In Feb 1985, the museum moved to Bldg’s 20(N) and 29(N) at Naden. This collective of interested individuals later became the CFB Esquimalt Museum and Archives Society. Doug Franklin, Director of the National Heritage Trust. Jack Rippengale, former superintendent, Fort Rodd Hill, and Mr. Two other members who were deeply involved were Mr. Guy Copley, Major Robin Alford, Captain Cecil Baker, Mr. The complex of heritage buildings that now houses CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum, as it looked in days gone by. This became the nucleus of the RCN museum at Signal Hill, Esquimalt, which opened to the public in 1955. On his return to the UK, the Prince arranged that a marble bust of Lord Nelson be sent to the fledgling Museum from the Greenwich museum of England. The next such proposal was made in 1952, during a visit to Esquimalt by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip). The idea appears to first have been suggested in a Second World War publication, although its not clear if any steps were taken then to make the idea reality. The notion of opening a museum at the Naval Base at Esquimalt may date all the way back to the 1940s. ![]() The following history of the museum is based on the written recollections of its former curator, Ernie Colwell: In 1994, the museum celebrated its grand re-opening at its present location in Buildings 37 and 39, Naden. Thanks to the formation of a Friends of the Museum Society and other initiatives, and the hard work of its many volunteers, the museum has now grown in size and scope. The collection was mainly two-dimensional, comprising papers, books and documents. The complex of heritage buildings that houses CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum’s displays and exhibits, viewed from above.īack in 1977, the entire museum “collection” was contained in a green, two door, metal cupboard at the back of the Base Library stacks.
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