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What is the value of our heritage?
In the days of debates over the value of public services and the role of our government to ensure their provision, the forgotten relation is the heritage industry, more specifically museums.
The impact of reductions is hard to measure. But the impact is there to be sure. Consider the day when a family visit to the museum is simply too expensive. When the researcher needs to add another couple of thousand to the research proposal in order to access the archives, when school programs about our rich heritage just evaporate. We tend to take for granted the existence of our museum and the valuable work that the Glenbow employees do to care for our heritage collections and bring them alive through a multitude of exhibits and public programs.
Today the employees of the Glenbow Museum are telling us that all of this may be at risk if the provincial government does not start to live up to its legislated responsibility. And, they need our support. The Alberta Heritage Campaign is being undertaken by Glenbow's union, CUPE 1645, to raise awareness and lobby the government for increased financial support. They are distributing postcards addressed to the Premier urging the Government of Alberta to increase its financial commitment to our heritage. You can help by filling out a postcard, or writing a letter and talking to your friends.
For more information contact CUPE 1645 at (403) 268-4247 or by sending an e-mail to cupe1645@hotmail.com. Better yet, visit their website www.cupe1645.org where you can send e-mails to various levels of government and get more information on the campaign. Our heritage is too important to ignore.
The above notice has been placed by the Alberta Heritage Campaign and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Archives Society of Alberta or its members.
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