samad of Afghanistan and Major-General Andrew Leslie. The exhibit is scheduled to run until 18 September 2005 and throughout the summer, four soldiers are employed at the Museum as interactors for the public. The following offers information on the exhibit.
Exhibition Elements
The South Alberta Light Horse is one of the last of the Light Horse regiments in the Commonwealth. Members of the Regiment continue to answer the call of duty by serving on NATO and United Nations missions abroad and by aiding local authorities during emergencies within Canada.
I hope that this exhibition, not only of the South Alberta Light Horse, but its predecessor units, convey to the citizens of Alberta how its "Citizen Soldiers" have contributed to their communities, province and country in war and peace.
- Master Warrant Officer Jim Ogston, co-curator
The exhibition is divided into six chronologically distinct units. Each unit explores four recurrent themes and their relationship with the development of the Province over the last 100 years. Visitors will experience:
* The voices and personal stories from past and present members of the Regiment;
* Thematic displays exploring the Regiment's role during the First and Second World Wars;
* A chronology of significant achievements during times of war and peace;
* Examples of the technology and tactics employed by the Regiment; and
* An examination of the daily life of active-duty soldiers, including their recreational pursuits.
Highlights of the gallery include:
* a reconditioned Second World War-era Halftrack (weighing in at more than 9 tonnes, this is the heaviest individual artifact ever displayed in the Museum)
* a re-creation of a First World War battle trench
* the Regiment's guidon - the unit's most sacred and cherished symbol
* film footage dating from the Second World War, including training techniques and a one minute segment relating to the surrender of thousands of German troops at St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France
* an Iltis jeep
Daily Activities
Family Activity Book
Earn your stripes with an activity book that will assist you with exploring 100 years of the South Alberta light Horse - it's a great take-home souvenir of your visit!
Collect a Cap Badge Button
Grab a badge (identifying rank and regiment) then explore the gallery to learn about its meaning and significance.
Morale by Mail
Write a postcard to a Canadian Armed Forces member overseas and the Museum will send it on your behalf.
Origami
Reflect on the meaning of peace while you fold an origami crane. Your crane will be added to the display of (hopefully) 1,000 cranes to fulfill a wish for peace.
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