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Danish Canadian National Museum and Gardens
Dickson (Alberta) Région touristique : Central Alberta
Danish Canadian National Museum and Gardens collect artifacts and immigrant life stories nationwide pertaining to Danish immigration to Canada. We have a Dormitory Coffee House & Gift Shop. Our Vision: To Share our Unique Danish Canadian Heritage. Mission: To Preserve, Present, and Promote Danish Heritage and Culture. Grand Opening was 2002.
Activités
Renseignements sur les collections
Collections include: dishes, linens, photograps, art work (paintings, sculptures, metal works, wood carvings, needlework, furniture, Royal Copenhagen china/porceline, other porcelne figurines, costumes/clothing,personnel documents (passports, baptisimal records, immigration papers), research library. Some of our collections date back to the late 1700s/early 1800s, 1900s and forward.
Nombre d'objets ou spécimens dans la collection : 5000
Archives
Family histories - birth certificates, genealogy, passports, immigration documents, war veterans, authors, historians, note worthy Danes
Documents cartographiques • Documents électroniques • Estampes et dessins • Manuscrits • Films et vidéos • Photographies • Documents textuels
Arts décoratifs
Originating from Denmark or created by Danes who have immigrated to Canada.
Céramique, porcelaine ou poterie • Costumes • Meubles ou mobilier • Verre • Ferronnerie, argenterie ou orfèvrerie • Instruments de musique • Textiles ou tapisseries
• Autre : needle work, wood work
Beaux-arts
Culture: Canadienne • Européenne
Période : Contemporaine • Moderne • Historique
Médium : Peintures • Photographies • Estampes et dessins • Sculptures • Carnets à croquis ou albums
Divers : Art folklorique • Art guerrier • Art religieux
Histoire humaine
Agriculture • Objets archéologiques • Objets de cérémonie • Horloges ou instruments qui marquent le temps • Informatique • Costumes et accessoires • Monnaie • Électricité • Exploration et relèvement • Meubles ou mobilier • Objets et technologie domestique • Traitement d'images : Photographie • Technologie et histoire industrielles • Manuscrits • Cartes, tableaux, plans ou bleus • Médailles • Histoire et technologie médicales • Souvenirs • Histoire et technologie militaires • Instruments de musique • Histoire orale • Physique, mathématique ou métrologie • Objets religieux ou liturgiques • Timbres • Jeux et jouets • Histoire locale • Armes et armements
Services
Individual, small group, large bus tours are greated by costumed interpreters; school programs; space for group meetings, retreats & reunions; weddings, memorial services, birthdays, baptisms (dedicated Danish Church is located on the Museum grounds).
Services de recherche
Genealogical centre opening for the 2006 Season, Kinfolk Kits for members to record their family history, Starting Anew stories (immigrant stories regarding people living in Central Alberta). A Provincial Centennial Project that will carry on for years to come.
Dossiers d'archives • Recherche généalogique • Bibliothèque • Conservation ou restauration
Programmes éducatifs
School Programs - Kindergarden to grade 9, focusing on Danish Heritage, Culture and Immigration of Danes to Canada. Students experience and learn about Danish Customs, Danish language, Danish cuisine and Danish games. Hans Christian Andersen stories and mythology are an intergral part of the school program.
Educational/Interpretive services for all ages and ethnic groups.
During the off season Danish language lessons are offered as well as arts and crafts (dependent on availability of instuctors/attendees).
Programmes pour les écoles : 5-11 ans (Maternelle à 6e année) : 12-17 ans 7e à 13e années (Québec : Secondaire 1 à CEGEP) • Programmes pour les aînés • Programmes pour la famille • Cours ou ateliers • Démonstrations
• Autre : Danish language classes; Danish arts & crafts
Services aux visiteurs
Six Museum exhibit rooms, Library, Genealogical Centre, Hans Christian Andersen Children's Garden of Imagination, Medeival Castle, Replica of a Danish Church (dedicated), pond with the Little Mermaid, Formal flower gardens, vegetable gardens, 3 1/2 acres of walking trails, great for bird watchers, wildlife, picnic area with large event tent for shelter or for seating during special event days while entertainers are performing on the stage,Dormitory Coffee House serving Danish cuisine (licensed),ample parking, facility is wheel chair accessible.
Visites guidées : Anglais • Location de salles de réunion • Sentiers d'interprétation de la nature ou jardins • Stationnement : Gratuit • Réminiscence ou trousse d'histoire orale • Boutique • Aménagement pour besoins spéciaux : Stationnement : Écriteaux : Toilettes : Accessible aux fauteuils roulants • Vestiaire • Toilettes
Services de bénévoles
Services de bénévoles offerts • Formation aux bénévoles offerte
Nombre de bénévoles : 50 +
Tâches : Assist with school programs, interpretive tours, story telling and special event days. Serve on the Board or as a Committee Chair. Assist in the Dormitory Coffee House, work Casinos & Bingos, help with other fundraising events & promotions, gardening, maintenance & repairs, construction, exhibit displays, cooking & baking, entertaining and public relations.
Avantages d'adhésion
Quarterly News Letter, may serve as a Board Director, may deposit family histories and artifacts
Services de restauration
Authentic Danish cuisine (Open Faced Sandwiches and Danish Desserts) great coffee, tea, juices, pop. Dormitory Coffee House is a licensed facility - serving Danish Beer & wine.
Aire de pique-niques • Services de traiteur • Infrastructure d'accueil • Restaurant
• Autre : Imported Danish Deli items are available in the Dormitory Gift Shop.
Services Internet
Renseignements généraux • Activités • Jeunes • Directions ou carte •
Renseignements supplémentaires sur nos services
Publications et produits
Quarterly News Letter, Family histories, Genealogical Centre, Annual Report, Facility Brochures/Tour Packages (Walking Trail and Gardens, Dagmar Church), Kin Folk Kits for members to record their family histories
Guides du musée • Cartes postales • Bulletins d'information • Vidéos • Brochures • Rapports annuels • T-shirts, sweatshirts ou casquettes • Trousses touristiques • Souvenirs commémoratifs
Heures d'ouverture et droits d'entrée
Période : Saisonnière
February - Fastelavn (Danish Mardi Gras) Celebration
(off season event)
April - Fundraising Auction
(off season event)
May - Mother's Day
June - St. Hans Fest and Father's Day
July - Æbleskiver Days
August - Folke Fest
September - Grandparents' Day & Festival of Nations at
Spruce Meadows Master's Tournament in
Calgary, Alberta
- Volunteer Appreciation Day
November - Julestue (Scandinavian Christmas Bazaar)
(off season event)
Ouvert : May 1st to September 30th
10:00am - 5:30pm Monday to Saturday
12:30pm - 5:30pm Sundays
Fermé : October, November, December, January,
February, March and April
Droits d'entrée : Payante
$2.00 per Person (under 6 years of age free)
$6.00 Family pass
$10.00 Family season pass
DCNMS Member - Free
Adresse
Danish Canadian National Museum and Gardens
Range Road 30, Dickson (Alberta)
T0M 1V0
Téléphone : 403 728 0019
Télécopieur : 403 728 0020
Courriel : dcnms@telusplanet.net
Adresse postale :
Danish Canadian National Museum and Gardens
Box 92, Spruce View (Alberta)
T0M 1V0
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Dernière mise à jour : 2006 09 21
Activités
Aebleskiver Days, 14 juillet 2006 au 15 juillet 2010, Atelier ou démonstration
Folke Fest, 12 août 2006 au 12 août 2010, Programme éducatif
Renseignements supplémentaires sur les activités
Renseignements sur les collections
Collections include: dishes, linens, photograps, art work (paintings, sculptures, metal works, wood carvings, needlework, furniture, Royal Copenhagen china/porceline, other porcelne figurines, costumes/clothing,personnel documents (passports, baptisimal records, immigration papers), research library. Some of our collections date back to the late 1700s/early 1800s, 1900s and forward.
Nombre d'objets ou spécimens dans la collection : 5000
Archives
Family histories - birth certificates, genealogy, passports, immigration documents, war veterans, authors, historians, note worthy Danes
Documents cartographiques • Documents électroniques • Estampes et dessins • Manuscrits • Films et vidéos • Photographies • Documents textuels
Arts décoratifs
Originating from Denmark or created by Danes who have immigrated to Canada.
Céramique, porcelaine ou poterie • Costumes • Meubles ou mobilier • Verre • Ferronnerie, argenterie ou orfèvrerie • Instruments de musique • Textiles ou tapisseries
• Autre : needle work, wood work
Beaux-arts
Culture: Canadienne • Européenne
Période : Contemporaine • Moderne • Historique
Médium : Peintures • Photographies • Estampes et dessins • Sculptures • Carnets à croquis ou albums
Divers : Art folklorique • Art guerrier • Art religieux
Histoire humaine
Agriculture • Objets archéologiques • Objets de cérémonie • Horloges ou instruments qui marquent le temps • Informatique • Costumes et accessoires • Monnaie • Électricité • Exploration et relèvement • Meubles ou mobilier • Objets et technologie domestique • Traitement d'images : Photographie • Technologie et histoire industrielles • Manuscrits • Cartes, tableaux, plans ou bleus • Médailles • Histoire et technologie médicales • Souvenirs • Histoire et technologie militaires • Instruments de musique • Histoire orale • Physique, mathématique ou métrologie • Objets religieux ou liturgiques • Timbres • Jeux et jouets • Histoire locale • Armes et armements
Services
Individual, small group, large bus tours are greated by costumed interpreters; school programs; space for group meetings, retreats & reunions; weddings, memorial services, birthdays, baptisms (dedicated Danish Church is located on the Museum grounds).
Services de recherche
Genealogical centre opening for the 2006 Season, Kinfolk Kits for members to record their family history, Starting Anew stories (immigrant stories regarding people living in Central Alberta). A Provincial Centennial Project that will carry on for years to come.
Dossiers d'archives • Recherche généalogique • Bibliothèque • Conservation ou restauration
Programmes éducatifs
School Programs - Kindergarden to grade 9, focusing on Danish Heritage, Culture and Immigration of Danes to Canada. Students experience and learn about Danish Customs, Danish language, Danish cuisine and Danish games. Hans Christian Andersen stories and mythology are an intergral part of the school program.
Educational/Interpretive services for all ages and ethnic groups.
During the off season Danish language lessons are offered as well as arts and crafts (dependent on availability of instuctors/attendees).
Programmes pour les écoles : 5-11 ans (Maternelle à 6e année) : 12-17 ans 7e à 13e années (Québec : Secondaire 1 à CEGEP) • Programmes pour les aînés • Programmes pour la famille • Cours ou ateliers • Démonstrations
• Autre : Danish language classes; Danish arts & crafts
Services aux visiteurs
Six Museum exhibit rooms, Library, Genealogical Centre, Hans Christian Andersen Children's Garden of Imagination, Medeival Castle, Replica of a Danish Church (dedicated), pond with the Little Mermaid, Formal flower gardens, vegetable gardens, 3 1/2 acres of walking trails, great for bird watchers, wildlife, picnic area with large event tent for shelter or for seating during special event days while entertainers are performing on the stage,Dormitory Coffee House serving Danish cuisine (licensed),ample parking, facility is wheel chair accessible.
Visites guidées : Anglais • Location de salles de réunion • Sentiers d'interprétation de la nature ou jardins • Stationnement : Gratuit • Réminiscence ou trousse d'histoire orale • Boutique • Aménagement pour besoins spéciaux : Stationnement : Écriteaux : Toilettes : Accessible aux fauteuils roulants • Vestiaire • Toilettes
Services de bénévoles
Services de bénévoles offerts • Formation aux bénévoles offerte
Nombre de bénévoles : 50 +
Tâches : Assist with school programs, interpretive tours, story telling and special event days. Serve on the Board or as a Committee Chair. Assist in the Dormitory Coffee House, work Casinos & Bingos, help with other fundraising events & promotions, gardening, maintenance & repairs, construction, exhibit displays, cooking & baking, entertaining and public relations.
Avantages d'adhésion
Quarterly News Letter, may serve as a Board Director, may deposit family histories and artifacts
Services de restauration
Authentic Danish cuisine (Open Faced Sandwiches and Danish Desserts) great coffee, tea, juices, pop. Dormitory Coffee House is a licensed facility - serving Danish Beer & wine.
Aire de pique-niques • Services de traiteur • Infrastructure d'accueil • Restaurant
• Autre : Imported Danish Deli items are available in the Dormitory Gift Shop.
Services Internet
Renseignements généraux • Activités • Jeunes • Directions ou carte •
Renseignements supplémentaires sur nos services
Publications et produits
Quarterly News Letter, Family histories, Genealogical Centre, Annual Report, Facility Brochures/Tour Packages (Walking Trail and Gardens, Dagmar Church), Kin Folk Kits for members to record their family histories
Guides du musée • Cartes postales • Bulletins d'information • Vidéos • Brochures • Rapports annuels • T-shirts, sweatshirts ou casquettes • Trousses touristiques • Souvenirs commémoratifs
Heures d'ouverture et droits d'entrée
Période : Saisonnière
February - Fastelavn (Danish Mardi Gras) Celebration
(off season event)
April - Fundraising Auction
(off season event)
May - Mother's Day
June - St. Hans Fest and Father's Day
July - Æbleskiver Days
August - Folke Fest
September - Grandparents' Day & Festival of Nations at
Spruce Meadows Master's Tournament in
Calgary, Alberta
- Volunteer Appreciation Day
November - Julestue (Scandinavian Christmas Bazaar)
(off season event)
Ouvert : May 1st to September 30th
10:00am - 5:30pm Monday to Saturday
12:30pm - 5:30pm Sundays
Fermé : October, November, December, January,
February, March and April
Droits d'entrée : Payante
$2.00 per Person (under 6 years of age free)
$6.00 Family pass
$10.00 Family season pass
DCNMS Member - Free
Adresse
Danish Canadian National Museum and Gardens
Range Road 30, Dickson (Alberta)
T0M 1V0
Téléphone : 403 728 0019
Télécopieur : 403 728 0020
Courriel : dcnms@telusplanet.net
Adresse postale :
Danish Canadian National Museum and Gardens
Box 92, Spruce View (Alberta)
T0M 1V0
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Dernière mise à jour : 2006 09 21
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2006 12 01 Avis
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