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In 1967, the city handed over the house to the Children's Aid Society of Western Manitoba and they relocated to a new facility in 1972. After five years of vacancy, the non-profit organization Brandon Museum Inc. took over the building. The museum opened in 1978 and was named after its original owner, Thomas Mayne Daly. [2]
The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum is an aviation museum located at Brandon Municipal Airport, Brandon, Manitoba. It is dedicated to the memory of the airmen from the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, who trained at World War II air stations across Canada. The museum is in stage 1 of redevelopment, which will see it restored to ...
Brandon (/ ˈ b r æ n d ə n /) is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada.It is located in the southwestern corner of the province on the banks of the Assiniboine River, approximately 214 kilometres (133 mi) west of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, and 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of the Saskatchewan border.
This is a list of museums in Manitoba, Canada.There are nearly 200 museums in Manitoba, with over 40 in the City of Winnipeg alone. [1]For this context, museums are defined as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or ...
A three-storey, Beaux-Arts court house of sculpted grey limestone, located directly across from the Manitoba Legislative Building; its siting and classically inspired design symbolize the importance of Manitoba's court system York Factory [61] 1684 (established) 1936 York Factory
The Westoba Place hosted the 2010 Memorial Cup. [7] [8] Other major events held at the Keystone Centre include the 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (co-hosted with Winnipeg), the 1995 Ford Men's and Women's World Curling Championships, the 1982 Labatt Brier, the 1993 and 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, and the 1994 Air Canada Cup.
The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba was founded as the Brandon Art Club in 1907. The Brandon Art Club provided an array of classes in drawing, painting and art history, and regularly exhibited work by its members. In 1959, a permanent space for studios and exhibitions was established and renamed the Brandon Allied Arts Council.
The first curator of the RCA Museum, Major M. S. M. Ferguson. The original intent of the museum was to display the history of the RCA and the military history of Canada. During the 1980s and 1990s, the museum had signage listing the full name as "The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Museum" and the abbreviated "RCA Museum."