Federal government makes significant investment in Bruce Remembers exhibit
By: Liz Dadson
November 17, 2015
The federal government has made a significant investment into the Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre's permanent gallery commemorating the First World War through the Bruce Remembers Exhibit.
The $77,601 in funding from the Government of Canada Celebration and Commemoration Program will also benefit an accompanying travelling school outreach exhibit. Both the permanent and travelling exhibits will give local residents, visitors and students the opportunity to take part in activities and learn more about the First World War.
“We are thrilled to receive this contribution," says Cathy McGirr, director of museum and cultural services. "With this funding, we are able to strengthen and share our historical past throughout the county and beyond. The travelling school outreach exhibit, which focuses on the Grade 10 curriculum, offers teachers another way for students to learn about the First World War through personal connections to three local heroes."
The government investment means the museum is able to provide opportunities for reflection and appreciation for this important moment in Canadian history.
Earlier this year, the Bruce Remembers exhibit opened with a commemorative parade. In this exhibit, visitors experience life from a soldier's perspective as the exhibition showcases the causes of war, enlistment and propaganda, a cross section of individuals involved in the war (Bruce County) including: First Nations, Nursing Sisters, Air Corps. and Local Heroes. Life on the home front, as well as trench conditions and a memorial, are also main themes within the exhibition.
The travelling school outreach exhibit, which is scheduled for completion in January, 2016, will reach beyond Bruce County with plans to travel the exhibition to secondary schools throughout Ontario and into neighbouring provinces.
Exhibition Feature Areas:
- Letters from home
- Airmen
- Nursing sisters
- First Nation involvement
- Local Heroes
- Firearms and gas warfare
Exhibition Interactive Areas:
- Enlistment card
- Gas mask
- “Smell-o-Vision” – Trench Sleeping Hole
- Try on a uniform and a weighted ruck sack
- Dioramas – Front Lines through the war
The Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre offers an unforgettable experience in a journey through thousands of years of natural and human history by offering state-of-the-art and interactive exhibits, compelling adult and children’s programming, and an extensive history of the County of Bruce. These are but a few of the reasons why the museum engages and entertains visitors year-round. For more information about upcoming exhibits, programs and events, visit www.brucemuseum.ca
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