Corporate body

Swift Current Museum

1937-

Since 1937, the Museum has collected artifacts and produced exhibitions and programming to preserve and promote the history of Swift Current and the surrounding region.

Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

The Swift Current Museum serves to collect, preserve and interpret the history of the City of Swift Current for citizens and visitors. The Museum also serves as the archival repository for the City of Swift Current and private materials of enduring significance.

The Museum's mandate is to collect, conserve, interpret and exhibit the human and natural history of Swift Current and southwest Saskatchewan.

The Museum is a department of the City of Swift Current. Previously the Museum had been governed in cooperation with a Board of Directors but now reports under the general administrative structure of the City of Swift Current. The Museum Director & Curator handles the institution as a whole with the Collections Officer managing the collection and archives. The Education & Public Programs Officer is responsible for the outreach and programming aspects of the Museum.

Over 10,000 objects, including photographs, video and digital images, maps and document files administered as Museum collections.

Extent: 55 fonds; 40 linear metres

Inclusive dates: early 1900s-present

Swift Current Museum

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2017/08/28 - Creation
2020/11/07 - Last Revision

• English

• Latin

Created by William Shepherd (Collections Officer, Swift Current Museum).
Maintenance is the responsibility of the Collections Officer, Swift Current Museum.