Organization of Military Museums of Canada

Organization of Military Museums of Canada Inc.
Established	1967
Location	Ottawa Ontario, Canada
Website	www.ommcinc.ca (Official)

The Organization of Military Museums of Canada is a national organization for the promotion of military museums in Canada.

The OMMC was established in 1967 by a group of military museums, historians, and military history enthusiasts. It has over 40 individual and 60 institutional members including Canadian Forces museums, Parks Canada sites federal, provincial and municipal museums. The OMMC is a registered, charitable, not for profit organization which was incorporated as the Organization of Military Museums of Canada in 1992. Ms. Marilyn Gurney is the President of OMMC Inc. The OMMC is located in Ottawa, Ontario Canada

The OMMC is an umbrella organization for Canadian museums whose major purpose is the preservation and display of military artifacts, as well as for all other interested institutions and individuals. The OMMC is a federally incorporated, not-for-profit institution. ^[1]

Mission and Vision

The OMMC mission is "to preserve the military heritage of Canada by encouraging the establishment and operation of military museums, to educate museum staff through lectures, discussions, workshops, visits, publications and exhibits, and to cooperate with other public and private bodies devoted to the same or similar purposes." The OMMC vision is "to foster and be part of a national co-operation in a common agenda to preserve and interpret the domestic military history of Canada, set in the wider context of Canadian and international society and human affairs."^[2]

Programs

The OMMC is an association of peoples and organizations who operate military museums, promote the Military history of Canada, preserve and display military artifacts and militaria, and re-enact military operations.

The OMMC Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials in Canada was a millennium project to identify and record all Canadian military memorials in Canada.^[3]

The OMMC provides courses, meetings and other opportunities for members to explore common problems, provide instruction on new methods in museological practice and broaden the historical knowledge of museum staffs. The OMMC Studies Awards, for example, provide financial support to our members who participate in museology courses, training workshops and personnel development as a means of furthering their education and training. The OMMC newsletter is The Bulletin.^[4]

Partners

The OMMC's partners include the Canadian Museums Association (CMA). Member organizations partner with local heritage organizations.

History

The Organization of Military Museums of Canada was incorporated in 1992. The OMMC fosters public awareness and promotes the enjoyment of Canada’s military history. The “Bezeau Report”, the OMMC strategic plan was presented to the membership in 1998.^[5]

Member Organizations include

• Aero Space Museum in Calgary
• Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum
• Base Borden Military Museum
• Canadian Air and Space Museum
• Canadian Museum of Flight
• Canadian War Museum
• Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
• Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
• Comox Air Force Museum
• Great War Flying Museum
• Lorne Scots Regimental Museum
• Military Communications and Electronics Museum
• Musée du Fort Saint-Jean
• Musée Naval de Québec
• National Air Force Museum of Canada
• Naval Museum of Alberta
• Naval Museum of Manitoba
• Ontario Regiment Museum
• Royal Canadian Regiment Museum
• Royal Military College of Canada Museum
• The Fort Garry Horse Museum and Archives
• The Military Museums,
• The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada Museum
• Western Canada Aviation Museum

• The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Museum & Archives
• Virtual Museum of Canada

See also

Canadian Armed Forces portal

• List of conflicts in Canada
• List of Canadian military operations
• Canadian Forces
• History of the Canadian Army
• History of Canada
• Military history
• Colonial militia in Canada
• List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients
• Canada and the American Civil War
• Canada and the Vietnam War
• Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion - Canada and the Spanish Civil War
• Canada and NATO
• Canada and the United Nations

References

1. ^ A-AD-266-000/AG-001 Canadian Forces Museums – Operations and Administration 2002-04-03
2. ^ http://www.ommc.ca/eng/welcome.html Organization of Military Museums of Canada
3. ^ www.dnd.ca/memorial/engraph/home_e.asp OMMC Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials in Canada
4. ^ http://www.ommc.ca/eng/welcome.html Organization of Military Museums of Canada
5. ^ www.journal.forces.gc.ca/vo6/no2/history-histoire-02-eng.asp History of the Canadian Forces Museums 1919-2004

External links

• The Organization of Military Museums of Canada
• Canadian Museums Association website
• Canadian War Museum
• Chronology of Canadian Military History - Canadian War Museum
• Canadian Military Histories Digital Library
• Canadian Aboriginal Military Histories Digital Library
• CBC "Canada: A People's History" includes military history
• DND 101 (Department of National Defence primer)
• www.canadiansoldiers.com - extensive coverage of the Canadian Army in the 20th century.
• CBC Archives - Conflict and War
• CBC Archives - The 1991 Gulf War
• [1] - Haldimand Collection . Index and abstracts of the 232 series. Primary source on the conflict between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies of America that became the United States (1756–1787)
• Canadian Army Website
• Canada at War