Former Provincial Museum Building (Edmonton)
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The former Provincial Museum Building in Glenora, Edmonton is the former home of the Royal Alberta Museum. It was originally constructed December 6, 1967 on the site of the Alberta's Government House to house what was then the Provincial Museum and Archives of Alberta. It continued to house the museum until December 2015 when the museum closed in preparation for its move to its new home in Downtown Edmonton.
The Canadian Federal Government’s Confederation Memorial Centennial Program and the Government of Alberta began planning for a museum in 1950. In 1962, a local architect, Australian Raymond O. Harrison, was tasked with finding a site to construct and open the Provincial Museum of Alberta with a budget of $5 million and three years.[1] Harrison had previously been involved in the designing the Vancouver Maritime Museum.[2]
Construction began in October 1965 and was completed in May 1967 with a total cost of $8,500,000. It opened on December 6, 1967.[3]
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