Identity area
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- Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
- City of Medicine Hat Archives
- Esplanade
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- Regional
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Description area
History
The Esplanade Archives was previously part of the Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery.
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Total Volume: 450 meters
Inclusive Dates: 1880 - current
Esplanade Archives serves to acquire, preserve and make available, records which document the social, commercial, industrial and agricultural development of southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. Their collections are complimented by an extensive inventory of photographic images and an audio visual and reference/research library.
Their Ukrainian holdings include textual records- minutes, administrative, and project files from the Medicine Hat Multicultural Folk Arts Council, photographs- Axel Nohr family fonds, City of Medicine Hat Cultural Development fonds, Harvey and Lorette Fix fonds, Lynne Rance fonds, and Orest Semchishen fonds.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Access area
Opening times
Monday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Access conditions and requirements
Access to the Esplanade Archives is free of charge. Relevant fees for reproduction of materials do apply.